121. H.B. Woodsongs
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 449-0516
Address: 2920 Pearl Street
Description: H.B. Woodsongs has been serving Boulder’s acoustic community for more than 25 years. The business has now grown to three locations. The Boulder store’s products include guitars and folk instruments, rentals, and accessories; world percussion instruments; and printed music, videos, and recordings. The store is still the home of Woodsongs Lutherie—a repair shop which specializes in the repair of stringed instruments and the amplification of acoustic instruments.
122. Robb’S Music
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 443-8448
Address: 2691 30th Street
Description: Robb’s has digital pianos, electronic keyboards, guitars, drums, band instruments, and more. They offer great deals on used instruments and have experts who repair electronic instruments.
123. Crystal Galleries Ltd.
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 444-2277
Address: 1302 Pearl Street
Description: This store features a fine collection of minerals, crystals, fossils, and jewelry made from semiprecious gemstones. The glasswork of René Lalique, plus eggs, spheres, and bookends, are all in the inventory.
124. Jones Drug & Camera Center
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 443-4420
Address: 1370 College Avenue
Description: More than a drugstore, this Hill institution has a very good line of fine cameras, lenses, film, and photo accessories, including filters, bags, books, albums, and frames. In addition to processing film, Jones has a full selection of darkroom supplies and one of the best offerings of black-and-white enlarging paper in the state. The store also sells high-quality used equipment and has a very knowledgeable and helpful staff.
125. Mike’S Camera
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 443-1715
Address: 2500 Pearl Street
Description: Boulder’s only complete camera shop dedicated exclusively to photographic equipment, related items, and services, Mike’s is a local icon. Its services include camera and video repairs, rentals (full spectrum), used camera sales, digital imaging, and photo and video industrial equipment—plus classes on how to use it all. There are also telescopes, picture frames, and bags. The staff is knowledgeable and helpful.
126. Photo Craft
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 442-6410
Address: 3550 Arapahoe Road
Description: This shop is another favorite of the professionals, with custom photographic services, including giant photographic color murals and backlights suitable for trade show and store display. It also offers rush service and custom computer-imaging services.
127. The Asian Deli
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 541-9377
Address: 2833 28th Street
Description: Need some dried bonito flakes, pickled daikon radishes, lemongrass, or divine curries? This store has them all, plus Asian produce and freshly made Vietnamese spring rolls—cilantro and shrimp enclosed in a delicate rice wrapper.
128. Colorado Craft And Cake Supply
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 447-1557
Address: 1750 30th Street, Suite 12
Description: If you are ambitious and want to decorate your own cakes, you can get all the supplies you need here. They sell powdered meringue for frosting and incredible cake decorations.
129. Herb’S Meats And Specialty Foods
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 499-8166
Address: 2530 Baseline Road
Description: A Boulder institution, this store is just what the name says. Herb’s carries the freshest cuts of meat and a large variety of sauces. If you’re particular, the perfect leg of lamb or pork roast can be found here.
130. Mountain Man Nut And Fruit Co.
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 546-0920
Address: 2525 Arapahoe Avenue
Description: A locally owned store that carries gourmet candy such as double-dipped malted-milk balls, all kinds of nuts and dried fruits, trail mixes, peach salsa, and dried soups, plus teas, coffees, mustards, and jellies. They do gift baskets, too. In the Village Shopping Center, just around the corner from the movie theater, it’s a perfect stop if movie popcorn and candy aren’t your thing.
131. The Oriental Food Market
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 422-7830
Address: 1750 30th Street, No. 84
Description: This market carries all the ingredients you’ll need for all manner of Asian cuisine, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Philippine, and Indonesian. The small deli serves primarily Indonesian specialties.
132. Salvaggio’S Italian Deli
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 938-1981
Address: 2609 Pearl Street
Description: If you’re a former Easterner, these delis can satisfy your craving for good, New York-style Italian fare. The store carries Italian cold cuts and cheeses, including fresh, water-packed mozzarella and fresh pastas and sauces.
133. Whole Foods Market
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 545-6611
Address: 2905 Pearl Street
Description: Ever since it opened just off 28th Street, the city’s biggest Whole Foods has been the place to be for shoppers who really love food. Now there are a couple different locations in Boulder. Past a huge selection of fruits and vegetables there are fish and meat departments that pride themselves on freshness. Aisles are filled with herbs, foods, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies with an environmental conscience, plus bulk supplies of munchies, cereal, honey, oil, and nut butters. Delis offer browsers samples of crackers, cheeses, meat, and olives. Among the other stores-within-the-store are a bread shop, a pizza shop, and a juice bar. There’s a huge selection of prepared foods, from grilled eggplant to corn cakes to barbecued chicken.
134. Bicycle Village
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 440-8525
Address: 2100 28th Street
Description: Mountain bikes, road bikes, comfort bikes, clothing, accessories, car racks, and bikes for rent—Bicycle Village has it all. This is Colorado’s largest Schwinn dealer.
135. Boulder Army Store
City: Boulder, CO
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (303) 442-7616
Address: 1545 Pearl Street
Description: A Boulder favorite, this store is true to its name and features a full array of such army surplus items as ammo cases, camouflage clothing, combat boots, and canteens. It’s a good place to shop for backpacks, nylon climbing rope, hiking boots, sunglasses, hats and gloves of every description, freeze-dried food, water purification systems, solar showers, bandanas, and campfire coffeepots.