City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Address: 1138 Flagstaff Road
62. The Greenbriar Inn
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 440-7979
Address: 8735 North Foothills Highway
Description: Picture an English earl strolling home with his spaniel to his grand estate, and you’re close to the ambience of this country inn. It has stained glass, dark wood decor, and the vote from one Denver newspaper as the most romantic restaurant in the area. The executive chef presents lordly traditional fare, great for special occasions. Menu items include tiger shrimp and bay scallop cerviche, beef Wellington, pan-seared duck, and Colorado rack of lamb. Follow with seven-layer Valrhona chocolate cake or Meyer lemon chiffon cake.The Greenbriar is in the country but only 6.5 miles north of Boulder and about 45 minutes from Estes Park. It’s open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday and for Sunday brunch. Reservations are recommended.
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Address: 2328 Pearl Street
64. Red Lion Inn
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 442-9368
Address: 38470 Boulder Canyon Road
Description: This Old World inn is just 4 miles up Boulder Canyon. The rambling country inn is popular for family gatherings, business dinners, banquets, and weddings. A specialty is wild game, such as venison or pheasant. Much of the menu is devoted to American cuisine, but there are such decidedly Austro-German influences as red cabbage and spaetzle noodles, a good accompaniment with entrees; meals are followed by a tasty dessert tray. The restaurant offers early-bird specials. It’s open for dinner daily.
65. Thyme On The Creek
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 998-3835
Address: 1345 28th Street
Description: Most recently the Fancy Moose, this sun-filled restaurant at the Harvest House Hotel has changed its name and changed its menu. Still offering a New York strip, braised lamb, and a smoked rack of pork, with sweet potato fries, there’s more emphasis on seafood, including salmon and lobster with fresh vegetables. Lunch is a smaller version of the dinner menu plus sandwiches and burgers, and there’s a breakfast buffet. Enjoy your meal inside, or dine on the heated outdoor terrace by the waterfall. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served daily.
66. Lucile’S Creole Cafe
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 665-2065
Address: 2124 14th Street
Description: Sashay up the porch steps of a side-street Victorian house, open the door, and you’re in Cajun country. It’s just that easy. Faded calico napkins, tables in every nook, and a casual, bustling atmosphere provide a perfect setting in which to enjoy the red beans and grits. Try eggs sardou or a lunch of crawfish etouffé. Rice pudding porridge with currants and raspberry sauce is comfort food, Lucile-style. It’s open for breakfast and lunch daily.
67. Redfish Fishhouse & Brewery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 440-5858
Address: 2027 13th Street
Description: Voted the “Best New Restaurant” by Daily Camera readers when it opened in 1997, RedFish features Louisiana Creole–influenced cuisine with a menu that changes frequently. Appetizers include seafood gumbo, crawfish Caesar, fresh oysters on the half shell, spiced shrimp, and oysters Rockefeller. If there’s time for dinner, fresh seafood and house-aged steaks head the list. Desserts include “Chocolate Love” and Louisiana bread pudding with bourbon sauce. The brewmaster offers handcrafted beers, including Wild Magnolia Pale Ale, Angry Monk Belgian-Style Ale, and Gaston’s Swollen Delta Big Easy. Live music Thursday through Saturday is the draw for many. Open daily for dinner.
68. Brasserie Ten Ten
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 998-1010
Address: 1011 Walnut Street
Description: Located in the heart of downtown Boulder, this bistro-style restaurant features French-inspired cuisine from all the regions of France. Entrees include pepper-crusted ahi, petite whipped potatoes, and pistou emulsion and chicken simmered in a red wine sauce. For those of you with a sweet tooth, try the triple chocolate frozen mousse bomb or the beignet (French donuts) for dessert. Come in on Sunday for brunch and sample Belgian waffles, eggs Benedict, and croissants. The restaurant features a wine list focusing on French wines and offers French-press coffee. Open for lunch Monday through Friday, dinner daily, and brunch on weekends.
69. Mateo
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 443-7766
Address: 1837 Pearl Street
Description: Boulder may not be known for its French restaurants, but Mateo fills the void with romantic ambience and entrees such as bouillabaisse and sides such as sensational frites and the perfect marinated olives. Skip dinner and go for the dessert, petit pot au chocolat. Open for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday and dinner on Saturday.
70. Bombay Bistro
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 444-4721
Address: 1800 Broadway
Description: Bombay Bistro combines traditional Indian spices with a modern flair. The restaurant provides customers with the best-tasting and exotic flavors in their continental-style Indian-fusion cuisine. Start your dining experience with delicious vegetable somosas or one of the chef’s creations—coconut-crusted sea bass or fork-tender boneless beef short ribs. The bistro is open daily for lunch and dinner.
71. Himalayas Restaurant
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 442-3230
Address: 2010 14th Street
Description: Authentic Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan food such as tandoori breads and thali, a vegetarian sampler, are available here. You can order the chicken and lamb curries milder or hotter. Don’t miss the live Indian music on Sundays. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner. Reservations are recommended on weekends.
72. Royal Peacock
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 447-1409
Address: 5290 Arapahoe Avenue
Description: Each year, the owners, who are Bombay natives, add yet another peacock decoration to their beautiful restaurant. Hot curried Indian dishes are served, along with vegetarian choices in rich cream sauces, good basmati rice (order lots for anyone who prefers mild food), and yogurt/cucumber salads. The chai (tea with spices and sweetened milk) is delicious. Service is impeccably polite. The staff loves kids, although the leisurely pace here can make the meal a bit long for the youngest tykes. Royal Peacock is open for lunch weekdays and for dinner daily.
73. Sherpa’S
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 440-7151
Address: 825 Walnut Street
Description: With all the rock climbers in Boulder, what could be more appropriate than a restaurant and bar named Sherpa’s? Just off the Pearl Street Mall, beyond serving fabulous Himalayan dishes, Sherpa’s offers an atmosphere that includes climbing memorabilia and a library of adventure and travel books. Named one of the “Best New Restaurants” in 2003 by the Daily Camera and the Colorado Daily, the menu features a variety of Indian curries, all made fresh to order. Sherpa’s is rockin’ daily for lunch and dinner.
74. The Taj
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 494-5216
Address: 2360 Baseline Road
Description: The sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of this Indian restaurant are so genuinely Indian that it seems strange to see the Basemar shopping center’s acres of asphalt just outside the windows. This large space is divided into a rambling procession of dining areas brought to intimate scale by the personal service and excellent food. Note that we said “personal,” not “speedy” or “efficient,” for The Taj is a place for dining and lingering. Everything is custom-prepared at dinner. The opulent, inexpensive lunch buffet provides a sampling if you’re in a hurry. There is a full bar. The Taj is open for lunch and dinner.
75. Tandoori Grill
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 543-7339
Address: 619 South Broadway
Description: Featuring a daily lunch buffet, the Tandoori offers East Indian cuisine in the Table Mesa Plaza in south Boulder. It’s a casual dining experience that offers a large menu, including chicken masala, grilled chicken in creamy tomato gravy, and bengen bartha, a roasted eggplant dish cooked with onions, tomatoes, herbs, and spices. The Bindi Masala, a combination of fresh okra, fresh tomatoes, and garlic, is a favorite. Desserts include mango custard and pistachio ice cream. The Tandoori is open for lunch and dinner daily.