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READER’S CHOICE

Best of Estes



By John Cordsen

Trail-Gazette

W

ith over 1,200responses,

voting is over for the 2014Best of Estes contest. Theonline poll allowed readersto choose their favorites in35 categories ranging frombest overall place to see inEstes Park to the best plac-es to eat, get a cup of cof-fee, satisfy that sweet tooth

and to workout. The top three reader’schoices are listed below:

Best overallplace to see inEstes Park?

1. Rocky MountainNational Park

2. Stanley Hotel

3. Downtown/Riverwalk

Best overallrestaurant?

1. Wapiti2. Dunraven Inn3. Smokin’ Dave’s BBQ

Best Italian?1. Dunraven Inn

2. Mama Rose’s3. Sweet Basilicos

Best Mexican?1. El Mex Kal2. Ed’ s Cantina 3. Casa Grande

Best Asian?1. Cafe de Pho Thai42. Nepal’s Cafe3. Thai Kitchen

Best Pizza?1. Chicago’s Best 2. Poppys3. Village Pizza

BestHamburger?

1. Wapiti Colorado Pub2. Baba’s Burgers

3. PenelopesBest Coffee?

1. Kind Coffee2. Inkwell & Brew 3. Starbucks

Best Steak?1. Twin Owls Steakhouse2. Wapiti Colorado Pub3. The Rock Inn

Best Breakfast?1. Egg & I2. Bighorn3. Mountain Home Cafe

Best Lunch? -581 votes

1. Wapiti Colorado Pub2. Poppy’s

3. Nepal Cafe

Best Dinner? -568 votes

1. Wapiti Colorado Pub2. Dunraven Inn3. Twin Owls Steakhouse

Best Dessert?1. You Need Pie/Estes

Park Pie Shop

2. Stanley Hotel/Cas-cades3. Dunraven Inn

Best Bar?1. Rock Inn2. Wapiti Colorado Pub3. Wheel

Best SweetShop?

1. Laura’s HomemadeFudge & Candies

2. The Original Taffy Shop

3. Rocky Mountain Choc-olate Factory

Best FamilyAttraction?

1. Rocky MountainNational Park

2. Fun City 3. (tie)Cascade Creek/

Ride-A-Kart 3. (tie) Aerial Tramway

Best Outdoor

RecreationStore?

1. Estes Park Mountain

Shop2. Kirks Fly Shop3. Hiking Hut

Best TourCompany?

1. Green Jeep Tours2. Rocky Mountain Rush3. Kirks Fly Shop

Best FitnessCenter?1. MedEx - 1072. Rocky Mountain

Health Center 3. Cross Fit of Estes Park

Best LiquorStore?

1. Rambo’s Longhorn

Liquor 2. Rocky Mountain Dis-

count Liquor 3. Mountain Dew Liquor

Best Florist?1. Enchanted Florist 2. Safeway 3. Floral Designs of

Europe

Best Gift Shop?1. Inkwell & Brew - 482. (tie)Trendz2. (tie) Grey House3. Rustic Mountain

Charm

Best T-ShirtShop?

1. Brownfields2. Rocky Mountain Tops3. Moosely T’s

Best Resort?1. Estes Park Condos2. Stanley Hotel3. YMCA of the Rockies

BestHotel/Motel?

1. Stanley Hotel2. Best Western/Silver

Saddle3. Silver Moon Inn

Best Campsite?1. Jellystone2. KOA 3. Elk Meadow

Best WeddingVenue?

1. Della Terra MountainChalet 2. Stanley Hotel3. YMCA of the Rockies

Best Bank?1. Boulder Valley Credit

Union2. Bank of Estes Park3. Bank of Colorado

BestSalon/BarberShop?

1. Two Blonds & A Salon2. Sheer Magic3. The Parlour

Best AutoRepair?

1. Big O2. Mountain Imports3. Casey’s Automotive

Best HomeImprovement/Repair Services?

1. Ace Hardware2. Park Supply 3. True Value Hardware

Best PetCare/PetSupplies?

1. Estes Park Pet Supply 2. Linda’s Pet Care Ser-

vices3. Animal Medical Center

Best Realtor?1. Sam Basel2. Mike Richardson3. Christian Collinet

Best Real EstateAgency

See READERS, pg. 17

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For more information on how I can help youbuy or sell your home in Estes Park, contact

me at [email protected] orwww.HomesInEstes.com

For your trust and

support in choosing me in the

Trail Gazette

“Best of Estes Reader’s Choice”

as the # 1 Realtor in Estes Park

two years in a row!

Sam Basel, Owner, Broker, Real Estate Agent



place to see inEstes Park?

Rocky Mountain NationalPark

Best overall

restaurant? Wapiti

Best Italian?Dunraven Inn

Best Mexican?See BEST , pg. 19

Trail-Gazette

Winners in this

year’s 2014Best of EstesReader’s

Choice awards are listed.Many of the winners werefeatured in this special pull-out section of the EstesInside and Out.

Best overall

2014Reader’s

Choice: Best

of Estes

Taylor Adam Swift / Estes Park Trail Gazette

Della Terra Mountain Chateau was voted the top wedding venue in the Estes Valley.

Thank youEstes Park for

voting for Kirks FlyShop andMountain

“The best y shop in Estes andalso the rest of the United States”

To Rocky Mountain National Park by

To Show our Appreciationbring this ad in for

20% of your entirestore purchase

(good through the end of September,2014)

To Find out why Kirks is thenumber one fy shop inEstes Park & Coloradoplease visit the store.



By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

T

he big winner in the2014 Reader’sChoice Best of

Estes contest wasWapiti Colorado Pub, whotook first place honors inbest overall restaurant,best hamburger, best lunch, and best dinner;and, took second place inbest bar and best steak.

This is no surprise toowner Tory Nelson, who

attributes the showing tothe restaurant’s totalswitch to USDA humane-certified feedlot beef from

spen Ridge of Kearsey and the vibrant success hehas had with social media and his rewards program.

“A lot of folks here intown belong to the rewards

program,” explained Nel-son, which gives partici-pants points for every dol-

See WAPITI, pg. 16

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Barb Boyer Buck / Estes Park Trail-Gazette

The Wapiti was the reader’s choice for best overall restaurant.

Thank you Estes Park for voting Estes Park Medical Center as Best of Estes “Best Health Care Provider”.We are proud to serve this community.

Estes ParkMedical Center • 555 Prospect Avenue • Estes Park, CO

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lar they spend at Wapiti -for every $100, rewardsmembers receive a $5 gift certificate. There are other promotions associated withthis program, includingbirthday and anniversary promotions. “Digital mar-keting has been huge,”Morgan said.

The flood and the result-ing damage caused morethan 200 days of closure for the restaurant in late 2013

and early 2014. The river just behind the restaurant (where the water wheel is)

was contained by its retain-ing wall; but, the water that

was covering Elkhorn Ave-nue could not be preventedfrom entering the restau-rant, which is located onthe lowest level of 247 W.

Elkhorn Avenue. As Nelson and his wife,

Berenice, were being air-lifted out of their home in

Glen Haven during theflood, “water came in (tothe Wapiti) down the walk-

way from Elkhorn,” hesaid. “We had 3 feet of

water and mud in the res-taurant, including a smallbrook trout swimming in

our ladies restroom!” The water entered slowly, pre- venting structural damage,but the Nelsons could not access Estes Park for morethan a week after they

were evacuated.

It fell to executive chef Scott Rashid, who has

worked for the Nelsons

since they purchased thebusiness in 2005, and therest of the local kitchenand front-of-house staff tostart bailing out the water and shoveling out the mud.

The Wapiti’s landlord -Dr. James Durward -replaced all of the drywall

in the renovation of thepub and the Nelsons tookadvantage of the completerenovation to make therestrooms ADA compliant,and expand the kitchenfacilities. Other changes

were necessitated by theflood, including streamlin-ing the menu.

“I have basically a new restaurant,” Nelson said,“We did take the chance toreally go through our menu and streamlinethings to the guest favor-ites, to focus on high quali-

ty and doing everythingthat we do to the highest level possible.” Along withthe high-quality Coloradobeef, all ingredients arelocally or regionally sourc-es whenever possible,including Red Bird chick-

en. There are vegetarianand gluten-free options onthe menu as well.

These ef forts have paidoff: “We were up consider-ably over last year, the sup-port we had from the townand our guests was phe-nomenal,” Nelson said. Thebusiness took advantage of

a low rate disaster recov-ery business loan offeredby the SBA to make therepairs and renovation tothe facility. Nelson is sograteful to this crew - 90%of his employees cameback after the long closureof the restaurant.

“I think from a business

standpoint, we are within a percent of last year, which

was a record year. Thetown and various market-ing districts and boards dida great job of getting peo-ple back.” Nelson predictsit will be an additionalthree or four years for fullfinancial recovery. The Nel-

sons purchased the Wapitiin 2005; originally fromNebraska, both Tory andBerenice have been work-ing in Estes Park since1995. They met at Nicky’s,

where they both worked.


hef Javier Camacho of Wapiti and one of his first-place win-

ning hamburgers in the restaurant’s renovated kitchen.


The Wapiti bar was the reader’s second choice.

Thank you to our loyal fans!

See you soon,

your table’s waiting...

Now Serving Dinner

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From 1979-1994, the Dun-

raven was owned by JuliusSchneidkraut, who offeredItalian cuisine at the prop-erty. Dale and LaurelHatcher purchased thebusiness in the mid-90sand performed additionalrenovations to the proper-ty. The current owners are

Andy and Cindy Moran

who purchased the busi-ness in 2011. The practiceof hanging decorated $1bills in the bar and lobby area of the restaurant began in the 1970s, when a customer wrote “goodluck” on a bill and gave it tothe owner. This traditioncontinues today, and the

Morgans occasionally remove worn and fadedbills and donate them tocharity.

was named The Dunravenin 1970, after it was pur-chased by Neil Quirk, whodid extensive renovation.

raven was built as a restau-

rant in the 1930s and

named The Holland Inn. It

food and a variety of appe-tizers. The Dunraven offersa comprehensive glutenfree menu and a kids menuas well. The Dunraven’sfour-page wine list offersnumerous varietals.

The original building which houses The Dun-

By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

The Dunraven Inn,located at 2470Highway 66 inEstes Park, special-

izes in Italian cuisine andfor the second year in a row, was voted “Best ItalianRestaurant” in the Best of

Estes contest. The restau-rant also received secondplace in the “Best OverallRestaurant” category in the2014 competition.

“We are honored to bementioned in the best of Estes park,” said Andy Morgan, owner. The Dun-raven, which enjoys a brisk

year-round business, hasseen increased businessthis year. “We have had a record year and it has beenway up every month of 2014,” Morgan reported.

Menu items include tra-ditional pasta and steakdishes, as well as fresh sea-

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The Dunraven Inn was the reader’s choice for best Italian Restaurant.

readersfrom page 12

1. First Colorado Realty (Mike Richardson; Chris-

tian Collinet; Lori Smith;udy Nystrom; Brad Bar-nett ; Becky Davis; JackSmith)

2. Alpine Legacy (SamBasel; Julie Abel)

3. Coldwell Banker -(Dave Kiser ; Scott Thomp-son; Mary Murphy ; WayneNewsom ; Vicki Holler ;

Kathleen Baker )Best InsuranceAgent?

1. State Farm - (SusanFereday; Suzanne Riley)

2. Insurance Associates

of Estes Park - (JuliePhares ; Shelley Doggett;

Nancy Tulley ; Jamie Reed; Ray Leacraft; Marcy Pred-more )

3. American Family -(Danielle Arnold - 9; Ameri-can Family )

Best HealthCare Provider?

1. Estes Park Medical

Group (Estes Park MedicalCenter)2. Timberline Medical

(University of ColoradoHealth)

3. Results Physical Ther-apy of Estes Park

Breakfast LunchBurgers Omelets

Mexican Specialties

Wraps Sandwiches

Salads & more

457 E Wonderview Ave

Upper Stanley Village

Estes Park (970) 586-6624

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457 E Wonderview Ave

Upper Stanley Village

Estes Park(970) 586-6624

www.mountainhomecafe.com

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By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

The Estes Park PieCompany/YouNeed Pie was votedbest dessert in the

eader’s choice contest for

2014. Serving a variety of

pies and baked goods, thebusiness located in lower Stanley Village, also servesbreakfast and lunch. Wed-ding cakes, cupcakes, andother specialty items can

be ordered at the shop.

“Thank you Estes Parkfor needing PIE!” said Val

Thompson, owner andchief baker. “We arethrilled to be up and run-ning in our location in Low-

er Stanley Village, and

Rick, Haddi and Val areexcited to be in Estes Parkmaking pie and great foodevery day!

The move to our current location has given us theopportunity to expand themenu into breakfast andlunch items and we’re feel-ing great about the chang-

es we’ve made. As longtime Estes Park

locals, we especially appre-ciate this award - to be vot-ed “Best Dessert” is bothhumbling and awesome at

the same time! Hope to

see you all in the shopsoon...after all You NeedPie!”

The Thompsons first opened their bakery onElkhorn Avenue in 2006and then in 2013, they moved to their current location.

“Like everybody, busi-

ness has suffered in EstesPark after the flood,”

Thompson said, “But wehave great local support,

we had a fine winter and a great summer!”

Readers say thebest dessertis theEstesParkPieCompany

Park Pie Com-

pany/You

Need Pie was

voted the best

place in Estes

for desserts

in the 2014

Best of Estes

contest.

Barb Boyer Buck /

Estes Park

Trail-Gazette

We invite you to sample a selection of award-winning Colorado wines.

Guided Winery Tours

www.snowypeakswinery.com

292 Moraine Avenue, Estes Park, CO

970-586-2099

cagos



By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

Chicago’s Best wasopened in down-town Estes Parkin 1998 by the

Kerkamidis family.Since then, the business

was purchased by the origi-

nal owners son, Stasi Kerk-amidis, and his wife, Kelli.

The menu includesgyros, sandwiches, saladsand of course, their award-winning Chicago-style piz-za, for which they were vot-ed #1 for best pizza in theReader’s Choice Best of Estes contest.

Chicago’s Best is locatedin the heart of downtown

Estes Park at 112 E. Elk-horn Avenue.

Kerkamidis openedBaba’s Burgers in May of this year.

This brand-new ham-burger joint, complete withdrive through, is located at 861 Moraine Ave. and won

second place in the Best Hamburger category.Reviews on their Face-

book page rave about thequality and value of their hand-pressed groundchuck hamburgers; other offerings, such as hot dogs,gyros, grilled chickensandwiches, and greek-

style french fries are alsooffered at Baba’s.

cagosBest is

reader’schoice forbest pizza


Trail Gazette readers chose Chicago’s Best as their top pizza in town.

Babas Burgers, owned by the

Kerkamidis family was the read-

er’s second choice for best burger

in town.

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El Mex Kal

Best Asian?Cafe de Pho Thai 225 W.Riverside

Best Pizza?Chicago’s Best

BestHamburger?

Wapiti Colorado Pub

Best Coffee?Kind Coffee

Best Steak? Twin Owls Steakhouse

Best Breakfast?

Egg & I

Best Lunch? -votes Wapiti Colorado Pub

Best Dinner? -568 votes

Wapiti Colorado Pub

Best Dessert? You Need Pie/Estes Park

Pie Shop

Best Bar?Rock Inn

Best SweetSee BEST , pg. 20

Voted

Best of

estes

“Best Mexican

cuisine”

2013 & 2014



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Best FitnessCenter?

MedEx

Best Liquor

Store?Rambo’s LonghornLiquor: 1640 Big Thomp-son has been serving Estes

Park for 38 years as a fami-ly owned and operatedbusiness. In that time they have listened to the com-munity of locals and tour-ists, held tastings and done

our research so that they can offer you a wide andunique selection of beers,

wines, and spirits

Best Florist?Enchanted Florist: 162

St. Vrain is a full serviceflorist offering beauty for

every occasion. Let us help

See BEST , pg. 25

Walt Hester / Estes Park Trail Gazette

Laura’s Homemade Fudge and Candies was the top sweet shop in town.


The Rock Inn bar was voted the best by readers.

here.

Call 970.372.2819 for an appointment. Same-day appointments available.

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he said. “The flood really brought attention to the

working class here in EstesPark, that half of them areon the other side of 34 and36 and the other half are

working two jobs because if they don’t, they can’t affordto live in this community.”

The residence buildingthat is included with the new

wellness center complex willbe designed to house profes-sionals, he said, includingpolice, fire department,teachers, and nurses in long-

term leases so they can livelocally. “I don’t have to dothat, I want to do that for thecommunity,” he said. “I real-ly want to work toward creat-ing a year-round economy.”

Another way that TheStanley Hotel is addressingchanging customer base isby creating several intimate

wedding spots on the prop-erty, including a new wed-ding lawn. “There is a new customer coming to EstesPark,” Cullen said, “They arelooking for more intimate,quiet wedding venues.”

groups are starting to bookat The Stanley again.

Another issue that washighlighted by the flood wasthe lack of local housing for the work force. Just after the

flood when Cullen request-ed a facility report from hisengineering department, he

was informed that the entireengineering department didnot live locally - they werestuck east of Lyons, separat-ed from Estes Park by the

washed-out roads.“Collectively, I lost 30

years of knowledge of thisbuilding, because they couldn’t get here,” he said,“there’s no question” recov-ery would have been a lot quicker if the engineeringteam had been able to helpafter the flood. In fact, Cul-len reported, he lost about

50% of his work force after the flood.“Labor (in Estes Park) has

been one of the greater chal-lenges I have faced globally,even with over a dozenhotels in foreign countries,”

a parking lot going west, what we’ve done by so edu-cating Colorado, we’veessentially over-scared themthat they don’t come up 36

when they could be from

downtown Denver to here inan hour and 15 minutes, andmaybe have a 15-minutedelay. Instead they are goingon a three-hour parking lot adventure to Breckenridge.”

People who have travel10-12 hours to get to EstesPark don’t worry about theextra 15 minutes, Cullen

said. “We’ve seen a 14-15%increase in states outside of Colorado and it’s all individ-ual transients. They spendgood money, and they aregood shoppers,” he said,explaining he knows that because the housekeepersat The Stanley complainabout cleaning up so many

shopping bags from therooms, many more than inprevious years.

This trend made up for the loss in Colorado visitors,Cullen said, and in Septem-ber and October, corporate

ous year, but the hotel host-ed “an entirely different cus-tomer and customer mix”this year. We’ve had hugeincreases (in visitors) fromIowa, Kansas, Texas, Louisi-

ana and a small increasefrom California. Colorado isactually down,” he said,including Front Range cor-porate bookings. Cullenattributes this trend to theextensive reporting on thehighway 34 and 36 delaysand closures by local andregional media.

“It seems to me the closer you are to Estes Park, thestories and bulletins about routes 34 and 36 have kept people from Fort Collins,Loveland, Boulder, and Den-

ver away from us,” he said. This was unfortunatebecause it gave an incorrect

picture of the actual delayscreated, especially com-pared to traffic conditionson other mountain high-

ways. “You only have to lookat the traffic reports fromCDOT now to see that I70 is

By Barb Boyer BuckTrail-Gazette

The Stanley Hotelonce again receivedtop honors in thebest hotel category

in the 2014 Reader’s ChoiceBest of Estes contest. Theiconic hotel also placed sec-ond in best resort, best wed-

ding venue and best des-sert, it was designated asthe number two place to seein Estes Park.

“This is the happiest Ihave ever been to place sec-ond,” said John Cullen, “Wespent our year trying to winan election, where secondwas not an option. But inthis case, on the eve of their 100th anniversary, I am hap-py to come in second placebehind Rocky MountainNational Park (named #1place to see in town).” Cul-len is the owner of the Stan-ley Hotel and president of the Grand Heritage Hotel

Group.“These last 12 monthshave been a difficult andemotional time for everyonein Estes Park,” Cullenexplained while talkingabout the hotel’s recovery since the flood. “I think TheStanley came through withshining colors, not only

immediately after the floodbut also in its community involvement. We won anelection and we are going tospend $31 million in thenext 18 months (on the new wellness center complex).”

But these developmentswere hard won, he reported;the flood presented many

more challenges, andbrought to light more localissues, than could even beimagined.

Cullen reported The Stan-ley is up about 6% over thesame months of the previ-

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The historic Stanley Hotel was the Reader’s choice for best hotel. It was also voted the second best place to see, behind

Rocky Mountain National Park.

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By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

The Twin OwlsSteakhouse, locatedat the Black CanyonInn at 800

MacGregor Avenue wascrowned once again for having the best steak in

Estes Park. Their elkmedallions even mademention in National Geo-graphic’s 2014 “Best of the

World” under the best trips winner Rocky MountainNational Park. This is thesecond year Twin Owls hasheld the best steak title intown.

Twin Owls offers casualfine dining, wed-ding receptions and specialevents. The restaurant offers steak, seafood, a kid’s menu and a compre-hensive wine list.

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repeats asbest steak in town

best steak in the

Estes Valley.

342 E Elkhorn Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517

(970) 586-8282www.poppyspizzaandgrill.com

Thank youto our patrons and to the

People of Estes Park for voting

for Poppy’s in the Best of Estes

Readers Choice survey.

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so much. The summer of 2014 has been a great- wehave visited with our returning guests, sharingstories from the flood andthe rebuilding; seen new faces, including people

who said they came specifi-cally to support us andEstes Park; and of course,enjoyed seeing all of our local favorite faces in thesea of busy-ness!”

meeting/working space as well.

“KIND wouldn’t be theshop it is without our amaz-ing staff, year-round andseasonal alike!” said Ham-

mrick.“This summer, and really,

since the flood, we havefelt the love from this com-munity and continue togive back to it. Thank you

It is a popular choice for locals and visitors alike,

year round. The shop hastall storefront windows,showcasing the surround-ing views of Lumpy Ridge

and to the north and east of the store, outdoor seatingprovides excellent viewsalong the Riverwalk. A qui-et room at the back of theshop offers a comfortable

tures fresh roasted coffee(roasted off-site at another location), full barista ser-

vices, breakfast and lunchitems, and other beveragechoices. Also available for

purchase are quaint gifts,coffee-related products andcoffee by the pound, whichis roasted at their roastingfacility on the west end of Elkhorn Avenue.

By Barb Boyer Buck

Trail-Gazette

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IND Coffee onceagain took tophonors in theReader’s Choice

Best of Estes contest in thecoffee category, outpacingall other nominated by a wide margin. The retailshop is located at 470 East Elkhorn avenue and fea-

KINDCoffee repeats as reader’s

choice for thebest cupof coffee


KIND Coffee was reader’s choice for the best coffee in town.

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you relay your feelings of oy, sor row, and gratitude

to your friends and lovedones. We offer floralarrangements, permanent botanicals, plants, balloonbouquets, plush, and muchmore.

Best Gift Shop?

Inkwell & Brew locatedat 150 E. Elkhorn

Best T-ShirtShop?

Brownfields 350 E. Elk-horn is Estes Park’s favor-

ite souvenir and outdoor store. Offering the highest quality at the best prices,shopping at Brownfield’s isa tradition for locals and

visitors alike. They are cel-ebrating our 59th season of

See BEST , pg. 26

D. Holmes / Estes Park Trail Gazette

The Egg & I was voted best breakfast in Estes.


Big O was voted the best auto repair in Estes.

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Spread over 5 acres of pristine lakefront land, The Estes Park Resort offers comfort andelegance paired with sweeping views of the Rocky Mountains. The only waterfront resorton Lake Estes, our hotel features more than just spacious accommodations. Guests can

indulge in mouth-watering dining at the Waterfront Grille, Speak your vows amongst thebeauty of the Lake and Mountains, relax with a spa service or gather around our replaces

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business in Estes Park.

Best Resort?Estes Park Condos:

BestHotel/Motel?Stanley Hotel

Best Campsite?Jellystone: 5495 U.S. 36

South of Estes Park

Best WeddingVenue?

Della Terra MountainChalet

Best Bank?Boulder Valley Credit

Union

Best Salon/Barber Shop?

Two Blonds & A Salon

Best AutoRepair?Big O

Best HomeImprovement/Repair Services?

Ace Hardware

Best PetCare/Pet

upplies?Estes Park Pet Supply

Best Realtor?Sam Basel

Best Real Estategency

First Colorado Realty (Mike Richardson; Chris-ian Collinet; Lori Smith;udy Nystrom; Brad Bar-ett ; Becky Davis; Jackmith)

Best Insurancegent?State Farm - (Susan Fere-

ay; Suzanne Riley)Best HealthCare Provider?

Estes Park MedicalGroup (Estes Park MedicalCenter)

Juley Harvey / Estes Park Trail Gazette

Estes Park Pet Supply was voted the best pet supply in Estes.

Courtesy Photo / Estes Park Trail

Gazette

Sam Basel was voted the

top Realtor

The Estes Park

Medical Center was

voted best medical

provider.

Courtesy Photo /

Estes Park Trail Gazette

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Clouds cling low over the

peaks of the Continental

Divide west of Estes Park.

This issue of the Inside and

Out celebrates the Best of

Estes.Walt Hester /

Estes Park Trail Gazette

thedivide


The Riverwalk along the Big Thompson in Estes Park was

voted the third best location to see in town.

The Riverwalk: agood place to see

BEST WESTERN PLUS Silver Sddle

“ThaNk yoU ESTES PaRk”fr vting us Runner Up in te Best f Estes; Best htel/Mtel.

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Rocky Mountain National Park was voted the best family attraction in the 2014 Best of Estes, Reader’s Choice contest.

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