![]() Still largely unpaved, still treacherous in bad weather, it connects the town of Escalante to the tiny hamlet of Boulder, long reputed to be one of the most remote settlements in the continental United States. Today, the entire route built by those men is known as Hell’s Backbone Road. They laid a span across it, and called it Hell’s Backbone Bridge. Midway up, the ridge they were following gaped open and plunged fifteen hundred feet to the canyon floor. The men nicknamed the project Poison Road: so steep that a single drop would kill them. ![]() During the Great Depression, when the whole state turned into a kind of Poverty Flat, the Civilian Conservation Corps sent a group of men to the region to carve a byway out of a virtually impassable landscape of cliffs and chasms. Head east from Dead Mare Wash and you’ll end up on Deadman Ridge, looking out toward Last Chance Creek and down into Carcass Canyon. Head south from Poverty Flat and you’ll end up in Death Hollow. ![]() In south-central Utah, where the topography is spectacular, desolate, and extreme, the pessimistic tradition in place-names runs strong. Eakfastat hell’s backbone grilloffered 7:30 AM – 2:30 PMautumn of 2013good morning and welcome!bushel of blue corn pancakesserved with warm, pure maple syrupand our whipped cinnamon butter9the backbone breakfasttwo local farm eggs to orderserved with smashed sage potato pancakesyour choice of flour tortilla or oatmeal-molasses toastwith cinnamon butter and homemade jam9housemade apple sage sausage patties or eden applewood baconadd 4super spicy chile-migasthree local farms eggs scrambled with blue corn chips,authentic red chile sauce & jack cheeseserved with beans and a just-made flour tortilla12the blaker standardtwo poached farm eggs on brown ricewith sautéed greens and our poblano crema11the breakfast jenchiladacorn tortillas, torn and toastedsmothered in an authentic red chile sauce with jack cheeseserved with a sage potato pancakebrown rice & beans, and a just-made flour tortilla11shirred eggstwo farm eggs baked in cream with garden chivesyour choice of potato cakes, toast or tortilla10things to keep in mind~like heat? ask for our complimentary “she devil” sauce~20 % gratuity added for groups of six or more~ no separate checks for groups of six or more~please, no talking on cell phones in the dining roomexpress menudreamy, creamy, hot and steamy organic oatmeal 8steel-cut oats, slow-cookedtopped with fresh fruitcream cheese streusel coffeecake 6local fruit baked right in!homemade brown betty granola 8with your choice of organic yogurt or cow’s milkorganic rice and beans 8bowl of brown rice and slow cooked pinto beansserved with a freshly-made flour tortillaon the sidesmashed sage potato pancakes 4one local farm egg to order 3extra pure maple syrup 1.50eden applewood bacon 4housemade apple sage sausage pattiesbowl of organic yogurt 4homemade toast, cinnamon butter and jam 4sour cream or grated cheese 1one pancake with pure maple syrup 4.50plain organic brown rice 4bowl of organic pinto beans 4morning beveragesorganic & fair trade coffee 3regular and swiss water process decaffrench press coffee carafe 7pot of organic & fair trade tea 3black, herbal, or greenorganic & fair trade iced tea 3organic orange juice 3.50martinelli’s organic sparkling cider 5pellegrino sparkling water 750 ml 7organic cow milk 3blue sky all natural & organic soda 3cola, lemon lime, orange, root beer, ginger aleHell’s Backbone Grill Boulder, Utah (435) 335-7464 content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
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