Rocky Mountain National Park Family Restaurants

This is one of those timeless family restaurants that serves food all day but is best known for hearty breakfast plates loaded down with omelets, pancakes, French toast and bacon -- just the kind of meal that should fuel a few hours of hiking.

This classy adobe-style Mexican restaurant serves burritos, enchiladas and tacos with six homemade sauces, margaritas and even breakfast items.

This casual little cafe has a surprisingly varied menu with gyros, reubens, stir fries, homemade pies and milkshakes. Eat inside or on the patio.

With $5 lunches to go, you can grab picnic items on the way into the park. Better, though, is sitting down for a flatbread pizza (some topped with tomato citrus sauce), paninis, pecan-crusted trout, pasta, a soup and salad bar, or their buffalo and bacon meatloaf.

What's not to like when you can chuck peanut shells on the floor, enjoy ranching relics and decor on the walls, and order tender spicy-sweet pulled pork sandwiches and barbecue chicken even on the kids' menu. This popular destination also serves hearty breakfasts starting at 7 a.m., plus lunches and dinners featuring elk, local trout, steaks, catfish, vegetarian chili, burgers and barbecue.