The Best Restaurants in Grand Junction, Colorado | The Adventurist

Palisade fruit, Western Slope beef, inventive tacos, and a serious chef-driven restaurant give this Colorado city plenty to put on the table. Bin 707 AUTHOR BIO: Mei Chen has worked for nearly a dozen start-ups in as many years, taking her to several West Coast cities. While she’s sure her current day job is permanent, she also has her eye on Carmel. Grand Junction has an advantage that plenty of bigger restaurant cities would envy: an enormous agricultural valley right outside town. Drive east and you'll find Palisade's orchards and vineyards; head farther into the surrounding country and there are cattle ranches, vegetable farms and producers growing ingredients that don't have to travel halfway across the continent to reach a kitchen. What chefs do with all that food is getting more interesting, with everything from chef-driven bistros to incredible tacos that’ll cost less than the Uber ride to get there.

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