Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems).
Across the interstate from the gaudy glitz of the Ritz and the five stars of the Four Seasons is an industrial strip of the Vail Valley where a lot of the real work gets done. There are auto repair shops here, a paint store, wholesale kitchen supplies, the newspaper, pot shops and storage.