The Tasting Menu
Try this week: Sun-dried tomato falafel, honey pot latte, and more
Sun-dried Tomato Falafel Burger
FATE Brewing Company, 1600 38th St., Boulder, fatebrewingcompany.com
The folks at FATE know how to brew excellent beer, which somehow tastes even better...
Try this week: Waterloo’s Hot Chicken Sandwich
Here’s a really well done chicken sandwich. The folks at Louisville’s Waterloo take a fat chicken breast, hand-bread it, fry it and coat it...
Try this week: Jacaranda at Rosetta Hall, and more
Benne Toast
Jacaranda at Rosetta Hall, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder, rosettahall.com/chefs/jacaranda
Chef Modou Jaiteh was raised in Gambia, and he credits some of the menu items...
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: Traditional Calzone @ Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza
Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza in Niwot is a throwback pizzeria — a classic red sauce joint with pizzas warming on top of the oven and...
Try this week: Mici Handcrafted Italian, Community, and more
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...
Try this week: Thrive’s nori wrap, and more
Nori Wrap
Thrive, 1509 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, thriveraw.com
Thrive’s a downtown spot for vegan and diet-friendly smoothies, salads, sandwiches and snacks. Flavor and freshness are paramount...
Try this week: Catalan Sandwich @ Le Frigo
Le Frigo is a delightful Euro-style deli and market, with a walk-in cheese refrigerator, shelves filled with imported goodies like olives, sauces, jams, pastas...
Try this week: Sweet Potato Pie Vegan Ice Cream @ Glacier
At least we have ice cream. We still can have ice cream, right? We’ll check with Fauci, but in the meantime, you ought to...
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: 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: 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...
