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rooms ($200-242) to one- or two-room bungalows ($200-297) on the beach. The two-room
lakefront retreats ($275-295) are ideal for families; they overlook the lake with fantastic
views of the mountains and have kitchenettes. All the rooms in the lodge are carpeted, com-
fortably furnished, and decorated with a nice homey touch. There is one three-bedroom
cabin aptly named Home Away from Home ($335); if you are lucky enough to get it, you'll
have a bedroom, dining area, living room with a gas fireplace, kitchen, and small laundry
room all to yourself; the only drawback is that there is no view.
CAMPING
The Signal Mountain Campground (800/672-6012, early May-early Oct., $21 with
vehicle, $45 electric site, $5 hikers) is nestled among spruce and fir trees with views of the
mountains, lakes, and hillside. It is also wildly popular and often fills up by 10am. There
are 86 smallish sites, and RVs up to 30 feet in length are permitted. There are restrooms
with cold running water but no showers.
FOOD
There are a lot of options for dining at the Jackson Lake Lodge. The Mural Room (307/
543-2811, 7am-9:30am, 11:30am-1:30pm, and 6pm-10:30pm daily mid-May-early Oct.,
breakfast buffet $16 adults, $9.50 children, lunch $12-19, dinner $20-42) has unmatched
ambience with its windowed wall looking out onto the lake, Mount Moran, and the Teton
Range along with the colorful murals by famed artist Carl Routers depicting life out West.
The food is upscale and innovative—also known as Rocky Mountain cuisine—and when
coupled with the view, it makes this one of the most pleasurable dining experiences in the
park. Breakfast includes ricotta and pine nut hot cakes, crunchy French toast, and parfait
of organic Teton granola. Lunch is a mix of gourmet burgers and salads as well as regional
cuisine such as the buffalo chipotle sausage frittata. Dinner is a hearty affair with delect-
able main entrée items including molasses-spiced elk loin, grilled Idaho red trout and whole
roasted black angus beef tenderloin direct from the on-site butcher shop. A delightful end
to the meal is the flourless dark chocolate cake. Dinner reservations are recommended.
Also in the lodge is the much more casual and less pricey Pioneer Grill (307/543-2811,
6am-10pm daily mid-May-early Oct., breakfast $5-10, lunch and dinner $6-23), a true-to-
style 1950s diner; supposedly it has the largest soda fountain counter still in use. A fun place
for a meal, the restaurant is decorated with pioneer artifacts. The Pioneer Grill offers Amer-
ican cuisine with a slight gourmet twist (try the garlic parmesan fries) and has a take-out
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