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YOSEMITE RESTAURANTS
When visiting Yosemite I recommend taking a cooler and buying items for breakfast, lunch and dinner in advance. In particular if you want to save money because most restaurants and bistros inside and around the park are pretty expensive. Since Yosemite and its surroundings offer so nice settings for having a picnic self-catering is a great alternative.

​Spread over the park, close to the most popular trails you will find some snack shacks offering cold drinks and sandwiches. Their hours depend on the season. During winter they are usually closed. 

Yosemite Restaurants - Inside the National Park
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Curry Village
Within the tent village of Yosemite you will find:
  • A buffet in the Curry Village Pavilion with salad bar, taco station, pastas and desserts,
  • a pizza restaurant called The Pizza Deck,
  • the Curry Bar (seasonally closed) serving some snacks and larger dishes, including salads and burgers,
  • the Curry Village Grill (seasonally closed) with Mexican and American food,
  • a taqueria offering burritos, tacos and nachos,
  • and finally a supermarket where you get bread, cheese, meat etc. but be prepared for high prices.
All locations offer entrees/ a buffet between $10 – 20.
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The Awahnee
http://www.yosemitepark.com/Dining_AhwahneeDiningRoom.aspx
Entrée: $20 - 50. The hotel offers a huge dining room with fine American fare based on the Californian cuisine.  Please be aware of the restaurant’s dress code demanding a collar shirt and long pants for men.
 
Next to the stunning old world dining room with the high ceilings and full front windows the hotel offers a bar with a cheaper bar menu (Entrée: $15-30).


Yosemite Restaurants - South of Yosemite

Wawona
There are only two places where you can get dinner in Wawona. One is the Wawona Hotel restaurant, the other the Pine Tree Market, which is offering a good choice of food. If you are looking for more choice you have to drive to Fish Camp or Oakhurst.

Oakhurst
In Oakhurst you will find all common fast food chains, some Japanese and Mexican restaurants and a nice deli counter at Von’s supermarket.

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White Chief Mountain Restaurant, 7776 White Chief Mountain Road, Fish Camp
Entrée: $10 -20. Very nice staff that let you feel like being a part of the family. The restaurant serves traditional American fare that is reasonably priced and delicious!
Tenaya Lodge, 1122 Highway 41, Fish Camp
http://www.tenayalodge.com/dining.aspx
The lodge offers four different restaurants incl. two casual and affordable ones:
Timberloft Pizzeria with artisan wood-fired pizzas for $18 – 25 and Jackalope’s Bar and Grill with American dishes between $10 – 15.
Todd’s BBQ, 40713 California 41, Oakhurst
http://www.toddsbbq.com/index.html
Entrée: $6 – 15. Here you get delicious sandwiches, ribs, and salads including southern-styled smoked meat.

Yosemite Restaurants - West of Yosemite

El Portal
Since El Portal is quite small there are only two places for getting dinner: The Little Bear Pizza and Yosemite View Restaurant & Lodge. Next to that there is only a little market where you could stuff up.

Mariposa
Next to Burger King Mariposa offers a pizzeria and several other smaller restaurants along Main Street.

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Savoury’s, 5034 State Highway 140, Mariposa
http://savouryrestaurant.com/Savourys/
Entrée: $10 – 20. Coming here the interior gives you already the feeling like being in a French bistro. The food (American-Californian) is great and unexpected for the location.
Salvador’s Mexican Restaurant, 5109 Hwy 140, Mariposa
Entrée: $10 – 20. Although it is nondescript from the outside it is welcoming inside. Good Mexican favorites served by friendly staff. 
 

Yosemite Restaurants - Northeast of Yosemite
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Bodie Mike’s BBQ, Highway 120, Lee Vining
http://www.leevining.com/businesses/03.htm
So far the only restaurant in Lee Vining but definitely recommendable. The place offers great all American favorites, served in giant portions like burgers and ribs. 
Latte Da Coffee Café, 51 Highway 395 (at 3rd Street), Lee Vining
http://www.elmonomotel.com/
Little coffee shop with a narrow porch and a cute little garden facing Main Street. The owner and barista is incredible nice and it makes fun chatting with her while she freshly prepares your coffee. 

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