Great! It's a very short walk from there to El Tovar. Dining options are very limited at the rim. We ate at El Tovar several times during our stay. There really isn't much to pick from. El Tovar...
I'm not familiar with that establishment either. There was a gift shop that we visited at another hotel on site which was a bit of a walk back from the rim but I don't think it was this resort.
There are only a couple perched on the rim on that side. El Tovar is really nice - too bad you couldn't get in there. You might have trouble getting into the locations on the rim - when we went, we...