City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Address: 4670 Broadway
107. Boulder Beer
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 444-8448
Address: 2880 Wilderness Place
Description: Eight different fresh ales are made on the premises. Three are gold-medal winners, pronounced the best beer in the country at the Great American Beer Festival. Sandwiches and salad go with the fresh beer, and if you arrive around 2 p.m., you can tour the establishment, see the whole beer-making process, and sample the current brews. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sundays.
108. The Hungry Toad
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 442-5012
Address: 2543 Broadway
Description: This is Boulder’s original English pub. Four English beers are on tap, and eight are available by the bottle. Fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, salads, and burgers are popular. The food’s not arty, my lad, but it’s hearty, and accompanied by comfortable chatter and a pint at your elbow. The pub is open for lunch and dinner daily.
109. Mountain Sun Pub And Brewery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 546-0886
Address: 1535 Pearl Street
110. Southern Sun Pub And Brewery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 543-0886
Address: 627 South Broadway
Description: Mountain Sun on Pearl and Southern Sun in south Boulder are Boulder’s “New Age” brew pubs, with seven made-on-the-premises fresh brews that burst onto the microbrew scene by winning awards. The food at both locations is a winner, too. Most of it is vegetarian, including meatless salads, chili, soup, garden burgers, burritos, and pizzas, so you might call them health-food brewpubs. Both ountain Sun and Southern Sun are open for lunch and dinner daily. No credit cards.
111. Old Chicago
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 443-5031
Address: 1102 Pearl Street
Description: It’s hard to decide whether to describe this spot on the west end of the Pearl Street Mall as a pub that serves popular Chicago-style pizzas or a pizzeria with a whopping beer selection. More than 110 beers are available from the bar, and the deep-dish pizza is buttery crusted and delicious; whole-wheat crust is also available. The main part of the restaurant truly has a pub feel, while the seating in the back is more spacious. There’s also a small patio in the rear. Old Chicago’s stout mud pie has layers of coffee and chocolate ice cream, flavored with Australian Sheaf Stout beer. It’s open for lunch and dinner until midnight on weekdays and until 1 a.m. on weekends; unlike many brewpubs, the kitchen stays open until Old Chicago closes.
112. Walnut Brewery
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 447-1345
Address: 1123 Walnut Street
Description: This was Boulder’s first true brewpub, and it’s still the best. The brewing process is on display here, and you can watch while you drink and dine. The brewmaster concocts six original and seasonal ales, including Buffalo Gold, brewed in small batches to provide a malty, floral happiness . . . we mean, hoppiness. The Walnut Brewery pioneered the practice of donating leftovers from the brewing process to feed happy livestock and to enrich soil in flower beds on the downtown mall. Sometimes, walking the mall is a truly heady experience. Salads, tenderloin, seafood, pastas, and vegetarian entrees help draw the crowds to this distinctive, tall-ceilinged, lively space. The brewery is open for lunch and dinner daily.
113. West End Tavern
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (303) 444-3535
Address: 926 Pearl Street
Description: This is more a bar than a pub, for it is really basic and ungentrified—just the way fans like it. It serves good basic salads, soups, and plenty of burgers, along with 20 different beers and concoctions from the full bar. There’s live music or comedy five nights a week—sometimes seven. The rooftop, with the view of the Flatirons, is the most popular summer spot at this friendly neighborhood tavern. Open for lunch and dinner daily, the West End closes at 2 a.m.