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Sky haven desert hot springs3/27/2023 ![]() ![]() (Vegetarians and vegans will do fine here.) I sat at the tiny restaurant’s counter and watched Scott cook - he also served - as I chatted with a Las Vegas couple I’d met that morning on the hiking trail. The $42 filet I enjoyed at Steaks and Beer barely required teeth to chew, could easily feed two, and came with mashed potatoes and a pile of fresh vegetables. “Eric is amazing and a beautiful person,” Thomas said. Scott runs the accurately named Steaks and Beer, 1.7 miles down the road. That kind of cooperation is typical in Tecopa. He sources vegetables from several local gardens, raises his own chickens for eggs, and intends to join Eric Scott, his friend and sort-of competitor, in becoming locally self-sufficient for pork and beef. On his own, he specializes in Italian and Mediterranean and serves the only breakfast in town. A Scottish chef riding through on a bicycle tour ended up staying for three months. But I thought, ‘Why not give others a chance? Make it a culinary arts gallery.’” So the bistro became a home for transient chefs, some of whom wander into town and remain for weeks.Ī Coloradan who had cooked for his mosque brought a Middle Eastern flair for a weekend. In stepped chef and co-owner Ryan Thomas, son of caterers, who remodeled the kitchen and infused the place with entrepreneurial spirit. Las Vegas chef John Muccio escaped the city to run it as Pastels Bistro for several years to rave reviews before retiring in 2014. Restaurants on the site of today’s Tecopa Bistro have been serving customers for more than 40 years, including making sandwiches for local miners. Tecopa’s growing culinary scene isn’t completely out of the blue. It was an ideal respite between meals and explorations. I’m no connoisseur of hot springs, but my soaks in the 104-degree naturally heated mineral water were relaxing, especially in the one open-roof bath house that offers a view of the night sky. Outside were classical friezes, busts and fountains - Caesars Palace discards, I learned. ![]() The baths were delightful - big soaker tubs in private rooms, each graced with a hand-painted desert mural. ![]()
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