Telluride is a box-canyon town at 8,750 feet where the dining schedule follows the mountain, not the weekday. During the spring and autumn off-seasons several kitchens go dark for weeks, so a Monday in those months needs checking. In summer and ski season, the picture flips: the marquee rooms run seven nights, Monday included.
Every restaurant below is confirmed for Monday service in the current summer season as of June 2026, with its exact window. Telluride has no Michelin guide, so we lean on the rooms the town and its visitors have ranked highest for years. We lead with the gondola-top destination, then the downtown fine-dining rooms within a few blocks of Colorado Avenue.
Allred's
Contemporary American · San Sophia, top of gondola · around $70–130
Monday hours: 5:00pm–9:00pm (summer).
Allred’s sits at 10,551 feet at the San Sophia gondola station, the midway point between Telluride and Mountain Village, reached on the free gondola with the box canyon falling away below the windows. The contemporary American menu runs to elk, local trout and a serious wine list, and the sunset over the San Juans is the reason to time the booking. It serves dinner daily through summer and winter, Monday included. Reserve the early evening for the light and ride the gondola up before it closes.
La Marmotte
French · Downtown · around $60–100 (3-course prix fixe)
Monday hours: 5:00pm–9:00pm.
La Marmotte cooks French country food inside an 1896 icehouse at 150 West San Juan Avenue, the most romantic room in town and one of its oldest dining addresses. The three-course prix fixe runs nightly and leans on classics, duck, foie and seasonal game, with a happy hour in the bar and on the patio from five. It opens every evening including Monday. This is the Monday booking for a quiet, candlelit dinner. Take the prix fixe and a Burgundy from the list.
New Sheridan Chop House
Steakhouse · Downtown · around $60–110
Monday hours: 5:30pm–9:00pm.
The Chop House occupies the ground floor of the New Sheridan Hotel, the 1895 landmark at 233 West Colorado Avenue, and it is the town’s default for a serious mountain steak. The elk chop, the bison and the dry-aged beef are the orders, and the historic bar next door is the place for a drink first. Monday keeps a full dinner service from 5:30. This is the dependable Telluride steakhouse Monday. Book a window table and start with a Manhattan in the old bar.
221 South Oak
New American · Downtown · around $60–100
Monday hours: 5:00pm–9:30pm.
221 South Oak is chef Eliza Gavin’s New American room in a converted house at 221 South Oak Street, a Top Chef alum’s kitchen built around a tight, ingredient-led menu and a strong wine list. The seasonal plates and the patio under the trees make it the most refined of the downtown rooms. Monday runs dinner from five to 9:30. This is the Monday booking for a quieter, chef-driven meal off the main drag. Reserve the patio in summer and let the kitchen guide the menu.
The National
Mediterranean and American · Downtown · around $55–95
Monday hours: 4:30pm–9:30pm.
The National runs a wood-grilled, Mediterranean-leaning menu and a deep wine program at 100 East Colorado Avenue, on the corner of the main street. The grilled meats and fish, the shared plates and the by-the-glass list make it an easy room for a group or a couple, and it opens earlier than most at 4:30. Monday keeps full service into the evening. This is the flexible Monday booking when the table cannot agree on one cuisine. Sit near the open kitchen and order across the grill.
Rustico Ristorante
Italian · Downtown · around $45–80
Monday hours: 5:00pm–9:30pm.
Rustico brings Northern Italian cooking and one of the region’s deepest Italian cellars to 114 East Colorado Avenue, with a sidewalk patio that is the best people-watching seat on the main street in summer. The handmade pasta, the osso buco and the wine list run by owner Paolo Canclini are the draw. Monday keeps a full dinner from five to 9:30. This is the warm, no-fuss Italian Monday in the centre of town. Book the patio in good weather and ask Paolo to pick the wine.
How Telluride dines on Monday
Telluride’s dining schedule is seasonal first and weekly second. From late spring through the summer festivals and across the ski season, the best rooms run seven nights, so a Monday in those stretches eats as well as any other night. It is the shoulder weeks, roughly mid-April to late May and again in November, when restaurants close for stretches and a Monday needs a phone call.
Reservations matter on summer weekends and during the festivals, when the town fills well beyond its small footprint, and Allred’s books out first because the gondola ride and the view make it the signature room. Tip the standard 20 percent. Dress is mountain-smart, meaning a clean layer rather than a jacket; even the fine-dining rooms keep the altitude-town informality.
For a strong Telluride Monday, build it around the light: ride the gondola up to Allred’s for an early dinner and the sunset, or stay in town for a candlelit meal at La Marmotte and a nightcap in the New Sheridan bar. The downtown rooms are all within a few blocks of Colorado Avenue, so a Monday here is walkable end to end.
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Hours change. We confirm every restaurant’s Monday service before publishing and re-check quarterly, but call ahead for holidays and private events. Some reservation links are affiliate links; they never affect which rooms we list or how we rank them.