The Red Onion

This bustling restaurant drew me for 2 reasons. A) the history that it was the original restaurant in its same location since the village grew around it and B) because there is/was a great restaurant in Vancouver that was modeled after this one and I worked there for yrs during Uni!
A great history lesson, and bits of Americana nestled into the main street of Aspen. I would definitely recommend people check this place out. Stay for a drink or feed the entire crew, not if you're on shoestring budget tho!

Evan was a great server.
I’m giving it 3 stars due to my Red Onion burger being nothing to brag about. I’ve had tastier burgers at Five Guys. The fries I got were good.
My wife’s pulled pork sandwich was much better than my burger. She got a salad as a side which was delicious.

It's a busy little place located in Aspen’s downtown shopping area with both indoor and outdoor sitting arrangements. We had 8 people in our group, so had to wait little bit (almost 30 mins) to get a table. It was super crowded and loud inside, we had to push through the people to get to our table at the back of the pub...but I guess that's normal for a popular pub on a Saturday night.

Our waitress was very nice & attentive. She didn't even complain when we had to change 2 orders (oh the joys of letting the kids decide what they want :P ) out of 8 after she took our orders.

It took another 30 mins or so for the food to come out, but again...that's normal. My family order 2 Colorado Buffalo Burger (one w/ Sweet Potato Fries & another one with salad) with sautéed mushroom & onion, Pan Seared Rocky Mountain Trout, and the Mac & cheese. We were very happy to see the portion size, it was quite big! Even the macaroni & cheese dish from kids' menu was big.

We enjoyed our meals and time very much here. Will definitely go back if we are in Aspen again.

Ended up going there twice during my visit because I liked the black bean burger so much. This vegetarian burger with guacamole is so good. The first time I got it with sweet potato fries which were okay and the second time I got it with the salad. However, I had forgotten to ask whether the salad was vegetarian, I just foolishly assumed a salad would be vegetarian but it ended up coming with bacon bits in it. It was my fault for not checking before ordering but still our waitress was nice enough to offer to bring me something else and then not charge us for the salad in the bill. Both times we were there we received friendly service.

I was looking for a spot to watch UGA play in the Rose Bowl when I stumbled across this gem! The apres ski atmosphere was festive, and the food was delicious! We got the steak tacos, Philly cheese steak, onion rings, and chicken tenders for the kids. The service was great, as well. 5 stars.