In case anyone is interested:
For those of you spending the night in Lone Pine, Heather and were just there. We had an excellent Chinese food dinner at the Merry Go Round. It might look a bit hokey, but it was really very good. As good if not better than all of the Chinese places we know in San Diego. Portions were almost too big. They also have an American menu, in case not everyone in the group is up for Chinese.
For an expensive, but also good dinner, Seasons had a nice menu with a fair amount of variety. I was surprised to find a place like that in a town that small. It was a bit pricey though - but they did have a can of Guinness behind the bar (not on the menu) so at least I could have something other than water to drink. It was crowded though, and they we were lucky to get a table without a reservation on Tuesday night.
Next door to the Dow Villa Motel there is The Grill. It was okay, but nothing special. The chicken fried steak dinner was huge. Breakfast was just okay. Neither were bad though, and they have a lot of seating if needed. Service was good too.
The Alabama Hills Cafe (just off Main on Post Street) had very good breakfast, and a lot of food for the money, and really nice people. Sausage and eggs means four rather large and quite tasty sausage links along with the eggs and good hash browns. We had breakfast there twice, and it was good both times.
By the way, the Dow Villa Motel is very nice too. And, it's supposedly haunted, which adds to the adventure. We did try my ghost hunting app briefly but didn't see anything. It's in a great location too; walking distance from everything downtown.
Have fun everyone, sorry I can't make the trip.