Our holiday getaway this year involved a roadtrip from California to Colorado by way of Utah. After spending a night in Zion Lodge (decent motel accommodations, mediocre food, stunning location in Zion National Park), we stopped for breakfast a couple hours later at Arshel’s Cafe in Beaver, UT, said to be well-known for its pies.

We were a little doubtful when we pulled up to the empty cafe with its pink diner decor  (ok, it was 11 a.m., a bit late for breakfast and early for lunch, but El Bambi truck stop down the street was hopping), but the place was spotless, our waitress was friendly, and breakfast turned out to be excellent: fluffy pancakes, biscuits smothered in sausagey cream gravy, housemade sausage patties. And yes, I had pie: apple cranberry, same as I had made for Thanksgiving. Arshel’s crust was way better than mine, tender and flaky, not too thick. On the other hand, I preferred my tarter filling; this one was good, but not special.

Unfortunately, after consuming a huge country breakfast Wes refused to expand the experiment by ordering more pie, so I can’t comment on the choco-PB or coconut cream. They looked lovely, though.

Arshel’s Cafe
711 N. Main Street
Beaver, UT 84713
(435) 438-2977