Guidebook for Boulder
Food Scene
Best damn cafe in Boulder. If you like pro cycling, you're in for a real treat.
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Rapha Boulder
1815 Pearl StBest damn cafe in Boulder. If you like pro cycling, you're in for a real treat.
Boulder classic. Great coffee, lovingly prepared. Great spot to sit and work on your laptop.
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OZO Coffee | West Pearl
1015 Pearl StBoulder classic. Great coffee, lovingly prepared. Great spot to sit and work on your laptop.
Yeah, the coffee's not amazing, but it's just so warm and cozy inside. If you're not a single-origin snob, you'll be just fine.
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The Cup Espresso Cafe
1521 Pearl StYeah, the coffee's not amazing, but it's just so warm and cozy inside. If you're not a single-origin snob, you'll be just fine.
A brewpub and Boulder institution: burgers, hand-cut fries, amazing beer selection, super-friendly waitstaff (like, Trader Joe's friendly), and great for families or groups. Cash only, but there's an ATM in back.
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Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery
1535 Pearl StA brewpub and Boulder institution: burgers, hand-cut fries, amazing beer selection, super-friendly waitstaff (like, Trader Joe's friendly), and great for families or groups. Cash only, but there's an ATM in back.
Best-kept sushi secret in Boulder. Modeled on Tokyo's subway sake bars. One table and a small bar. Intimate and delish.
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Izakaya Amu
1221 Spruce StBest-kept sushi secret in Boulder. Modeled on Tokyo's subway sake bars. One table and a small bar. Intimate and delish.
Decadent desserts, pastries so beautiful you won't want to take the first bite, and hand-churned ice cream. Okay, that's probably a lie, but it's seriously f—ing good. Remember: there's no calories in looking. Not that you came here just to look.
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Lucky's Bakehouse and Creamery
3990 BroadwayDecadent desserts, pastries so beautiful you won't want to take the first bite, and hand-churned ice cream. Okay, that's probably a lie, but it's seriously f—ing good. Remember: there's no calories in looking. Not that you came here just to look.
Drinks & Nightlife
Food trucks, dozens of local beers on tap, indoor and outdoor seating (with fire pit!), lawn games, dogs, kombucha bar (seriously), and tons of seating. Plus, it's 150 yards from your door—go ahead, have another drink.
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Rayback Collective
2775 Valmont RdFood trucks, dozens of local beers on tap, indoor and outdoor seating (with fire pit!), lawn games, dogs, kombucha bar (seriously), and tons of seating. Plus, it's 150 yards from your door—go ahead, have another drink.
Parks & Nature
Think you're pretty fit, huh? Just wait till the locals go jogging by in their short shorts, barely breaking a sweat. Maps at the trailhead can show you the three different trails up Mt. Sanitas: steep, steeper, and steepest. It's only a couple miles to the summit, but good golly it feels like more than that. You'll suck wind, but the views from the top are worth it.
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Mount Sanitas Trailhead
Sunshine Canyon DriveThink you're pretty fit, huh? Just wait till the locals go jogging by in their short shorts, barely breaking a sweat. Maps at the trailhead can show you the three different trails up Mt. Sanitas: steep, steeper, and steepest. It's only a couple miles to the summit, but good golly it feels like more than that. You'll suck wind, but the views from the top are worth it.
Hiking for days and days. The big kahuna is Mt. Green, which is about 3.5 miles and a couple thousand feet of climbing from the trailhead, but there are a million other shorter, mellower loops. Great for a morning jog or sunset stroll.
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Chautauqua Park
9th StreetHiking for days and days. The big kahuna is Mt. Green, which is about 3.5 miles and a couple thousand feet of climbing from the trailhead, but there are a million other shorter, mellower loops. Great for a morning jog or sunset stroll.
Parkside Park. We're putting that sucker on here just because its name is so...literal.
Parkside Park
2427 Juniper AveParkside Park. We're putting that sucker on here just because its name is so...literal.
Essentials
Special discounts for shoeless children and anyone using their own hand-woven hemp grocery bag. Just kidding.
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Sprouts Farmers Market
2525 Arapahoe AveSpecial discounts for shoeless children and anyone using their own hand-woven hemp grocery bag. Just kidding.
Whole Foods Market
695 S BroadwayGet your bougie on.
Yeah, it's not Whole Foods, but it's walking distance from the condo. Plus, you don't really need to blow six dollars on organic kumquats, do you? You can't buy alcohol in Colorado grocery stores—don't be fooled by the cooler of 3.2% beer!—so you'll need to go next door to Boulder Wine and Spirits for your Bacardi 151, you party animal.
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Safeway
3325 28th StYeah, it's not Whole Foods, but it's walking distance from the condo. Plus, you don't really need to blow six dollars on organic kumquats, do you? You can't buy alcohol in Colorado grocery stores—don't be fooled by the cooler of 3.2% beer!—so you'll need to go next door to Boulder Wine and Spirits for your Bacardi 151, you party animal.
Beer, wine, liquor, and Jello shots. But do yourself a favor and, just, don't.
Boulder Wine and Spirits
3325 28th StBeer, wine, liquor, and Jello shots. But do yourself a favor and, just, don't.
Why does Boulder have so many upscale grocery stores? That's not a rhetorical question. Seriously, someone please look into this.
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Alfalfa's Market
1651 BroadwayWhy does Boulder have so many upscale grocery stores? That's not a rhetorical question. Seriously, someone please look into this.
Getting Around
The downtown bus stop. Not to be confused in any way with The Bustop, the gentleman's club on North Broadway. No one will believe you that it was an honest mistake.
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Downtown Boulder Station
1800 14th StThe downtown bus stop. Not to be confused in any way with The Bustop, the gentleman's club on North Broadway. No one will believe you that it was an honest mistake.
Bike rentals! Plus, this place has local beers on tap *and* a full-service espresso bar. Sometimes Boulder is a parody of itself. Most of the time, actually.
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Full Cycle Bikes
2355 30th StreetBike rentals! Plus, this place has local beers on tap *and* a full-service espresso bar. Sometimes Boulder is a parody of itself. Most of the time, actually.