Aspen Coffee Shops Set an Avant-Ski Scene

"Start your day in a sunny Victorian cottage at Explore Books and Coffee , where the café menu celebrates local products, including Bonfire Coffee, roasted in nearby Glenwood Springs, and features a selection of croissants, cinnamon rolls, and quiches baked at Aspen’s French Pastry Cafe. The friendly staff encourages customers to wander with their cups of coffee into the bookshop and settle into a plush armchair among the shelves, sit at a flowered table in the solarium, venture onto the backyard patio with mountain views, or make themselves comfortable by the firepit on the front porch and watch the Main Street world go by." - Laura Beausire