The Tasting Menu

BBQ Jackfruit Sliders The Vegetable Express, Mobile, Boulder County Careful now, or this Nederland-based vegan food truck will steal your heart. With a menu full of vegan...

Triple Chocolate Espresso Torte Blackbelly, 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder, blackbelly.com When three separate people recommend a dessert in a restaurant as well-reputed as Blackbelly, you get that...

Penne Cortonese Mici Handcrafted Italian, 535 W. South Boulder Road, Lafayette, miciitalian.com Lafayette’s outpost of Mici Handcrafted Italian serves a lineup of pizza, pasta, salads, calzones...

Nopalito’s is a hidden gem. It’s on the south side of the Boulder driver’s license plaza — go past the old Sports Authority until...

Crazy Tuna Poke Sushi Aji, 489 US 287, Unit 100, Lafayette, sushiajilafayette.com Options abound at Lafayette’s Sushi Aji, from sushi and sashimi to bento boxes, noodle...

Poblano Burger Two Hands Kitchen, Mobile, Boulder County, twohandskitchen.com We love the burgers at the mobile Two Hands Kitchen for one simple reason: they’re grilled over flames...

Blueberry Danish Pancakes Snooze an A.M. eatery, 1617 Pearl St., Boulder, snoozeeatery.com There’s a reason Snooze has long lines nearly every day of the week and every...

Rainbow Curry Zeal food truck, Mobile, Boulder County, zealfood.com The mobile operation of Zeal serves up a rotating menu of the same types of health-conscious, vegan-friendly and...

Crispy Chicken Potstickers The Bamboo Skewer food truck, Mobile, Boulder County, thebambooskewer.com The Bamboo Skewer food truck specializes in “Japanese-inspired grilled skewers,” which sound, objectively, delicious. We,...

Pan Seared Diver Scallops The Greenbriar Inn, 8735 N. Foothills Highway, Boulder, www.greenbriarinn.com It’s that time of year when the thought of fine dining in a...

Kalua Pork Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar, 1117 Pearl St., Boulder, hapasushi.com Hawaiian food is so underrated. We say that because it’s so hard to find...

Steak fajitas Wondervu Cafe, 33492 Highway 72, Golden, wondervucafe.net Fall has come to Colorado, which means driving into the mountains provides sweeping views of stoplight aspens,...