Best Restaurants Open Sunday in Aspen 2026

Aspen is unusual among dining towns because its calendar runs on two seasons, ski winter and green summer, with quiet shoulder weeks in spring and fall when half the storefronts go dark. Inside a season, Sunday is a working night and the best kitchens stay open. The real question is which of the upscale rooms keep a Sunday dinner service rather than which exist at all. Six of them confirm Sunday hours below for the 2026 summer season, ranked by what each is for, with prices per head before wine. Check shoulder-season dates before you fly: a Sunday in late April or early November is a different town.

How Sunday works in a resort town

Aspen has no Sunday-Monday shutdown habit the way a big-city fine-dining scene does, because its rhythm is seasonal rather than weekly. During the summer and winter peaks almost every serious kitchen runs seven nights, and Sunday is a full service. The catch is the shoulder season. The stretch from the close of the ski lifts in April through early June, and again from late October into November, is when restaurants take their breaks, and a Sunday in those weeks can find the town half closed. Cache Cache, for example, reopened for the 2026 summer on June 11 after a spring break.

The list below assumes you are visiting inside a season. It leads with the town's Michelin-starred room and runs through the marquee Japanese counter, the hotel dining room with the deepest cellar in the Rockies, and the all-day oyster bar. Hours are checked against each restaurant's current published schedule. For the rest of the week and the full ranking, start with the Aspen dining guide. The day-drinking institution at the base of the gondola, Ajax Tavern, also runs every Sunday if you want a patio lunch first.

The Sunday list

Bosq

Seasonal tasting menu · Downtown, Aspen · $150–225 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 17:30–22:30

Chef Barclay Dodge's room on 312 S Mill Street is the most decorated kitchen in town, holding a Michelin star in Colorado's first guide. The cooking is a foraged, fermented, mountain-modern tasting built on what grows around Aspen, and a full dinner lands around $150 to $225 a head. It opens Sunday from half past five to half past ten in the summer season. The dining room is small and the bar takes a handful of walk-ins, so a Sunday table is the one to lock down first.

Element 47

Contemporary Colorado · The Little Nell, Aspen · $110–180 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 18:00–21:00 (dinner)

Element 47 sits inside The Little Nell at 675 E Durant Avenue, at the base of Aspen Mountain, and its cellar holds a Wine Spectator Grand Award, one of the deepest lists in the Rockies. The contemporary Colorado menu runs about $110 to $180 a head before the wine that is the real reason to come. Sunday dinner runs six to nine. Book the dining room and let the sommelier lead, or take a Sunday seat at the bar for a glass from a list most cities cannot match.

Matsuhisa Aspen

Japanese · Main Street, Aspen · $100–200 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, from 17:30

Nobu Matsuhisa's Aspen outpost in a converted house at 303 E Main Street has fed the town's winter crowd since the 1990s. The black cod miso, the yellowtail with jalapeno and the omakase are the order, and a meal runs $100 to $200 a head. It opens Sunday from half past five across both the upstairs dining room and the downstairs bar. The counter is the seat to ask for, and it is one of the better Sunday rooms in Aspen for a diner eating alone.

Cache Cache

French-American · Downtown, Aspen · $70–120 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 17:30–22:00

Cache Cache has run on 205 S Mill Street since 1987, which makes it one of the longest-standing dining rooms in town, with chef Chris Lanter in the kitchen. The Provencal-leaning French-American cooking, the rotisserie chicken and the steak frites among the regulars' orders, runs $70 to $120 a head. It opens Sunday from half past five to ten in the summer season, having reopened for 2026 on June 11. It is the warm, reliable Sunday that locals book when they want no surprises.

Clark's Oyster Bar

Seafood · Downtown, Aspen · $55–95 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 11:00–22:00

Clark's brought its Texas oyster-bar polish to 517 E Hyman Avenue, and it is the rare upscale Aspen room that runs all day Sunday, eleven in the morning to ten at night. The raw bar, the chilled seafood towers and the lemony Gulf cooking run $55 to $95 a head, which makes it the value pick on this list. The white-and-green room fills fast on a sunny Sunday, so come early for the patio or take a seat at the marble oyster bar.

Betula

French Pan-American · Downtown, Aspen · $65–110 per head

Sunday hours: Sunday, 17:30–22:00

Betula sits above Cooper Avenue at number 525 and cooks a French Pan-American menu with a Caribbean accent, the kind of bright, citrus-and-spice plates that read as a change of register from Aspen's steak-and-game default. A dinner runs $65 to $110 a head. It opens Sunday from half past five to ten. The upstairs room and its bar make it a strong late Sunday option once the day-trippers have cleared, and the cocktail list is among the more ambitious in town.

How to book a Sunday table in Aspen

Aspen runs on Resy and OpenTable, and the booking pressure rises with the season. Bosq is the priority: the dining room is small and a peak-summer Sunday can sell out a week ahead, so set a reminder for the reservation drop. Element 47 holds hotel-guest tables but takes outside Sunday bookings, and the bar is the back door if the room is full. Matsuhisa fills its winter Sundays harder than its summer ones, so a summer Sunday is gettable with a few days' notice. Cache Cache and Betula reward two or three days' lead. Clark's takes the most walk-ins thanks to its all-day Sunday, but the patio goes first. For a solo Sunday, the counter at Matsuhisa Aspen and the oyster bar at Clark's are the easiest seats, a natural solo dining at the counter move. Hosting on a Sunday? Element 47's cellar is the room to impress a client in Aspen.

Frequently asked questions

Are restaurants in Aspen open on Sunday?

Yes, inside a season. During the summer and winter peaks almost every serious Aspen kitchen runs seven nights, so Sunday dinner is easy to find at Bosq, Element 47, Matsuhisa, Cache Cache, Clark's Oyster Bar and Betula. The exception is the shoulder season, roughly mid-April to early June and late October into November, when many rooms close for a break and a Sunday can find the town half shut.

Is Bosq open on Sunday in Aspen?

Yes. Bosq opens Sunday from half past five to half past ten in the summer season at 312 S Mill Street. It is the most decorated kitchen in town, holding a Michelin star in Colorado's guide, and serves a foraged, mountain-modern tasting menu around $150 to $225 a head. The dining room is small, so a Sunday table is the one to book first, ideally a week ahead in peak summer.

What is the best Sunday dinner in Aspen?

For a special occasion, Bosq's Michelin-starred tasting menu is the top Sunday dinner in town. For sushi, Matsuhisa Aspen runs its omakase and the black cod miso every Sunday from half past five. For a wine-led night, Element 47 at The Little Nell pairs a contemporary Colorado menu with a Grand Award cellar. For oysters and an easy table, Clark's Oyster Bar serves all day Sunday.

Do Aspen restaurants close in the off-season?

Many do. Aspen's calendar runs on two peaks, ski winter and green summer, with shoulder weeks between them. The stretch after the lifts close in April through early June, and again from late October into November, is when restaurants take their annual breaks. Cache Cache, for example, reopened for the 2026 summer on June 11. Always confirm Sunday hours directly if you are visiting in a shoulder week.

What is the best-value restaurant open Sunday in Aspen?

Clark's Oyster Bar on East Hyman Avenue. It is the rare upscale Aspen room open all day Sunday, eleven to ten, and its raw bar and chilled seafood run about $55 to $95 a head, well under the tasting-menu rooms. The patio and the marble oyster bar fill fast on a sunny Sunday, so arrive early or take a counter seat rather than waiting for a table.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026 and reflect the summer season; shoulder-season hours vary, so confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.