Telluride · Open Sunday
Best Restaurants Open on Sunday in Telluride 2026
Telluride is a small town at the dead end of a box canyon, and its dining splits in two: the mountain restaurants that open only in season, and the year-round rooms on Colorado Avenue. For a guaranteed Sunday, you want the second group. These six are confirmed open, with hours to match.
A Sunday in Telluride is easier to plan than in a big city, because the town is six blocks long and most of the kitchens worth booking sit within a short walk of one another. The catch is seasonality, not the day of the week. Allred's at the top of the gondola and Alpino Vino out on the ski runs are spectacular, but they open mainly in winter and go dark in the shoulder seasons, so they are not Sunday-safe in spring or autumn. The rooms below run year-round in the historic core, and each one was checked against its current Sunday hours before it made the list.
New Sheridan Chop House
Sunday: 10:00am – 9:00pm (longest Sunday window in town)
The town's steakhouse of record, set inside the New Sheridan Hotel that has stood on Colorado Avenue since 1895. The Chop House runs the longest Sunday hours on this list, opening at 10am and serving straight through, which makes it the answer whether you want a late breakfast after a hike or a full dinner of dry-aged ribeye and Colorado lamb. The wine bar beside the dining room holds a deep cellar, and the room keeps its Victorian bones without tipping into theme-park. Book through OpenTable, especially during the bluegrass and film festivals.
221 South Oak
Sunday: brunch 10:00am – 1:30pm, dinner 5:00pm – 9:30pm
The most ambitious kitchen in the box canyon, set in a converted miner's cottage on a quiet side street off the main drag. Chef-led and seasonally driven, 221 South Oak plates the kind of tasting-menu cooking you would not expect at 8,750 feet, with a Sunday that runs both a brunch and a full dinner. The room is tiny, a dozen or so tables, which makes it intimate and makes a reservation essential. For a Sunday dinner that counts as the meal of the trip rather than a refuel, this is the Telluride booking.
La Marmotte
Sunday: 5:00pm – 9:00pm (open seven nights)
A pocket of France in a stone building that once held the town's icehouse. La Marmotte serves a three-course prix fixe seven nights a week, Sunday included, which is rare consistency for a fine-dining room in a seasonal town. The cooking is classic and unhurried, duck and trout and whatever the market sends, with a bar and patio happy hour from 5pm for those who want the food without the full sit-down. The low stone room is the most romantic Sunday dinner in Telluride. Reserve ahead in any busy week.
The National
Sunday: 4:30pm – 9:30pm
The town's wine bar of choice, pouring on Colorado Avenue from 4:30pm on a Sunday. The National runs a Mediterranean small-plates menu built to graze across, with a list that rewards a curious table and a room that hums rather than roars. It is the place for a Sunday that starts as a glass and a board of charcuterie and quietly turns into dinner. Less formal than the Chop House and far less of a commitment than a tasting menu, it suits an easy end to a weekend on the mountain.
Rustico Ristorante
Sunday: 5:00pm – 9:30pm
The Italian standby on Colorado Avenue, with a heated sidewalk patio that stays in use well into the cold months. Rustico cooks a straight Northern Italian card of house pastas, osso buco and a long list of Italian wine that the owners take seriously, in a warm room with exposed brick. It is not trying to reinvent anything, which on a Sunday in the mountains is exactly the point. For a family table or a relaxed dinner with a good bottle after a day outdoors, the Sunday service from 5pm is reliable. Book a patio table when the weather holds.
There
Sunday: 4:00pm – 11:00pm (kitchen to 10pm)
The late, loose Sunday option, a globe-trotting small-plates room and cocktail bar on West Pacific Avenue that opens at 4pm and runs to 11pm. The menu skips around from Asia to Latin America with no apology, the drinks are the real draw, and the energy is closer to a party than a dinner. There is the Telluride answer when the rest of the town is winding down and you want one more round and something to eat with it. Reservations help on festival weekends, but a Sunday walk-in often works.
Telluride Sunday dining FAQ
Which good restaurants are open on Sunday in Telluride?
Six in-town rooms are confirmed open Sunday: the New Sheridan Chop House serves from 10am, 221 South Oak runs brunch and dinner, La Marmotte opens for its French prix fixe at 5pm, The National pours from 4:30pm, Rustico Ristorante does Italian from 5pm, and There runs small plates and cocktails from 4pm. All six sit on or near Colorado Avenue in the box canyon, so a Sunday in Telluride is well covered without the gondola.
Is the New Sheridan Chop House open on Sunday?
Yes. The New Sheridan Chop House at 233 West Colorado Avenue is open Sunday from 10am to 9pm, one of the longest Sunday windows in town. Set in the historic 1895 New Sheridan Hotel, it is Telluride's steakhouse of record, with dry-aged cuts, Colorado lamb and a wine bar beside the dining room. It runs year-round rather than seasonally, so it is a safe Sunday booking in both ski season and summer. Reserve through OpenTable, especially during festivals.
Where can I get a fine-dining dinner on a Sunday in Telluride?
La Marmotte and 221 South Oak are the two fine-dining rooms open Sunday. La Marmotte, in a stone former icehouse on West San Juan Avenue, serves a three-course French prix fixe seven nights from 5pm. 221 South Oak runs a New American tasting-led dinner from 5pm in a converted miner's cottage, plus a Sunday brunch from 10am. Both take reservations and both are small, so book ahead on a Sunday in season.
Are restaurants in Telluride open year-round or seasonal?
The in-town restaurants on this list run year-round, through both the winter ski season and the summer festival calendar. The mountain restaurants are the seasonal ones: Allred's at the top of the gondola and Alpino Vino on the ski runs open mainly in winter and close during the spring and autumn shoulder seasons. For a guaranteed Sunday meal in any month, stay in the box canyon and book one of the Colorado Avenue rooms below.
What is the most relaxed Sunday option in Telluride?
There, on West Pacific Avenue, is the easy Sunday pick: open from 4pm with a global small-plates menu, a serious cocktail list and a room built for grazing rather than a formal sit-down. The National on Colorado Avenue is the other low-key choice, a Mediterranean wine bar pouring from 4:30pm. Both suit an after-hike Sunday when you want good food and a drink without committing to a long tasting menu.
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