The Tasting Menu
Try this week: Flower poacha, vegan poke bowl, and more
Flower Poacha
Breakfast Champion, 4800 Baseline Road, Boulder, breakfastchampionboulder.com
Out went Erhard’s European Bakery, and in came Breakfast Champion, which puts out a large menu of Turkish...
Try this week: Cool noodles @ Zoe Ma Ma
The weather may be cooling down as autumn descends on Boulder County, but that doesn’t mean the Colorado sun still doesn’t bring some afternoon...
Try this week: Red rooster, machaca burrito and mroe
Red Rooster
Village Coffee Shop, 1605 Folsom St., Boulder, villagecoffeeshopboulder.com
Maybe the last restaurant holdout of Old Boulder, Village Coffee Shop is still worth the wait. And...
Try this week: Mushroom trio pie, ‘The Elegante’ and more
Mushroom Trio Savory Pie
Humble Pie, 3550 E. Colfax, Denver, www.humblepiestore.com
Although the savory pie has been around for a while, it’s mostly been relegated to the...
Try this week: Barbecue Plate @ Wayne’s Smoke Shack
Dangit, Wayne’s is good. It’s Texas-style barbecue served up simply — on a platter — with your choice of sides and sauces. Most meats...
Try this week: Pepper the Noshery, and more
Wild Alaska Salmon Tartare
Pepper the Noshery, 1043 Pearl St., Boulder, peppernoshery.com
Bradford Heap and the folks behind Salt recently transitioned their next-door seafood restaurant into...
Try this week: Lemon and squid ice cream, and more
Lemon and Squid Ink Ice Cream
Heifer and the Hen, 5290 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, heiferandthehen.com
The ice cream flavors at Heifer and the Hen are both crazy...
Try this week: Centro’s torta, and more
Carne Asada Torta
Centro Mexican Kitchen, 950 Pearl St., Boulder, centromexican.com
We all pretty much know that tacos are a staple of Mexican cuisine, at least...
Try this week: Steakhouse No. 316, VisionQuest Brewery and more
Rotisserie Chicken
Steakhouse No. 316, 1922 13th St., Boulder, steakhouse316.com
When Steakhouse No. 316 came in to the old Conor O’Neill’s spot off Pearl Street in...
Try this week: OAK’s ramen, Zoe Ma Ma’s duck wonton soup,...
Chicken and Shiitake Ramen
OAK at fourteenth, 1400 Pearl St., Boulder, oakatfourteenth.com
Only at OAK can you have a lunch that starts with fried pickles, moves on...
Try this week: Sloppy Joe @ South Side Walnut Cafe
We’re glad the South Side Walnut Cafe (and the original Walnut Cafe) have reopened, offering socially distanced dine-in service for breakfast and lunch, as...
Try this week: Bone broth thukpa, orejas and more
Bone Broth Thukpa with Pork Belly
Mandala Infusion, 4479 N. Broadway, Boulder, mandalainfusion.com
North Boulder’s Mandala Infusion does a lot of things right. Its happy hour, with...