Mt. Whitney Hikers Love This Chinese Restaurant Pitstop That Looks Like a Merry-Go-Round

From the patio of the restaurant, diners can gaze at the jagged crown of Mt. Whitney, the tallest mountain in the contiguous U.S.

Night falls on the Merry Go Round restaurant while its vintage neon sign glows on. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/TNS

By Lila Seidman Los Angeles Times

Nathaniel Whitfield’s friend from the climbing gym in Los Angeles recommended checking out the “Merry Go Round” the next time he was in the quaint mountain community of Lone Pine.