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or 3 days would appreciate a bit more variety on the buffet. Full liquor service is available.
For something quick and cheap, Zion Lodge's
Castle Dome Café
serves burgers, deli
sandwiches, hot dogs, pizza, and ice cream on an outdoor patio.
In Zion Lodge, Zion National Park.
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435/772-7760.
www.zionlodge.com. Dinner reservations required
in summer. Breakfast $5.50-$9.25, lunch $6.80-$9, dinner main courses $12-$20. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V.
Late spring to early fall, daily 6:30-10am, 11:30am-3pm, and 5:30-9pm; slightly shorter hours the rest of
the year.
Zion Park Gift & Deli
Value
DELI This is our choice for a top-quality deli-style
sandwich at an economical price. You can eat at one of the cafe-style tables inside or on
the outdoor patio, or carry your sandwich off on a hike. All baked goods are made in-
house. In typical deli style, you order at the counter and wait as your meal is prepared
with your choice of bread, meats, cheeses, and condiments. Stop here at breakfast for
fresh-baked cinnamon rolls, muffins, banana nut bread, and other goodies. Locally made
candy, including excellent fudge, and 24 flavors of ice cream and frozen yogurt are also
offered, along with espresso. No alcohol is served.
866 Zion Park Blvd., Springdale.
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435/772-3843.
Main courses $5-$10. AE, DISC, MC, V. Summer Mon-
Sat 8am-9pm; reduced hours in winter.
Zion Pizza & Noodle
Kids
PIZZA/PASTA In a former Mormon church with a
turquoise steeple, this casual place has small, closely spaced tables. Baked in a slate stone
oven, the 12-inch pizzas are our favorites. You can get practically any type you want,
including Southwestern burrito pizza and barbecue-chicken pizza. You can also design
your own with a variety of toppings, from pepperoni to green chiles to pineapple.
Options on the noodle side of the menu include such pastas as penne with grilled
chicken, broccoli, carrots, fresh cream, and cheese. Calzones and stromboli are available.
Beer is served inside and in the delightful year-round beer garden.
868 Zion Park Blvd., Springdale.
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435/772-3815.
www.zionpizzanoodle.com. Reservations not
accepted. Main courses $8.95-$15. No credit cards. Summer daily from 4pm; call for winter schedule.
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BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
If you could visit only one national park in your lifetime, we'd suggest it be Bryce Can-
yon. Here you'll find magic, inspiration, and spectacular beauty. The main draw of the
park is the thousands of intricately shaped hoodoos: Those silent rock sentinels and
congregations gathered in colorful cathedrals, arranged in formations that invite your
imagination to run wild.
Hoodoos, geologists tell us, are pinnacles of rock, often oddly shaped, left standing
after millions of years of water and wind erosion. But perhaps the truth really lies in a
Paiute legend. These American Indians told of a “Legend People” who lived here in the
old days and because of their evil ways, were turned to stone by the powerful Coyote.
Even today, they remain frozen in time.
Although the colorful hoodoos first grab your attention, it isn't long before you notice
the deep amphitheaters that enfold them, with their cliffs, windows, and arches, all in
shades of red, brown, orange, yellow, and white. Beyond the rocks are the other faces of
the park: three separate life zones, each with its own unique vegetation; and a kingdom
of animals, from the busy chipmunks and ground squirrels to the stately mule deer and
their archenemy, the mountain lion.
