Jasper Dining
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Jasper Dining
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Options for eating out are a bit restricted in Jasper - mostly hotel dining rooms - but then the town’s rugged ambience doesn’t suit fine dining. A reasonable place for a basic budget meal in no-nonsense surroundings is the cheap, friendly Mountain Foods and Café , opposite the station at 606 Connaught Drive (tel 852-4050), though quality has become variable. Still, the menu is cheap and varied (including vegetarian courses), the staff friendly, and it’s a good place to meet people. Also popular is the lively and far more carnivorous Villa Caruso , 640 Connaught Drive (tel 852-3920), serving giant steaks; if that’s too much, they also serve seafood, pasta and pizzas. Best of the mid-range places is the ever-reliable Earl’s on the second floor at 600 Patricia St on the corner of Miette Avenue. For pizzas cooked in a wood-burning oven, head to the big and bustling Jasper Pizza Place (tel 852-3225), 402 Connaught Drive, with a rooftop patio for nice days, and for a locals’ favourite try Papa George’s , 406 Connaught Drive (tel 852-3351), one of the town’s oldest restaurants (opened in 1924). It looks plain and dowdy, but the very varied food is excellent and the portions gargantuan. If you’re going for broke, the Jasper Park Lodge , Jasper’s premier hotel, 5km from town on Lac Beauvert, boasts two outstanding restaurants: Becker’s is one of the best in Alberta (tel 852-3535; May-Oct; dinner only) - reckon on $115 for a gourmet blowout for two - while the Edith Cavell Room is only marginally less renowned. Both places have dining rooms with cracking views.