FAMILY RUN

We are a family-run company with nearly 20 years of operating experience as a National Park Service (NPS) concessioner. We also operate Ortega’s on the Plaza, Yippee Yi Yo, and the Thunderbird Bar and Grill on The Plaza in Santa Fe, NM.

We find great pride in taking on under-performing concessions, turning them around, and bringing them up to and beyond the expectations of the NPS and park visitors. Our success is in large part due to the fact that we do not consider the National Parks just another business. We consider it a privilege to work as junior partners with the NPS to keep the parks “America’s Best Idea.”

We trace our roots to some of the earliest trading posts on the Navajo reservation and currently operate concessions in the following locations:

IN ADDITION, WE OPERATE

Thunderbird Bar and Grill in Santa Fe, NM
Ortega’s on the Plaza in Santa Fe, NM
Yippie Yi Yo in Santa Fe, NM

Environmental Responsibility

As a family-run company, Ortega National Parks operates in small to medium size Park operations where we can make a real difference in reducing the local ecosystem… read more

Historical Preservation

Operating only in culturally and historically significant areas, we enjoy protecting these treasures and bringing them to the public. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic… read more

ONP in the News

People travel from around the world to visit the America’s National Parks. They come for the scenery, the wildlife, the human history. But rarely–whether they’re visiting Muir Woods or the Everglades–do they come to sample the local, seasonal foods of whatever region… read more