Cafe Aion

Located in a charming, homey building in the heart of The Hill, a neighborhood filled with college students, Cafe Aion attracts an older crowd by blurring the line between dining out and dinner party. The owners conceived of their restaurant while skiing, and they did all the renovation work themselves. They also worked hard on […]

Centro Mexican Kitchen

Not only is Centro a beautiful restaurant, a casual restaurant and an undeniably cool restaurant with a bar that pours some stiff drinks, its food is good, smart, original and stubbornly uncompromising. It’s nominally a Mexican restaurant, with a menu listing bocaditas of chips and salsas and rellenos; simple carne asada and enchiladas and carnitas […]

Century Boulder

Located at the corner of 30th and Canyon in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street complex, Century Boulder features made-to-order concessions, wheelchair-accessible stadium seating, a video arcade and select features presented in RealD 3-D.

Chautauqua Auditorium

The Colorado Chautauqua Association comprises, among other amenities, the state’s oldest music venue, having opened in the shadow of the Flatirons in 1898. The Chautauqua Auditorium provides a beautiful setting for performances by a variety of nationally known acts such as Andrew Bird, Son Volt, Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle. While technically indoors, the minimalist […]

Chautauqua Dining Hall

Chautauquas — cultural and self-improvement centers — were hot properties in the nineteenth century, but only three remain in the entire country, including the Boulder Chautauqua, founded in 1898. The 26-acre campus is centered on a grand Victorian dining hall, featuring great views of the Flatirons and a menu of American standards. It sits at […]

Chez Thuy

Chez Thuy’s menu is a history lesson told in food, the room a casually shabby clearinghouse of a thousand spices, the board reflecting a mingling of the French and Vietnamese obsessions with dining. It’s a family place, friendly and welcoming to regulars and newcomers alike, with enough variety – pho, stir fries, curries, grilled meats […]

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Known for its clean, minimalist atmosphere and hefty foil-wrapped burritos the size (and weight) of a small infant, Chipotle pioneered the fast-casual, assembly line Mexican food genre that’s since grown to encompass chains like Qdoba and Baja Fresh. The protocol in Denver / Boulder and elsewhere? Diners proceed single-file down the line and orchestrate the […]

Conor O’Neill’s

A staple dive that stands out even in Boulder’s crowded bar scene, Conor O’Neill’s is the most authentic Irish pub you’ll find in the Rockies, thanks to the importation of everything from the bar to the fireplace to the decor. Irish masons even flew over to help build the place. Live music on weekends includes […]