8 Mile Grill and Bar

Our restaurant manager is passionate about creating delicious and innovative meals using only the best fresh ingredients. Here are just a few of the dishes you'll have to choose from this summer... Be prepared to salivate! Excellent question! When Echo Canyon River Expeditions got its start in 1978, the original owners, the Burches, purchased the current property which included the 8 Mile General Store. The Store was operated by the Dixon family who sold gold panning, hunting and fishing supplies and miscellaneous other Colorado 'curios'.  The original store, now our retail store and guest check-in area, was built with the old timbers used as bridge planks on the famous Royal Gorge Bridge! The next time you're browsing our retail store look up at the old bridge plank-lined ceiling and you'll see silver paint drips; those drips came from way back when bridge workers painted the high tension cables above the planks of the bridge below.