It is local Independent restaurateurs that capture each community's flavor and unique personality. These same hospitality professionals are the ones who stimulate their local economy, support local charity initiatives and create jobs for young people across their communities. The dining public doesn't really know the difference between a locally-owned Independent and a chain that is one of 500 in almost every city across America.

Our goal is to raise their awareness.

The Roaring Fork Originals is committed to supporting it's local community through all of our activities.

It is the local restaurant owner that supports the children, charities and fundraisers in the community, not the big chain restaurants that ship your hard earned money out of our valley.  We refuse to go the way of the independent hardware store, pharmacy or book store.  We will remain the fabric of our community, our home.

It is through the support of the dining public that we will continue to spread the message of the independent.  That is what this country was built on and that is the what we are fighting for.  A culinary sense of place, not a group of cookie cutter restaurants that serve the same food cooked in the same commissary and shipped across the country.  We are the Roaring Fork Valley!

We are proud of who we are, the differences we have and the fact that we are here to stay!