Designed to ensure you are energized for a day on the slopes or rafting down the Colorado River, Cucina Rustica serves breakfast daily. During the ski season, the renowned skiers lunch buffet brings guests back year after year. Offering, fresh carved meats, house-made soups, & unique salads to varied hot entrees, cheeses & home-baked breads. In the winter evenings the restaurant transforms into Vail’s premier Italian restaurant. The extensive menu of soups, salads, pastas, prime meats & fresh seafood will ensure the most taxing part of your evening is what to choose for dinner. Cucina Rustica’s culinary team, under the direction of Executive Sous Chef Steven Topple, takes great pride in using as many of Colorado’s native products as possible to enhance their dishes, from Colorado-grown produce & meats to hand-picked wild mushrooms. Outstanding food accompanied by Colorado’s most diverse Italian wine list ensures an evening to remember.