The Tasting Menu

Pecan Sticky Bun Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery, 3990 Broadway, Boulder, luckysmarket.com/stores/luckys-bakehouse-creamery This’ll get the blood flowing in the morning. Jennifer Bush’s excellent lineup of pastries at...

Carnitas Street Tacos Tacos Aya Yay, 1206 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette The street tacos at Tacos Aya Yay are brilliant. Double corn tortillas hold together a...

The Boulder Cork is a classic steak house, with a menu full of filet, sirloin, flatiron, prime rib and other cuts of beef, as...

Pineapple Express Rollin’ Bones food truck, Mobile, Boulder County, rollinbonesbbq.com Pig and pineapple go together — glazed ham and pineapple rings, Hawaiian pizza, and now, the...

You could fuss with making crêpes at home, or wait until the next time you go up to one of the mountain towns, or...

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...

Breakfast Sandwich Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, 2825 Wilderness Place, Unit 800, Boulder, shamanesbakeshoppe.com Shamane’s is one of those places everyone needs to know about but you selfishly...

Montreal-style everything bagel with herbed chèvre Woodgrain Bagels 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Suite E-1A, Boulder, woodgrainbagels.com You don’t know you need Montreal-style bagels in your life until a)...

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...

Grapefruit and Fennel Emmerson, 1600 Pearl St., Suite 100, Boulder, emmersonrestaurant.com This week, Michelin released its always anticipated annual ranking of New York restaurants. Among the five...

Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza in Niwot is a throwback pizzeria — a classic red sauce joint with pizzas warming on top of the oven and...

Seared Sea Scallops Urban Farmer, 1659 Wazee St., Denver, urbanfarmerrestaurant.com After a risque show at Lannie’s Clocktower, or perhaps before you head to one of Larimer Square’s ultra0-hip...