The Tasting Menu
Try this week: Coconut Shrimp Bowl @ The Bamboo Skewer
How do the folks running the Bamboo Skewer food truck, which specializes in Japanese-inspired street food, get so much coconut flavor into the shrimp?...
Try this week: Pica’s, Wok to Flatirons Deli, and more
Baja Fish Tacos
Pica’s Taqueria, 5360 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, and 901 Front St., Louisville, picascolorado.com
If you’re in the mood for fish tacos, there are few...
Try this week: Morning Glory Cafe, Finkel & Garf, and more
Black Bean and Veggie Burger
Morning Glory Cafe, 1377 Forest Park Circle, Unit 101, Lafayette, morningglorycafe.org
What’s not to love about Lafayette’s Morning Glory Cafe? A...
Try this week: Colorado Cubano, and more
Colorado Cubano
Roadhouse Boulder Depot, 2366 Junction Place, Boulder, roadhouseboulderdepot.com
The Roadhouse Boulder Depot is a cozy place to get a drink and have some upscale...
Try this week: Deli-cious Z’s, Boxcar’s eggnog latte, and more
“Z”urrito
Deli-cious Z’s, 802 S. Public Road, Suite D, Lafayette, deliciouszs.com
Deli-cious Z’s cozy dining room faces north, so in the morning while you sit at...
Try this week: Blackbelly’s Cubano, and more
Cubano
Blackbelly, 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder, blackbelly.com
You probably already know that Blackbelly creates excellent food by sourcing excellent local produce, meat and grains. This is how...
Try this week: Triple chocolate espresso torte, pheasant corndog and more
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...
Try this week: McDevitt Taco Supply, Bacco and more
Chimichurri Steak Bowl
McDevitt Taco Supply, 4800 Baseline Road, Unit C-110, Boulder, mcdevitttacosupply.com
McDevitt Taco Supply serves a menu of inventive tacos, from slow-roasted pork to...
Try this week: Spicy-Red-Ram @ Chimera Ramen
Where there Once was Chimera, a pan-Asian complement to Edwin Zoe’s fantastic Zoe Ma Ma, now (as of June 1), there is Chimera Ramen,...
Try this week: Vegan chicken and waffles, bison mussamun curry and...
Vegan Southern-Fried Chicken and Waffles
Native Foods Café, 1675 29th St., Boulder, nativefoods.com
We heard somewhere the fastest growing sector in the food industry today is...
Try this week: Barbacoa Nachos @ Nopalito’s
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...
Try this week: Chocolate croissant, pork belly buns and more
Chocolate Croissant
Breadworks Bakery and Cafe, 2644 Broadway, Boulder, 303-444-5667
If croissants were cars, Breadworks’ take on the pastry would be a Land Rover — hulking,...
