Bramble & Hare

Bramble & Hare opened in 2012 with the aim of being a more accessible lunch-and-dinner version of its older sibling, Black Cat Bistro (which is located next door). While it has since dispensed with lunch service, it remains true to its original vision of offering a prix fixe menu that changes daily based on the […]

The Buff Restaurant

The Buff moved across the street from its original location in January 2014, but it’s still wildly popular with students, locals and tourists alike. The casual Buff Restaurant is one of Boulder’s most popular breakfast and lunch spots. On the weekends, the place is packed, so expect a wait. The food is worth the wait, […]

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 […]

Canopy Grill

The Canopy Grill has an open and airy tropical theme, including paper lanterns and hanging umbrellas, and wants patrons to feel like they’re eating and drinking on the beach or in their own back yards. The cuisine is tropical, with many variations on both. Lunch and dinner are available daily. The sweet and gooey desserts […]

The Caribou Room

The Caribou Room is concert venue and events center located in Nederland, Colorado. Only 25 minutes west of Boulder and overlooking the Rocky Mountains, the Caribou Room continues the rich musical history of the area by offering high end service with a relaxed mountain style. From its beginning as a warehouse, the building has been […]

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 […]