We're glad you stopped by and hope you enjoy our site. Stop by the Café and say hello and don't forget to ask Doug "What's smokin'?" If you like our Q, we cater too! Visit Bonnie Q BBQ for the same great award-winning BBQ that's featured at Arapahoe Café .

You'll find that the Arapahoe Café has lots of history, some of the best barbecue in Summit County, and a friendly staff. It all started in the 1880's when Dillon was a small mountain town in the heart of Rockies at the hub of the Colorado mining and gold rush.

If you're lucky to live in Summit County - or heading up here to visit and ski, board, play, hike, bike, fish - check the weather and make plans to stop by for some great BBQ and a cold one. If you're here in the winter, enjoy our warm, rustic atmosphere. If it's summer you enjoy, be sure to check out our patio. And if you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes....it will change!

While you're here learn about our history...there's a reason why our floors are a bit uneven and the walls are somewhat out of square.

Visit our menu pages and bring your appetite to the Café! Try our Cajun Seared 8 oz. Sirloin with Chipotle Butter and Tobacco Onions or our Baja Benedict, Two Eggs, Smoked Turkey, Tomato, Avocado on an English Muffin and Home Fries.

Maybe you've heard of us-we have BBQ so good it will make your big toe wiggle! Stop by and see for yourself why we've been voted Best in Town four out of the last five years. 

We think our Q is pretty darn good and so do the judges, so we said to ourselves:

"Let's take this Q on the road and expand into catering!"

So we did - try Bonnie Q BBQ Catering Company for your next event - we provide full service catering in Summit County. Drop-off or pick-up service available as well. See you soon!

~Julie Willing, Da Boss
  Doug Pierce, Pit Boss

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Pictures in top banner: 1950's Arapahoe Café; the first car on Loveland Pass; Old Town Dillon; and the first snowmobile in Dillon.