Over the past weekend, Arizona Snowbowl hosted a unique, brand new dining experience with the Shift Your Viewpoint Dinner on August 24th. The dining experience offered a remarkable meal service aboard the Arizona Gondola, with cabins fitted with specially designed tables.
Arizona Snowbowl Shift Your Viewpoint Dinner
The ski area hosted the dinner in collaboration with Flagstaff favorites Shift Kitchen and Oeno Wine Lounge on Sunday. Chefs from Shift prepared a five-course tasting menu on-site while Oeno Wine Lounge provided curated wine selections.
Guests received a new course and wine pairing every 18-minute gondola lap while servers presented each dish as the cabins returned to the base. In total the event ran for 90 minutes, concluding at sunset in order to present guests with sweeping views of the San Francisco Peaks at golden hour.
“We’re truly grateful for Shift Kitchen and Oeno Wine Lounge creating a dynamic menu that paired their passion for culinary excellence with our unique setting. We look forward to collaborating with other talented local restaurants to bring more unforgettable dining experiences aboard the Arizona Gondola.” – Angie Grubb, marketing manager at Arizona Snowbowl.
Arizona Snowbowl does intend to host further gondola dinners, partnering with Flagstaff favorites Satchmo’s BBQ and Mother Road Brewing Company for a September 28th meal. Tickets will be available when released on the Arizona Snowbowl Event Page.
The Menu
The five-course meal included bahn mi spring rolls with housemade chicken pâté, smoked duck breast, lemongrass pickled vegetables, jalapeno, and fresh herbs, lamb meat skewers with Filipino meat candy sauce and toasted chiles, smoked gouda and potato pierogi with garlic dill sauce and crispy soppressata, campfire-roasted bison with farm vegetables and accompaniments, and a scotchmallow tart with honey marshmallow, caramel, and nut brittle.
Additionally, wine pairings included Tarland Zero Brut Nature Champagne, Lost Milics Jule’s Vermentino 2024, Los Milics Ita’s Rosé 2023, Los Milics Renato’s Red 2022, and Graham’s Six Grapes Reserve Port.
