Lake Placid's dining scene is diverse and innovative, with many restaurants featuring locally sourced food from small, family-run farms. Choose from Adirondack style barbecue, farm-to-table, comfort food, and gourmet innovation, to name a few of the delights local chefs lovingly craft. Lake Placid's restaurants provide an array of options amidst a spectacular backdrop that can only be found in the Adirondacks.
Dining Update
With current restrictions on in-house dining at our great restaurants and bars, many local favorites are offering take-out and delivery services. For details and availability, please contact the restaurant, or checkout the latest updated Insider's guide.
Our local restaurants love their customers and look forward to connecting over a meal again soon.
From farm to table
Lake Placid is rightfully one of the best locations to dine in the Adirondacks for a reason. The restaurants in town are combining the best in tradition with flavorful experiments, locally sourcing from small farms and upholding the Lake Placid tradition of elegance with a mountain twist.
Dining with a view
Enjoy your meal surrounded by mountain vistas and pristine lakes. Watch the sunset and dine under the stars by a cozy fire.
Artisan's Steakhouse
144 Lodge Way, Lake Placid
(877) 523-2700
Artisans is an intimate, fire-lit, Lake Placid restaurant that extends out to the Lodge's wide covered balconies in fine weather. The high windows and grand porches seem to seat the diner almost upon the lake. Their menus highlight the bounty of the...
Mr Mike's Pizza
2742 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 523-9770
Specializing in pizza & homemade Italian dinners. Conveniently located one block away from the Olympic Center. Eat-in, take-out, free delivery. Mon - Thurs 4pm - 10pm Fri - Sun 12pm - 10pm Mr. Mike's also offers a private Banquet Room for larger...
Hershel's Delicatessen
2490 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 837-5092
Hershel's brings the test of the city to the North Country. You'll find smoked salmon, whitefish and trout as well as house-made deli salads, meats and house-baked bagels and pastries, Hershel's Delicatessen is located in the same building as...
The Cabin Grill
2520 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 302-4863
The Cabin Grill is a cozy breakfast destination with a warm and inviting atmosphere of authentic Adirondack hospitality, and featuring traditional twig design. The Cabin Grill is also available for private events, and offers outdoor seating on Main...
Kanu
7 Whiteface Inn Lane, Lake Placid
(518) 523-0510
KANU is the premier dining venue at Whiteface Lodge. Our chef creates innovative American cuisine. The dining room is a spectacular Great Room with soaring, 30-foot high ceilings and stone fireplaces. We have intimate side rooms and porches, limited...
Camp Cocktail
2388 Main Street, Lake Placid
(581) 523-3888
Nestled in a little cabin in the middle of Main St., a fun, intimate dining experience awaits you. Classic Cocktails, Sharable Plates, Fondues & Divine Desserts Open Thurs - Sat evenings Available for Private Parties.
Lake Placid Pub & Brewery
813 Mirror Lake Drive, Lake Placid
(518) 523-3813
Voted the Best Local Brewery - 2018 Adirondack Daily Enterprise Voted Best Restaurant in the Northern Adirondacks - Adirondack.net Voted 'The Best Brewery' and 'The Best Bar' in the Adirondack Park - Adirondack Life Readers' Choice awards The Lake...
Delta Blue
2520 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 524-3013
Delta Blue is a southern-themed restaurant rooted deeply in the traditional cuisine of the Mississippi Delta, and featuring authentic Memphis-style bbq and Cajun cuisine. Delta Blue pays homage to Juke Joints & Roadhouses along Highway 61 by hosting...
Big Mountain Deli & Creperie
2475 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 523-3222
"First place we head when in town" Kaillie Humphries, 2010 Olympic Gold Medalist, Canada, Bobsleigh "Outstanding" NY Times "Seriously good Sandwiches" San Jose Mercury News "Not to be missed!" Gourmet Magazine We believe in using the freshest...
Big Slide Brewery & Public House
5686 Cascade Road, Lake Placid
(518) 523-7844
Big Slide Brewery & Public House opened in June of 2016 at 5686 Cascade Road, just over a mile from downtown Lake Placid, near several popular and busy sites such as the Lake Placid Horse Show Grounds, the Olympic Torch, the Ski Jump Complex, Craig...
Great Adirondack Brewing Company - Event Catering
2442 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 523-1629
Great Adirondack Brewing Company is your trusted source for catering in Lake Placid! Let us cater your next at-home event, backyard BBQ, or rehearsal dinner. From appetizers to desserts, we have all your catering needs covered. Our expert servers from...
Generations
2559 Main Street, Lake Placid
(518) 837-5052
Golden Arrow's family friendly restaurant, "Generations," is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In keeping with the sustainable philosophy of the Golden Arrow, the menu features many foods that are grown and raised locally. Our goal is to keep it...