For most visits, you'll have to bring your own food, although you'll be able to get trail munchies at the visitor center if it's open. Food services within VCNP are restricted to special events such as the overnight classes on birdwatching, painting, etc. There are no restaurants in the Preserve. Los Alamos, about 20 miles east, and smaller Jemez Springs, a similar distance west, are the nearest communities with reliable restaurant and grocery-store service, although the village of La Cueva, en route to Jemez Springs, sometimes has a restaurant and/or convenience store.
