6 Best Restaurants in Cheyenne, Laramie, and Southern Wyoming, Wyoming

Altitude Chophouse and Brewery

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A favorite of locals, this restaurant offers tasty handcrafted ales and fine cuisine, with surprising twists on American classics, including steaks, burgers, and pizza. The decor is mountain themed, with a beautiful bar. Beer connoisseurs should check out the best-selling Tumblewheat, a light-flavored American wheat brew.

320 S. 2nd St., Laramie, Wyoming, USA
307-721–4031
Known For
  • charred lime salmon
  • rib eye garnished with fried onions
  • award-winning beers brewed in-house
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun., Credit cards accepted

Bear Trap Cafe & Bar

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People come for the large portions of hearty but basic food at this log building with the look and feel of a Western hunting lodge. The menu is strong on burgers, pizza, steaks, fish, and chicken.

120 E. Riverside Ave., Encampment, Wyoming, 82325, USA
307-327–5277
Known For
  • casual, friendly spot to grab a meal any day of the week
  • full bar
  • big portions
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Credit cards accepted

Bitter Creek Brewing

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This welcoming, low-key brewery has a good selection of burgers and sandwiches and slings its own award-winning brews. There are also soups, steaks, pasta, and massive salads on the menu. Seating is especially nice at and around the bar, where large windows allow natural light to pour in.

604 Broadway St., Rock Springs, Wyoming, 82901, USA
307-362–4782
Known For
  • creamy capelli pasta with Cajun shrimp and andouille sausage
  • clam chowder
  • "Coal Porter" (a beer named in honor of the area's mining history)
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon., Credit cards accepted

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Guidino's Café

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This low-key restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner—not to mention homemade pies—seven days a week. Prices are a little higher than other nearby restaurants, but portions are generous, with a large selection of burgers, sandwiches, and steaks, plus some Mexican options.

Paramount Cafe

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Located in a former movie theater, this airy coffee shop exudes a vintage vibe, a full array of espresso drinks, and a few snacks. Local art hangs on the walls, and musicians and poets take to the spot's tiny stage at its month open-mike night.
1607 Capitol Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001, USA
307-634–2576
Known For
  • tasty lattes with fun names
  • frozen drinks "served nice and cold like your ex's heart"
  • bubble tea in lots of flavors
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: No dinner

The Albany

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Historic photographs of early Cheyenne set the tone for this downtown icon, a place that seems as old as the city itself (the structure was built circa 1900). It's a bit dark, and the booths are a bit shabby, but the American food is solid. Now if only you could get the walls to tell their stories. No doubt they've heard it all, as many of the movers and shakers in Cheyenne's past (and a few in its present) have eaten here. The menu lists hot and cold sandwiches, salads, and burgers, plus prime rib, steak, pork, lamb, and seafood.

1506 Capitol Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001, USA
307-638–3507
Known For
  • local favorite since the 1940s
  • American staples like prime rib and chicken fried steak
  • located right next to the historic train depot
Restaurants Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun., Credit cards accepted