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Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake · Dinner reservations

The table that earns the babysitter.

Chef-driven, wine-list-considered, view-when-the-light-drops. Reservations recommended at all of them; required at three.

Restaurants

3 stops
  • Lake Placid Village
    The View Restaurant
    Editor's pick

    Mirror Lake Inn's dining room, and the only AAA Four Diamond restaurant in town — heritage-breed meats, fish flown in same-day, and a wine list that has held a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for two decades running. House-made pasta shows up more than the fish does. Ask for a table on the lake side, not the parking side.

  • Main Street
    Luna Restaurant

    Mediterranean and Italian in a small Main Street room with window seats built for watching the sidewalk go by — steak and seafood at dinner, a lighter breakfast and lunch menu earlier. The kind of place you end up at twice in one trip without planning to.

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  • Main Street
    Top of the Park
    Editor's pick

    Rooftop above Players Sports Bar with the best sit-down view of Mirror Lake on Main Street — tapas-style small plates, scotch and bourbon lists, and cocktails that occasionally lean into CBD. Go for the 6 PM light rather than sunset itself; the roofline blocks the last twenty minutes.