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25940 Highway 74 Kittredge, CO 80457

303-674-9929

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Recommended
Best High-Mountain Shrimp
Award Winner 2004

Cuisine(s): American

Hours: Sun,Mon,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 8am-9pm

Price: $, $$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Call-Ahead Seating Available

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

Owner Martha Koch took over Bear Creek Tavern in 1980, when it was still a country-fried roadhouse and bona fide biker bar. Today, their locals' clubhouse is a full-on restaurant. There's still plenty of character, but the Koches have upped the quality of what comes out of their kitchen. Look for hearty breakfasts, good steaks and a real surprise: Royal Red shrimp. Bear Creek is the only spot west of the Mississippi that serves these deep-water monsters.

2004 | Best High-Mountain Shrimp

Chuck and Martha Koch, owners of the Bear Creek Tavern, have family living on the Alabama shore, and while visiting there in 1991, they discovered Royal Reds. These beauties have been on the menu ever since, shipped in fresh every week straight from the Gulf Coast shrimpers to Kittredge. As far as the Koches know (and as far as we've been able to determine), Bear Creek Tavern is the only restaurant in the Rocky Mountain West that serves them. These are deep-sea shrimp, huge, with pale red... More »

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Bear Creek Tavern

25940 Highway 74 Kittredge, CO 80457

303-674-9929

Description

2004 | Best High-Mountain Shrimp

By Jon Solomon | Tue, April 17, 2012

By Tom Murphy | Sun, January 8, 2012

By Bree Davies | Fri, December 30, 2011

By Stephanie DeCamp | Thu, October 6, 2011

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 14, 2003