Restaurant Reviews

Experience Mediterranean gigantism at its tastiest

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When thinking of places to eat, it’s unlikely that a deli counter inside a convenience store in the drunk epicenter of University Hill is high on the list...

Leenie’s Southern Cafe is a bit more cafe than Southern

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Claiming regional or ethnic credibility at a restaurant not located in that region can be a dubious prospect. Sometimes it’s a genuine transplant bringing the recipes of their youth and culture to the uninitiated hinterlands; sometimes it’s just run by someone who ...

Give me home fries or give me death

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  Boulder Weekly last visited the North Boulder Cafe in 2009. And it’s not hard to understand how we forgot about it. Tucked into a nondescript shopping center on the edge of town, the North Boulder Cafe isn’t really on the way to anywhere, and its signage is pretty ...

Boulder restaurant Zeal flaunts enthusiasm

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One by one, the nations participating in the Winter Olympics in Sochi strolled past the cameras, waving flags and led by pretty women wearing go-go boots and enormous, garish metal and plastic cages. Poor Tajikistan only had one athlete to boast of...

Shamane’s make sha-magic in your sha-mouth

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Boulder’s baked goods mainstay, Shamane’s Bake Shop, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year...

Tibet Kitchen: bad parking, great prices

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You know Tibet Kitchen. You’ve driven by its location on the corner of Arapahoe and Folsom dozens of times, seen its large sign advertising lunch specials starting at $4.95 and its nightmare of a parking lot and kept right on going, thinking “one day” to yourself. ...

Make a mess at Ras Kassa’s

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The name sounds like it belongs to the latest Batman villain, but the reality of Ras Kassa’s is much less nefarious...

Tiffins, tiffins, tiffins a to-go bag

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The word “tiffin” is slang for lunch or a light meal in England. It originated in British India when the Indian custom took over the British tradition of afternoon tea by instead, enjoying a light meal or lunch, for the afternoon meal...

Doing happy hour in style at Jill’s in the St Julien

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Hotels are not on the average diner’s radar. But Jill’s at the St Julien in Boulder ought to be. A boutique hotel in the style Colorado does best — casually elegant — the restaurant carries this same kind of elegance, and makes it even more pleasing with the value ...

SALT’s chocolate tart: a recipe for forgiveness

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My dining companion and I dressed in our finest for SALT. But not just because it’s a rustically chic eatery on Pearl Street in downtown Boulder designed by co-owner Carol Vilate. We hoped our dapper appearance disguised our secret, ugly desire: To gorge on more ...

Bru is unoccupied and unexpected

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Crunch, sweet and spice meld together in the $5 chicken biscuit at BRU handbuilt ales & eats. The fluffy base soaks in the juice and traps the flakes from the expertly fried chicken. A combination of honey and hot sauce results in a cartoon-like mushroom cloud of ...

Cheese Importers warehouse expands to offer more than cheese

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Cheese Importers’ warehouse was a huge hit from the beginning, because, well, cheese. But the bulk of the 35 years it’s been in business were spent in a literal warehouse in Longmont. It was a wonderland of cheese, though not as warm and inviting an environment as ...