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yogurt dip or playful salads, like the
brightly flavored watermelon with
feta. The Grill’s brick-fired pizza oven
pumps out pies with toppings like
Italian meatballs or a mix of kalamata
olives, artichoke hearts, and garlic-infused olive oil. The Grill is known for
its hearty host of pastas like cannelloni
stuffed with wild mushrooms, mozzarella, and béchamel or the baked
lasagna with creamy mornay sauce.
But the menu extends far beyond
pizzas and pastas. Chef Chris Popovich took the helm last fall, expanding
on the Grill’s traditional Mediterranean offerings to include more French
and New American influences. The
12-year Grand County resident is a
long-time chef and former co-owner
of Mackinaw’s on Lake Granby. “I
Marise wanted to create a place that embodied the
authenticity of the local landscape and was a place where
families could revel in the outdoors and come together.
The Grill is the perfect place to gather.
want to provide people with a little
more variety,” he says, “and for them
to know this is a place where they’ll
get good food time and again.”
Dishes like Smokey Chicken, a
light hickory-smoked paprika grilled
chicken Breast with apple-jack bbq
glaze, or grilled dry-aged New York
strip with roasted shallot demi-glace
and mashed potatoes add hearty, comforting options to the dinner menu.
On the lighter side is Chef ’s favorite
entrée—the fish grill, a mix of scallops,
salmon, and shrimp in a lemon-basil
beurre blanc.
Any part of mountain cuisine means
celebrating the region with dishes
including locally 6