YMCA Aspen Dining Hall buffet options are plentiful. The help-your-self cafeteria style service lets you choose from a wide range of offerings that can meet almost all dietary choices. The buffet attendants are knowledgeable about the ingredients in each dish (because they get asked All. The. Time.) and know which dishes are vegetarian, gluten-free, and so on. They will be happy to answer all of your questions about the buffet offerings.
Note: To listen to a recording of the day’s menus at the Aspen Dining Hall, call 970.586.3341, ext. 1109.
Breakfast is served from 7 AM – 9 AM.
Lunch is served from 11 AM – 1 PM; if your activities will take you away from the Y during the day, you can pick up a boxed lunch to go as you have breakfast.
Dinner is served from 5 PM – 8 PM.
At the start of the cafeteria line you can take either a tray or a paper box (the box has plastic utensils). Once through the line, you have 4 choices as to were to eat:
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- Indoors in the cafeteria
- Outdoors, on a first-come-first-served picnic table
- In the Socolofsky Meeting Room:
- From July 2 until noon on July 4 it is in the Women’s Building (referred to in the Y map legend as building 37, the Women’s Meeting Building)
- At noon on July 4 the Socolofsky Meeting Room moves to the Willhome Conference Center, which is building 35 on the Y map.
- In your lodge room or cabin
The menu for the YMCA family cookout on Sunday night includes:
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- Barbequed beef, grilled chicken
- Hot dogs (regular and gluten-free buns available)
- Plant-based burgers (regular and gluten-free buns available)
- Corn on the cob
- Cowboy beans
- Potato salad
- Brownies
- Watermelon
- Lemonade, water, and coffee (feel free to bring your own beverage)
The menu items for the Monday 4th of July BBQ at TJ and Claudia’s house includes many choices for meat eaters, vegetarians, the gluten-free, and vegans.