At Tumbling River Ranch, meals are a source of pride.
Everything is home-cooked–we make our own breads and desserts, and guarantee that you and your kids will be more than satisfied with the menu. Typical dinners will feature a wide range of entrees, including tri-tip roasts, pork tenderloin, grilled salmon, smoked trout, barbecued chicken and ribs–and all you can eat! If you have special dietary restrictions, we ask that you contact the ranch for more information.
We are excited to announce that Chef Joanna Perel is returning to Tumbling River for the 2024 season!
Family-Style Meals
For the most part, our meals are served family-style. This means that adults and kids sit together and enjoy the same meal–we prepare a set entree, rather than a menu to choose from. If you have a picky eater in your family, take the time to fill out the “dietary needs” section on our advance guest form. We can incorporate additional items into our meals if we are prepared ahead of time. We are the most kid-friendly ranch in Colorado, and will always have kid-friendly dining options on-hand (e.g. macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, PB&J, etc.). If your child likes something specific, please let us know so that we can be prepared.
*Dietary restrictions: We feel that we have a very big and broad menu that is very inclusive of many different eating styles. For example, on our buffet lines you will find greens, fresh fruits, proteins as well as a few more “vacation” style foods. If you are a dedicated “healthy eater, ” you will be able to continue with that eating style without TRR having to make additions or changes to our menu. We can cater to a vegetarian dietary restriction, but we cannot handle a VEGAN diet. We do not have the resources and time it takes to make our family style menu as well as a Vegan menu.
Gluten Free information: We can do SOME gluten free adjustments. We will have GF cookies and GF pancakes available and some GF desserts, but please note we do not have the ability to make GF breads.
Boxed Lunches
If you or your family are doing any activities on your own and you would like a boxed lunch provided, please see the staff member handling the activities list each evening. We have an order form to fill out so you can request exactly what you want!
Tumbling River Ranch Sample Menu
We are so proud to continue the Tumbling River Kitchen legacy with our culinary team in the kitchen everyday working with our cooks and baker, trying out new recipes, grilling, cutting, chopping and doing dishes! Our cooks are the best; they come in and learn our 40+ year recipes and show their love of food and cooking. We are blown away each week with all the food compliments we receive.
Our meals are a source of pride and you will find everything is home-cooked! Typical dinners will feature a wide range of entrees, including tri-tip roasts, pork tenderloin, grilled salmon, smoked trout, barbecued chicken and ribs. Here is a sample menu to get you excited for your week of culinary delights!
*Food & Beverage programming is subject to changes.*
Breakfast
Each day starts with a wonderful, colorful and healthy cereal bar. You will find:
- Four cereal choices
- Homemade granola
- Milks
- Fresh berries
- Fresh seasonal fruit (peaches, kiwi)
- French vanilla yogurt
- Melon slices
- Ruby red grapefruit
- Hot oatmeal
- Bagels and cream cheese
- Individual yogurts of various flavors
- Fresh fruit baskets
Lunch
Most of our lunches are served in one of our beautiful outdoor mountain venues.
We start the week with a lunch spread around our pool featuring buffalo brats and sweet grilled chicken sandwiches. This meal also has a lighter option with our kale citrus salad (try the grilled chicken on top of the salad).
Our lunch cookouts all include:
Main entrée like: brats and chicken sandwiches, hamburgers and hotdog, sandwiches and soups and our famous fajita spread. Your family will always find salad options, pickles, chops, carrots, celery, fresh fruit and of course, the cookie of the day! We find our lunch menus to be very inclusive, but if you have a picky eater, we always have a few kid options that come to all cookout’s and dining room meals.
Dinner
You will be hungry after a full day of Tumbling River activities! Your family will our a five piece serving style. Those five pieces are a homemade bread, salad, 2-sides and a protein. Here are examples of a family style dinner (entire family eats in the dining room together) which happen Sunday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights, our outdoor BBQ menu and one of our adult fancy dinners. Beyond that you can expect to see buffalo, salmon, chicken and beef on the menu. Again, we are happy to cater to most eating styles if we know in advance. We also have the following kid’s menu items available: mac and cheese, deli sandwiches, cheese pizza, hot dogs, chicken tenders and good old fashion PB & J’s.
Beer and Wine Service
One of the resort elements we offer at Tumbling River Ranch is a full bar. Our bar is located in the Ranch House and it is fully stocked with crafts beers, the best wines and top shelf liquors. The bar is open from 4 pm-8 pm each evening so that guests may enjoy a refreshing glass of wine, cold beer or signature cocktail. It’s the perfect place to unwind and reconnect after a day full of adventure.
While our bar can provide you with a choice wine or hand-crafted cocktail, beer is the name of the game in Colorado, a state that takes pride in and actively supports organic, family-owned, and craft products. As a result of this statewide philosophy, the Centennial State has 217 microbreweries crafting small-batch beer with unique, personal touches. The Ranch Room bar features beers from traditional brewers like Colorado’s own Coors Brewery and the Budweiser Brewing Company, as well as selections from local microbreweries Grist Brewing Company, Lone Tree Brewing Company, Living the Dream Brewing out of Littleton and a new favorite local from right down the hill – Guanella Pass Brewery.
The Ranch Room bar is a fully licensed bar, so we cannot have any outside alcohol in the bar or in our dining room. However, you may B.Y.O.B. in your cabin and your cabin porch, but at meal time, please let us serve you! Each cabin has a cooler full of ice for anything you would like to keep cold on your cabin porch and a few cabins have refrigerators.