Blue Mountain: Slopeside Pub (September 2015)

My spouse and I dined at the Slopeside Pub and Grill at Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Palmerton for lunch on a Saturday afternoon in mid-September 2015. Slopeside Pub is open for lunch and dinner Tuesdays through Sundays (closed on Mondays). Parking is available in surface lots, but it may be difficult to find a spot during the busy winter ski season. (Parking is easy in the spring/summer/fall.) The restaurant does not accept reservations (except for large parties), but it does offer call-ahead seating.

This restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor dining and overlooks the ski slopes and the Blue Mountains. Outdoors, many table configurations are available (using quality wrought-iron furniture sets), as well as some high-top tables in the outdoor bar area. Another bar is located indoors, with table seating adjacent as well as in the nearby dining room. Comfortable lounge furniture near the double-sided indoor fireplace is also available if you just want to enjoy a drink or an appetizer. Live music is featured on certain days. (On the day that we dined, someone was playing acoustic guitar covers, which was enjoyable.)

The food is upscale American comfort cuisine, including burgers, sandwiches, and entrees. We shared the meat and cheese plate as an appetizer (which is not on their winter menu), followed by the roast beef Rachael sandwich (no longer on the winter menu) and a burger. For dessert, we shared one of the s’mores shooter dessert. The winter menu offers some interesting options, so we will return to try the poutine, calamari, or fondue appetizer and the chicken pot pie, pappardelle bolognese, pork shank, truffle lobster macaroni & cheese, or shrimp & grits entrees. The eggnog cheesecake seasonal dessert shooter options and the salted bourbon caramel crème brulee sound yummy too.

We enjoyed our meal at the Slopeside Pub, and we plan to return.

 

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