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Dining
CRYSTAL DINING VENUES
Mountain time is powerful, but when it’s time for a break Crystal offers nourishment and refreshment to refuel and recharge with warm food and cold drinks.
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Mountain time is powerful, but when it’s time for a break Crystal offers nourishment and refreshment to refuel and recharge with warm food and cold drinks.
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Summit House Restaurant
Enjoy an elevated dining experience at the Summit House, Washington’s highest-elevation restaurant. Dine above the clouds at 6,872 feet accompanied by some of the best views in the state. Awe-inspiring backdrop with locally sourced, Northwest-inspired cuisine.
Campbell Basin Lodge & Restaurant
Located at the top of Forest Queen Express, Monday-Wednesday Campbell Basin Lodge offers cold grab and go food and beverage, such as poke bowls, sushi, salads, cold sandwiches and more. Thursday-Sunday, stop in and check out a full lunch selection of your favorite comfort foods.
Rafters Smokehouse
Enjoy sit-down dining, a full bar with craft cocktails and local brews, and a welcoming space where great food, drinks, and camaraderie come together.
Other dining locations at crystal
BREW 62 CAFE
Brew 62 Cafe is located inside Mountain Commons Lodge! Our new cafe features espresso, specialty beverages and grab and go food options from tasty sandwiches, salads, and quick snacks! Looking for a quick coffee? Open at 6:30 a.m., weekends only; you'll find the exterior coffee window tucked behind the ticket booths on the far-left side of Mountain Commons Lodge.
BOOTPACK BAR
Located upstairs in Mountain Commons Lodge, Bootpack Bar is a full-service bar and après patio hang out with expansive roll up windows for outside walkup ordering, weather permitting. Additionally, after 4 p.m. a select menu will be available.
CASCADE BIERGARTEN
Cascade Biergarten, located in the former Fireside Cantina building, will be serving up Bavarian themed hot dogs, sausages, warm pretzels, and cold refreshing German beer selections. We have partnered with Uli’s Famous Pike Place Sausages to bring you custom specialty sausages found only at Crystal Mountain. Cascade Biergarten, located steps away from Chinook and Discovery offers a great stop for afternoon lunch. On the weekends, you can start your day off with warm breakfast burritos and hot drip coffee!
MOUNTAIN COMMONS LODGE FOOD HALL
The Mountain Commons Lodge Food Hall, located on the second floor, accessible through the exterior plaza stairs as well as the interior stairs, will offer a full lunch selection of all your favorite comfort foods as well as fresh, cold options like salads and poke bowls.
MIDWAY YURT
Located at the top of Chinook Express, the Midway Yurt is your go to for mid-mountain views and a great stop for snacks, refreshing beers and non-alcoholic beverages. Open daily!
TOWER 16
Open on weekends, Tower 16 is located at the summit directly under the terminal of the Mt. Rainier Gondola at the 16th tower. Take a break at Tower 16 to enjoy a beverage and snack before jumping back into your day on the mountain.
TRIDENT FISH SHACK
Located at the top of Forest Queen Express, right outside of Campbell Basin. Enjoy warm seafood favorites along with refreshing beers. Plus, Food purchased from The Trident Seafoods Fish Shack can be enjoyed inside Campbell Basin lodge, daily. rich-text, responsive-table
Brew 62 Cafe is located inside Mountain Commons Lodge! Our new cafe features espresso, specialty beverages and grab and go food options from tasty sandwiches, salads, and quick snacks! Looking for a quick coffee? Open at 6:30 a.m., weekends only; you'll find the exterior coffee window tucked behind the ticket booths on the far-left side of Mountain Commons Lodge.
BOOTPACK BAR
Located upstairs in Mountain Commons Lodge, Bootpack Bar is a full-service bar and après patio hang out with expansive roll up windows for outside walkup ordering, weather permitting. Additionally, after 4 p.m. a select menu will be available.
CASCADE BIERGARTEN
Cascade Biergarten, located in the former Fireside Cantina building, will be serving up Bavarian themed hot dogs, sausages, warm pretzels, and cold refreshing German beer selections. We have partnered with Uli’s Famous Pike Place Sausages to bring you custom specialty sausages found only at Crystal Mountain. Cascade Biergarten, located steps away from Chinook and Discovery offers a great stop for afternoon lunch. On the weekends, you can start your day off with warm breakfast burritos and hot drip coffee!
MOUNTAIN COMMONS LODGE FOOD HALL
The Mountain Commons Lodge Food Hall, located on the second floor, accessible through the exterior plaza stairs as well as the interior stairs, will offer a full lunch selection of all your favorite comfort foods as well as fresh, cold options like salads and poke bowls.
MIDWAY YURT
Located at the top of Chinook Express, the Midway Yurt is your go to for mid-mountain views and a great stop for snacks, refreshing beers and non-alcoholic beverages. Open daily!
TOWER 16
Open on weekends, Tower 16 is located at the summit directly under the terminal of the Mt. Rainier Gondola at the 16th tower. Take a break at Tower 16 to enjoy a beverage and snack before jumping back into your day on the mountain.
TRIDENT FISH SHACK
Located at the top of Forest Queen Express, right outside of Campbell Basin. Enjoy warm seafood favorites along with refreshing beers. Plus, Food purchased from The Trident Seafoods Fish Shack can be enjoyed inside Campbell Basin lodge, daily. rich-text, responsive-table
