JASPER NATIONAL PARK - Canadian Rockies: Including Banff and Jasper National Parks - page 375

is $15.70 (overflow camping is $10.50); Pocahontas Campground, 45 kilometers (28
miles) northeast, is $21.50. Both are open mid-May-early September.
FOOD
It's easy to get a good, or even great, meal in Jasper. Connaught Drive and Patricia Street
are lined with cafés and restaurants. Considering this is a national park, menus are reason-
ably well priced. You should expect hearty fare, with lots of beef, game, and a surprisingly
good selection of seafood.
Coffeehouses and Cafés
You'll smell the wonderful aroma of freshly baked bread even before entering Bear's Paw
Bakery (4 Cedar Ave., 780/852-3233, 6am-6pm daily, lunches under $10). The European-
style breads (the muesli loaf is a delight) are perfect for a picnic lunch, but not as tempting
as the cakes and pastries. The freshly brewed coffee and oversized scones help make this
my favorite Jasper café. Operated by the same owners, The Other Paw (610 Connaught
Dr., 780/852-2253, 7am-6pm daily) has a slightly more contemporary feel, but more of the
same great baked goods, as well as delicious salads.
With a couple of tables spilling onto the sidewalk, Café Mondo (616 Patricia St., 780/
852-9676, 8am-8pm daily, until 9pm in summer, $7.50-11) is a popular hangout for locals
each morning, but where this place shines is the pizza by the slice and freshly made salads
throughout the day.
Nutter's (622 Patricia St., 780/852-5844, 9am-6pm daily in summer) is a good pre-hik-
ing stop, with a wide choice of goodies in bulk bins.
Casual and Family-Style Dining
The ubiquitous family-style restaurant is alive and well in Jasper. One of the originals is
the L&W Restaurant (corner of Patricia St. and Hazel Ave., 780/852-4114, breakfast,
lunch, and dinner daily, $11-18.50). It features a small outside patio and plenty of greenery
that brings to life an otherwise ordinary restaurant-a good place to take the family for an
affordable meal.
You won't be dazzled by the surroundings at Palisades (Cedar Ave., 780/852-5222,
4pm-9:30pm daily and 8:30am-11:30am for breakfast in summer, $15-28), but the wide-
ranging menu appeals to families: inexpensive vegetarian choices, pastas and pizza, Greek
specialties less than $20, a massive T-bone steak, and a $6 kids' menu.