Fine dining on Mt. Wilson

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:10 am

According to the sign, it's now open from 10 - 4... on Saturdays and Sundays. I was there on Monday.

Post by **HikeUp** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:19 am

Nice bear proof trash can they have there. Hmmm.

More info I saw a couple of weeks ago...
http://www.mtwilson.edu/cafe.pdf

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:58 am

HikeUp wrote:Nice bear proof trash can they have there. Hmmm.

Keep the trash can emptied regularly and don't allow bears to call between the hours of 10 and 4 on weekends.

It is interesting that the place opened at a time when it is very hard to get to Mt. Wilson unless you walk, run, or bicycle up the trails. I wonder how many visitors they are getting.

outwhere · Post by **outwhere** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:28 am

AlanK wrote:It is interesting that the place opened at a time when it is very hard to get to Mt. Wilson unless you walk, run, or bicycle up the trails. I wonder how many visitors they are getting.

Very true, sure hope they find a way to make it.

I'll never forget when I told my friends to forget packing a lunch on a Mt. Wilson hike - after all, we can just eat lunch at the snack stand. We were talking about the cheeseburgers almost the minute we left Chantry Flats.

You could imagine the horror in our eyes when we rounded the corner to see the snack shop all boarded up. Must have been one of the first Saturdays in our many trips that it was boarded up.

I was not too popular with my friends that day.

We limped back down to Chantry after sharing an orange or two and about 10 graham crackers between the 4 of us [very hungry hikers].

When we got back into town, went to a Mexican restaurant and ordered just about everything on the menu!

It's amazing how the body adjusts to do what it's got to do, I thought my rubbery legs would never make it back to Chantry that day!

Best of luck to the new snack shop...

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:39 am

I went up yesterday figuring I'd give the place a try. I got there a little after 11. It had occurred to me that they might not be open 7 days per week, so I had a Plan B, which was to hoof it down and head over to Sierra Madre. I was good and hungry when I got my lunch.

Desert Hiker · Post by **Desert Hiker** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:05 pm

We were up there on the 5th and had a great sandwich. They are normally closed on Mondays but since it was the day after the holiday they were open.
While we were there I saw about twenty people enjoying the views and most of them eating. Good fresh food and priced reassembly for where you were.
You can drive up from Wrightwood or drive in from the North. It’s a long way but coming from the North you really get a scope of the fire devastation. About half the people up there were on bikes.

AW~ · Post by **AW~** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:51 pm

Can I eat there and still comply with NHPS rules?

"I only went there for the food, I swear"

PackerGreg · Post by **PackerGreg** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:42 pm

This weekend (http://www.adamspackstation.com/Calendar/calendar.html) there will be very fine dining near Mt. Wilson - Cheeseburgers & Fries, Pulled Pork Sandwiches (http://www.adamspackstation.com/pulledpork.html), and Vegitarian Italian Sausage Sandwiches (http://www.adamspackstation.com/thegrill.html).

Seriously, you have to try Eric's famous Carolina-style pulled pork. His wife, Monica, is now making the veggie sausage sandwiches.

mattmaxon · Post by **mattmaxon** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:44 am

AW wrote:Can I eat there and still comply with NHPS rules?
"I only went there for the food, I swear"

The rules committee will have to convene a Loya jirga. There are many agenda items piling up... The head of the Arizona Chapter will be in town soon

Perhaps we'll have enough delegates for a quorum

I for one after my cogent analysis of all relevant evidence will say it is OK since the structure was placed there by NHPS to lure unsuspecting peak baggers into not summiting Mt Wilson! I as a super delegate will vote for the "exemption"

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:48 am

mattmaxon wrote:the structure was placed there by NHPS to lure unsuspecting peak baggers into not summiting Mt Wilson!

The NHPS plan for world domination will soon come to fruition peakbagging fools!

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:05 am

I am not sure where the actual summit of Mt. Wilson is, nor do I care. I think that anyone who goes no higher than the gazebo should be safe from peak-bagging charges, at least for that day.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:29 am

Just as long as they don't go behind the gazebo. (A = summit, B = gazebo)

For an NHPS'er, that's a close call.

HJ

Post by **Taco** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:37 pm

ACME-FU!

SUGOI!

Desert Hiker · Post by **Desert Hiker** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:31 pm

I think the "high Point" is at the Hooker 100-inch telescope at the Visitors' Gallery. You have to climb about three short flights of stairs.
That's as high as I have been anyway.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:22 pm

Desert Hiker wrote:I think the "high Point" is at the Hooker 100-inch telescope at the Visitors' Gallery. You have to climb about three short flights of stairs.
That's as high as I have been anyway.

Hookers have telescopes?

HJ

(I really need to get more sleep)

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:34 pm

Hikin_Jim wrote: Hookers have telescopes?

The question is, do telescopes have hookers?

Hikin_Jim wrote:(I really need to get more sleep)

You have the greatest excuse in the world -- a baby.

Post by **Taco** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:47 pm

How much?

ForestHiker · Post by **ForestHiker** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 7:27 pm

outwhere wrote:
AlanK wrote:It is interesting that the place opened at a time when it is very hard to get to Mt. Wilson unless you walk, run, or bicycle up the trails. I wonder how many visitors they are getting.
Very true, sure hope they find a way to make it.

I'll never forget when I told my friends to forget packing a lunch on a Mt. Wilson hike - after all, we can just eat lunch at the snack stand. We were talking about the cheeseburgers almost the minute we left Chantry Flats.

You could imagine the horror in our eyes when we rounded the corner to see the snack shop all boarded up. Must have been one of the first Saturdays in our many trips that it was boarded up.

I was not too popular with my friends that day.

We limped back down to Chantry after sharing an orange or two and about 10 graham crackers between the 4 of us [very hungry hikers].

When we got back into town, went to a Mexican restaurant and ordered just about everything on the menu!

It's amazing how the body adjusts to do what it's got to do, I thought my rubbery legs would never make it back to Chantry that day!

Best of luck to the new snack shop...

Great story, Outwhere. Those are the kind of trips that build strong friendships. You are lucky to have these friends.