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The Best Little Diner in Vail, Colorado

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Pancakes with Raspberries, Little Diner, Vail, CO

The Little Diner in Vail, Colorado is the Best Little Diner in town, and seriously serves the very best breakfast in town. I stopped into The Little Diner in Vail, Colorado on a recent trip and liked it so much I came back the next day to have it again. In 2008, taking over a restaurant already four decades old, chef Brian Little is serving up the best little and big breakfasts in Vail. From the beautiful berries and pancakes to the best breakfast burrito to the pannekoeken, a dreamy dish from my childhood. Definitely get the pannekoeken. ...

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