Bart and Peggy Palmer opened The Pizza Place in Tropic in 1990, the same year the Brinkerhoff and Mecham families — who had been in Tropic for six generations — were running the adjacent Bryce Canyon Inn. The Palmers’ recipes built a local institution; their children now run the restaurant, carrying the original culinary tradition into its fourth decade. The address is 21 North Main Street in Tropic — on the main drag through a town of roughly 500 people, fifteen minutes from the Bryce Canyon National Park visitor center.
Tropic’s commercial strip is small. It serves the Bryce Canyon overflow, the Garfield County residents who live in the canyon communities, and the cyclists, hikers, and road-trippers working Highway 12. The Pizza Place occupies a specific position in that economy: it is the established local pizza operation, recognized by TripAdvisor as a 2025 Traveler’s Choice award winner and featured in the Forbes Travel Guide — distinctions that, in a town of 500 people, represent a sustained operational commitment rather than a momentary novelty.
Bart and Peggy Palmer built something. Their children are keeping it.
**Verification notes** Website live; 1990 founding by Bart and Peggy Palmer confirmed via multiple sources including Bryce Canyon Country directory and TripAdvisor listing notes; second-generation ownership by Palmer children confirmed; address 21 N Main St, Tropic confirmed; TripAdvisor 2025 Traveler’s Choice award confirmed; Forbes Travel Guide mention confirmed.