Mirabelle at Beaver Creek
Mirabelle at Beaver Creek
Avon, CO
The legacy of Mirabelle Restaurant is now 40 years in the making, as the quaint farmhouse tucked away near the entrance to Beaver Creek just celebrated the four-decade anniversary in 2022.
Though the French-inspired restaurant was founded in 1982 (in the very early days of Beaver Creek Resort), chef Daniel Joly and his wife, Nathalie, have owned Mirabelle since 1999 and have been operating the restaurant since 1991.
Snowflakes fall on the farmhouse porch as we walk toward its entrance — illuminated with still light and the ambient welcome of a tall, twinkle-lit pine tree. Mirabelle’s roof shingles are sheets of white, and I look down to see my boots breaking through the soft powder.
“Mirabelle is really, in so many ways, a magical place for people,” says chef Joly as he greets us with a broad smile.