The legacy of Mirabelle Restaurant is now 40 years in the making, as the quaint farmhouse tucked away near the entrance to Beaver Creek just celebrated the four-decade anniversary in 2022.
Though the French-inspired restaurant was founded in 1982 (in the very early days of Beaver Creek Resort), chef Daniel Joly and his wife, Nathalie, have owned Mirabelle since 1999 and have been operating the restaurant since 1991.
Snowflakes fall on the farmhouse porch as we walk toward its entrance — illuminated with still light and the ambient welcome of a tall, twinkle-lit pine tree. Mirabelle’s roof shingles are sheets of white, and I look down to see my boots breaking through the soft powder.
“Mirabelle is really, in so many ways, a magical place for people,” says chef Joly as he greets us with a broad smile.
Photos by Townsend Bessent
Chef Joly is Belgian and has brought authentic European charm and hospitality to the Valley season after season. He is always looking to improve upon the experience of Mirabelle and shares how the future of the property may hold a French bakery, maybe even a bed and breakfast, and perhaps working with an eager and talented young chef who can carry on what Mirabelle has so beautifully sustained.
“I’m not getting any younger,” says Joly, “but to keep Mirabelle for the next 50 years would be something very special.”
