Restaurant Reviews
Experience Mediterranean gigantism at its tastiest
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
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
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
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
Boulder’s baked goods mainstay, Shamane’s Bake Shop, will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year...
Tibet Kitchen: bad parking, great prices
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...