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Kissing Moose Cafe

4.4 (15 reviews)
Closed • 6:00 am - 2:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Sandy C.

Kissing Moose is wonderful!! Thank you for existing! I was looking for quick breakfast places open at 5am to get into RMNP early and this was the ONLY place that came up in Estes Park. Upon checking their website. I saw they had picnic lunches to $20 to take into the park!!! Tourists Alert!!! The picnic lunch was fantastic! For $20 you get a nice big sandwich, big bag of grapes, a bottle of water, two cookies, a bag of homemade granola (so good!!) and a bag of chips. It was so worth it and gave us different things to munch on throughout our day in the park. And they put it all in an insulated bag! When we were leaving Estes Park for Denver, there was a huge herd of elk hanging out near their food truck! Maybe you'll get lucky when you visit!

Biscuits and Gray with 2 over med eggs
Raymond J.

Found a great breakfast spot that you might want to pass off as another food truck. Well come a visit a place that does things from scratch. Friendly service with people that take a personal touch. Great breakfast items . Biscuit and gravy with a heavy portion of gravy like it should be. A nice sized Breakfast burrito full of flavor with a side of green chili sauce. fresh incredible pastries. Tasty vanilla latte with nice frothiness. Come by and pickup and take or hangout on the picnic tables. Lunch menu item are next on our list to try

Nice dude making my 5am breakfast burrito!

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Great food, fast and friendly service and a great stop on your way into or out of the national park!

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Great way to start your morning in the RMNP. Breakfast burrito was so good and that green chile salsa was fantastic.

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Food and Service amazing! Best breakfast burritos I've ever had! You are missing out if you don't eat here.

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“I was looking for quick breakfast places open at 5am to get into RMNP early and this was the ONLY place that came up in Estes Park.”

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