🍽️Snarfburger
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
0.1 miJimmy Seidel — who launched the original Snarf's Sandwiches "Shack" in Boulder in 1996 — opened this 600-square-foot retro burger stand near Boulder High in 2013 as his tribute to the all-American drive-up burger joint: smashed griddle burgers, crinkle fries, and shakes
🍽️Brooklyn Pizza
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Downtown
0.1 miNew York-style pizza by the slice near downtown
🎨Naropa University
🎭 Culture · University Campus · East Boulder
0.2 miBuddhist-inspired liberal arts university birthplace of the mindfulness movement
🍽️Barchetta
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.3 miDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives pizza with a full tap wall
🍽️Arabesque
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.3 micozy chef-owned Mediterranean kitchen off Walnut Street
🍽️Frasca Food & Wine
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.3 miwhite-tablecloth Italian near the Pearl Street stroll
🍽️Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant
🍽️ Food · Vegetarian/Vegan · Pearl Street
0.3 miplant-forward destination on Pearl Street
🍸 Happy hour · Tue-Fri 4-6 PM, Sat-Sun 3-6 PM
🍕Pizzeria Alberico
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.3 miNeapolitan wood-fired pies on Pearl
🎨Color Me Mine Boulder
🎭 Culture · Craft Studio · East Pearl
0.3 miwalk-in paint-your-own-pottery studio on East Pearl — pick a piece, paint it, pick it up fired a week later
☕Boxcar Coffee Pearl
☕ Coffee · Roastery · Pearl Street
0.3 miartisan Pearl Street roaster with French-inspired pastries
🍽️Backcountry Pizza & Tap House
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
0.3 misports-bar taproom with 60+ drafts, pizza, and wings
☕The Laughing Goat
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Pearl Street
0.3 micozy Pearl Street coffeehouse with open mics and local art
🎨Moe Gram 'Love Notes' Mural (Creature Comforts)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · East Pearl
0.4 miMoe Gram's color-drenched 'Love Notes' wrapping Creature Comforts cafe — a 2021 'Make Space' empathy wall the artist herself refreshed in 2023, love notes hidden throughout
🍽️Organic Sandwich Company
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Pearl Street
0.4 miorganic sandwiches with vegan and gluten-free options on Pearl
🍽️Snooze AM Eatery
🍽️ Food · Brunch Spot · Pearl Street
0.4 micreative brunch with long lines and pancake flights
🍽️Foolish Craig's Cafe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.4 miowner-run Pearl Street cafe known for its crepes
🧋Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.4 miornate sister-city teahouse with garden patio
🎨Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
🎭 Culture · Museum · Downtown
0.4 mirotating contemporary exhibitions in a compact downtown space
🍽️Sweetgreen
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Pearl Street
0.4 mifast-casual salads and bowls on Pearl Street
🎵Macky Auditorium
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · CU Boulder
0.4 migrand Romanesque Revival concert hall hosting the Boulder Phil and major CU shows
🍽️Tasuki
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miintimate dinner-only sushi bistro from chef-owner Nobu, who helped bring sushi to Boulder in the early '80s
🎨Defend the Defenseless Manatee Mural (Max Coleman)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · Downtown
0.4 miMax Coleman's huge pink-and-red manatee off 17th Street — 'Defend the Defenseless,' Street Wise 2019's plea for a species with no natural enemies except us
🍽️Tibet Kitchen
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 mitiny Tibetan-Nepalese kitchen hand-folding momos since 2008, a beloved cheap-eats pick with a small summer patio
🍺Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery
🍸 Drinks · Brewery · Pearl Street
0.4 miold-school Pearl Street brewpub — no music, no TVs, good beer
🍽️Folsom Thai
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Pearl
0.4 miCozy Thai spot for street-food classics like gra prow and khao soi
🍽️Village Coffee Shop
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miNo-frills diner slinging huge pancakes and award-winning hash browns since 1971 — waitress Shanna and her culinary-trained husband Ryan bought it from the original owner after her seven years on the floor, keeping it the kind of place repeatedly voted Boulder's best breakfast for the slightly hungover
🍽️Snarf's Sandwiches
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · East Pearl
0.4 mibeloved locally-grown sub shop known for hot pressed Snarfburgers
🌳CU Norlin Quadrangle
🪩 Hangouts · Campus Green · CU Boulder
0.4 mithe beating heart of CU Boulder — open lawn where students gather year-round
🍽️Oak at Fourteenth
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.4 miwood-fired New American in the heart of the Pearl Street Mall
🍽️Holy Crepe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.4 miFrench crêpes from a grandmother's recipe near Broadway
🍽️Le French Cafe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miCasual French breakfast-and-lunch cafe; croque madame, croissants, served with a smile
🍽️Illegal Pete's Pearl
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Pearl Street
0.4 mifast-casual burritos right on Pearl Street
🍽️Gelato Boy
🍽️ Food · Dessert & Ice Cream · Pearl Street
0.4 miVenetian-style gelato made fresh in-house on Pearl
🍽️Great Harvest Bread
🍽️ Food · Bakery · Central Boulder
0.4 miWhole-grain bakery grinding its own wheat flour for breads, sweets, sandwiches
🍽️Tiffin's India Cafe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miArapahoe Avenue Indian cafe where diners line up for massive crispy dosas alongside the curry classics
🍽️Horm-A-Rice
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miBangkok-to-Boulder family Thai kitchen with traditional decor and local ingredients
🍽️Kalita Grill
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
0.4 miCounter-service Greek spot for gyros, shawarma wraps, falafel and baklava
🍽️Cheba Hut Toasted Subs
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.4 micannabis-themed subs with a mural-covered patio and bar
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 3-6 PM
🍽Avanti Food & Beverage Boulder
🍽️ Food · Food Truck/Hall · Downtown
0.4 miPearl Street food hall — a bar plus a rotating cast of chef-driven mini-kitchens under one roof
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 2-6 PM, all day Sunday
🍽️Osaka's
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.4 miOkonomiyaki-bun "Osaka Burgers," sushi, and ramen with serious sake list
🍽️Woodgrain Bagels
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
0.4 miMontreal-inspired wood-fired bagels hand-shaped daily, plus locally roasted coffee
☕Brewing Market Arapahoe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
0.4 mibusiest cafe of the family-owned roastery going since 1977, anchoring the Village shopping center at Arapahoe and Folsom with globally sourced beans roasted in-house
🎨George F. Baker III Music Mural (eTown Hall)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · Downtown
0.4 miGFB3's technicolor trio — keys, guitar and sax towering twice life-size in the alley behind eTown Hall, painted for the 2022 Street Wise festival
🎬CU International Film Series
🎭 Culture · Cinema · CU Boulder
0.4 miCU's public arthouse/international film series (running since 1941), screening in Muenzinger Auditorium with cheap public tickets
🎵eTown Hall
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · Downtown
0.4 miintimate NPR-style live-taping venue for folk, bluegrass, and world music
☕Brewing Market Pearl
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Downtown
0.5 mithe chain's cozy downtown 'Tea Emporium' a half-block off the Pearl Street bricks, walls lined with glass jars of loose-leaf tea — steps from where the family business began as a vendor's booth in 1977
🍽️Falafel King
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.5 miPearl Street falafel institution serving for over 47 years
🍽️Black Cat Farm Table Bistro
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.5 miintimate farm-driven bistro where the chef grows the food himself
🎵Boulder Theater
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · Downtown
0.5 mihistoric art-deco concert hall anchoring downtown since 1906
🍽️Sforno Trattoria Romana
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.5 miRoman trattoria built around a wood-burning oven
🗝️Boulder Escape Room
🪩 Hangouts · Game Hall/Arcade · Downtown
0.5 miDowntown's basement puzzle den at 13th & Pearl — three themed 60-minute escape rooms, all-ages with no actors or jump scares
🛍️Pearl Street Mall
🪩 Hangouts · Pedestrian Mall · Pearl Street
0.5 mifour-block outdoor mall with buskers, boulders, and Boulder vibes
🍽️Rincon Argentino
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
0.5 mirelaxed Argentinian grill in The Village
☕Aviano Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · University Hill
0.5 miDenver's polished third-wave standby bringing Intelligentsia espresso and Dry Storage Bakehouse pastries to a light-filled space in the Moxy hotel on the Hill
🍽️Mister Oso
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · University Hill
0.5 miDenver-born taco and cocktail spot near the Moxy
☕Capital One Cafe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Pearl Street
0.5 mipart bank, part café pouring Verve coffee
🎨Love Always Wins Mural (Pat Milbery)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · Downtown
0.5 miPat Milbery's rainbow fist-and-heart in the alley off the Pearl Street Mall — ‘Love Always Wins,’ painted for Boulder after the Marshall Fire and King Soopers tragedy
🎭University Theatre
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · CU Boulder
0.5 micampus theatre department staging student and faculty productions
☕Fen's Cafe
☕ Coffee · Tea House · University Hill
0.5 miCU-alum restaurateur Nancy Kao's boba-and-bento counter inside the ATLAS building, pairing espresso and classic boba tea with Taiwanese street food like sesame balls, dim sum, and bento boxes
🎨CU Art Museum
🎭 Culture · Museum · CU Boulder
0.5 mifree university gallery with rotating exhibitions on campus
🍽️Lucile's Creole Café
🍽️ Food · Brunch Spot · Downtown
0.5 miNew Orleans-style brunch with beignets and chicory coffee
🍽️Half Fast Subs
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · University Hill
0.5 milate-night Hill sub shop beloved by CU students for decades
🍸 Happy hour · Every day 3-6 PM
🍽️T/ACO
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.5 miurban taqueria hand-pressing corn tortillas daily since 2012, with fresh-lime margaritas and a dog-friendly patio
🍸 Happy hour · Daily 2:30-4:30 PM
🍽️Rush Bowls
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · University Hill
0.5 miBoulder-founded acai and smoothie bowl original, steps from CU campus
🎵Velvet Elk Lounge
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · Downtown
0.5 miBig Red F's small, funky downtown live-music room in a building that's been a Cadillac dealership, a bowling alley, and a travel agency — craft cocktails and an artist-forward booking philosophy for local and touring acts
🍺Bohemian Biergarten
🍸 Drinks · Taproom · University Hill
0.5 miCzech-inspired outdoor beer garden on the Hill with 32 rotating taps
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 3-6 PM, late night 8 PM-close daily
☕Ku Cha House of Tea
☕ Coffee · Tea House · Pearl Street
0.5 miPearl Street tea sanctuary steeping since 2006, stocking Colorado's largest selection of 250+ whole-leaf teas plus to-go boba, matcha, and traditional gong fu service in the back tea room
☕Cafe Aion
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · University Hill
0.5 miUniversity Hill mainstay of 15+ years serving Spanish-Moroccan tapas and paella, famous for brunch doughnuts fried to order — owner renewed the lease for five more years in 2025
🍽️Ben & Jerry's
🍽️ Food · Dessert & Ice Cream · Pearl Street
0.5 miscoop shop in a historic bank building on the Mall
🍽️Flower Child
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.5 miCheery fast-casual health food — veggie-forward bowls, salads and wraps
🍸Nitro Club
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Pearl Street
0.5 mibelow-street gentlemen's club with VIP bottle service
🍽️Japango
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.6 midate-night sushi in a Pearl Street historic building
🍸Sundown Saloon
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Pearl Street
0.6 mibasement dive bar on Pearl with pool and cheap PBR
🍽Rosetta Hall
🍽️ Food · Food Truck/Hall · Downtown
0.6 midowntown food hall with globally themed kitchens, two cocktail bars, and a seasonal rooftop
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Thu 4-6 PM, Fri-Sat 10 PM-close, all day Sunday
🍔The Sink
🍽️ Food · Pub Food · University Hill
0.6 milegendary Boulder dive with a history wall
🍽️Sushi Hana
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · University Hill
0.6 milively sushi bar next to campus since 2012, famous with students for its two-rolls-and-miso lunch special and a fun, sometimes rowdy Hill atmosphere
🎭Colorado Shakespeare Festival
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · CU Boulder
0.6 misummer Shakespeare under the stars at the historic Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre
🍸License No. 1
🍸 Drinks · Cocktail Lounge · Downtown
0.6 mihistoric hotel cocktail bar with stained glass and dark wood — also home to Boulder's resident stand-up comedy showcase, five shows a week in the basement
🍸Hotel Boulderado
🪩 Hangouts · Hotel Bar/Lobby · Downtown
0.6 mi1909 landmark hotel with stained-glass ceiling and downstairs bar
🎨Armando Silva Mural (Boulder Chamber)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · East Pearl
0.6 miArmando Silva's child offering a wildflower on the Boulder Chamber building at Folsom & Pearl — the 2019 Street Wise mural that anchors the east end of the walk
🍽️Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.6 miclassic Boulder margarita-and-Mexican institution on Walnut
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 3-5 PM
🍽️The Buff Restaurant
🍽️ Food · Brunch Spot · West Boulder
0.6 mirowdy classic Boulder breakfast spot with a devoted morning crowd
🍽️Sushi Zanmai
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.6 miraucous downtown sushi institution running Saturday-night karaoke for over 30 years, with a daily happy hour and Sunday all-night deals
🖼️SmithKlein Gallery
🎭 Culture · Art Gallery · Pearl Street
0.6 miLong-running fine-art and jewelry gallery on the Pearl Street Mall
🍽️Izakaya Amu
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.6 mishoes-off tatami izakaya next door to Sushi Zanmai serving Japanese country small plates with Boulder's deepest sake list — no sushi on purpose
🎓CU Boulder UMC
🪩 Hangouts · Student Center · CU Boulder
0.6 mihub for CU campus events, dining, and student life
🍽️Illegal Pete's Hill
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · University Hill
0.6 micollege-crowd burritos steps from Fox Theatre
🎵Fox Theatre
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · University Hill
0.6 miintimate University Hill concert venue with a devoted local following
🎨Dairy Arts Center
🎭 Culture · Craft Studio · Downtown
0.6 micornerstone community arts hub in a converted 1930s dairy
🎨Spirit of Frank Shorter Mural
🎭 Culture · Public Art · Downtown
0.6 mithe 1997 runners-under-the-Flatirons mural at Broadway & Spruce — Boulder running culture's painted landmark, freshly restored
🍽️Gaia Masala & Burger
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · University Hill
0.6 mihalal-only Hill mashup slinging chicken tikka masala burgers and curry-drenched masala fries until 3am for the late-night CU crowd
🍽️Nana's Dim Sum & Dumplings
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · University Hill
0.6 miHill outpost of a Colorado dim sum mini-chain where made-to-order soup dumplings are the headline act
🍽️Fat Shack
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · University Hill
0.6 mi3am loaded sandwiches fueling University Hill nights
🍽️Golden Sun
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.6 mireliable 28th Street Chinese joint serving General Tso's, dim sum, and spring rolls with takeout till 11pm
🍸The Root Kava Co.
🍸 Drinks · Kava & Botanical Lounge
0.6 miBoulder's alcohol-free social lounge — kava and kratom teas instead of beer
🍸 Happy hour · Sun-Thu 7-8 PM, Fri-Sat 8-9 PM
🎵CU Folsom Field
🎭 Culture · Sports Stadium · CU Boulder
0.6 mithe Buffs' storied football stadium where Ralphie runs the field each game
🍽️The Corner
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · University Hill
0.6 miall-day Hill cafe by CU turning out house-made breakfast-through-dinner with gluten-free and veggie options and a daily happy hour
🍽️Corrida
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.6 mirooftop Spanish chophouse above Pearl Street
☕Amante Coffee Downtown
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Downtown
0.6 miItalian espresso tradition on Walnut Street
☕Flatiron Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
0.6 miformer Peaberry franchise gone independent in 2009 under a CU-grad owner, famous for the Ice Cap — cold brew and local milk churned in an ice-cream machine — and gleefully punny seasonal drink menus
☕Loving Cup
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · University Hill
0.6 mifamily-owned cafe-meets-market in a bright corner space on the Hill, pairing an espresso counter and much-praised chai with shelves of artisanal pantry staples and a dog-friendly welcome
🍽️SALT
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.6 milaid-back Pearl Street American with great happy hour deals
🍽️The Kitchen
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.6 mifarm-to-table anchor of the Pearl Street dining scene
🍸 Happy hour · Daily 2:30-4:30 PM
🍽️Brasserie Ten Ten
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.6 miclassic French bistro on Walnut Street
🍽️Aloy Thai
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.6 mifarm-fresh modern Thai cuisine in the heart of Boulder
🍽️Hapa
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.6 misushi and sake bar with a Pearl Street patio
🍸 Happy hour · Every day 2:30-5:30 PM
🍸T-Zero Lounge
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Downtown
0.6 mihotel lounge with handcrafted martinis and live music
🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 3-5 PM
☕Ozo Coffee West Pearl
☕ Coffee · Roastery · Pearl Street
0.6 mispecialty roaster in the heart of Pearl Street
🍸St. Julien Hotel & Spa
🪩 Hangouts · Hotel Bar/Lobby · Downtown
0.6 midowntown luxury hotel with a rooftop terrace and lobby-bar scene
🍸Press Play
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Pearl Street
0.7 miretro arcade bar with DJs, pool and trivia nights
🍸 Happy hour · 4-7 PM every day except Saturday
🍽️Centro Mexican Kitchen
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.7 miColorado-inspired Mexican kitchen on Pearl with fresh-squeezed cocktails and a year-round covered patio built for people watching
🍸 Happy hour · Every day 2-5 PM
🍽️Pasta Jay's
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.7 mired-checkered-tablecloth Italian fixture on west Pearl since 1988, all roasted-garlic aroma and a sprawling red-awning patio
🎨CU Museum of Natural History
🎭 Culture · Museum · CU Boulder
0.7 miCU campus natural history collections (closed for renovation until Fall 2026)
🍸Jungle
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Downtown
0.7 mitiki-inspired rum bar just off Pearl Street
🍸 Happy hour · 4-6 PM daily, plus 9-11 PM Tue & Wed
🍽️Dragonfly Noodle
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.7 misleek downtown ramen house making its own noodles in-house, with baos, pho, and a premium sake-and-soju list
🎨Museum of Boulder
🎭 Culture · Museum · Downtown
0.7 milocal history and culture in the heart of downtown
☕Trident Booksellers & Cafe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Pearl Street
0.7 miindie bookstore with serious coffee and Pearl Street soul
🍽️Motomaki
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.7 mifast-casual sushi burritos and bowls rolled to order daily till 10pm on the 28th Street strip
🍸Tonic Alchemy Lounge
🍸 Drinks · Kava & Botanical Lounge
0.7 midowntown elixir parlor pouring kava, chocolate elixirs, jun, and tea — plus oxygen sessions and organic wine
🌽Cozobi Fonda Fina
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.7 micorn-centric Mexican from a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand chef — house-nixtamalized tortillas
🍽️Jax Fish House
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.7 milively Pearl Street oyster bar with a cult happy-hour following
🍸 Happy hour · Every day 3:30-6 PM, all night Monday
🍽️West End Tavern
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.7 mirooftop deck and whiskey-forward menu at the quiet west end of Pearl
🍽️The Yellow Deli
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · West Pearl
0.7 miHot steamed sandwiches and homemade soup in cozy handcrafted barn-wood booths
🍸The Bitter Bar
🍸 Drinks · Bar · Downtown
0.7 mino-frills cocktail bar with staff-picked classics
🍸 Happy hour · 5-7 PM every night open (closed Sun-Mon)
☕Alpine Modern 29th
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
0.7 mithe design brand's bright second outpost at the 29th Street mall, opened in 2022, trading the Hill cottage's coziness for a roomy modern space for specialty coffee and light brunch
🍽️Sherpa's Adventure Restaurant
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Downtown
0.7 miNepali and Himalayan flavors in the heart of downtown
🍽️Piece Love and Chocolate
🍽️ Food · Bakery · West Pearl
0.8 miJewel-box chocolate boutique: handmade truffles, petite pastries, cakes, and dessert classes
🍽️Wahoo's Fish Taco
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
0.8 miBoulder outpost of the SoCal surf-shack chain founded in Costa Mesa in 1988 by Chinese-Brazilian brothers Wing Lam, Ed and Mingo Lee, who fused Baja fish tacos with the Brazilian and Chinese flavors of their upbringing — sticker-plastered walls and "Mr. Lee's secret sauce" included
🍽️Nopalito's
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.8 miburrito counter with handcrafted margaritas
🎨Adri Norris Voting Rights Mural (Lolita's Market)
🎭 Culture · Public Art · West Pearl
0.8 miAdri Norris's Street Wise mural on Lolita's Market — the women the 19th Amendment left out, painted for its centennial
🍽️Nick-N-Willy's Pizza
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Pearl Street
0.8 mitake-n-bake pizza pioneer on Pearl Street
🍰Spruce Confections
🍽️ Food · Bakery · Pearl Street
0.8 milocal bakery institution with handmade pastries, scones, and celebration cakes since 1992
☕Alpine Modern Cafe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · University Hill
0.8 miScandinavian-minimalist coffeehouse in a cozy stone cottage on the Hill, born in 2015 from the Boulder design brand behind the Alpine Modern print magazine
🍽️Kathmandu Restaurant II
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.8 miNepali-Indian standby with daily lunch and dinner buffets and chai
🍽️Wild Pastures Burger Co.
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.9 miFast-casual burger stand from Chas and Autumn Smith, the Boulder couple behind the Wild Pastures regenerative meat-delivery company — every patty is 100% grass-fed-and-finished, the fries are organic potatoes cooked in beef tallow, and there's a house-made organic black bean burger for vegans
🎨Fiske Planetarium
🎭 Culture · Planetarium · CU Boulder
0.9 miCU's state-of-the-art planetarium with public shows and star parties
🎭Cinemark Century Boulder
🎭 Culture · Cinema · East Boulder
0.9 miBoulder's mainstream multiplex anchoring the Twenty Ninth Street shopping district, pairing first-run blockbusters with bar service and curated special-event programming like Studio Ghibli Fest and filmed Broadway shows.
🔭Sommers-Bausch Observatory
🎭 Culture · Observatory · CU Campus
0.9 mifree Friday-night stargazing on CU's observing deck — telescopes pointed at the sky for anyone who shows up when it's clear
🍽️Sweet Cow
🍽️ Food · Dessert & Ice Cream · North Boulder
0.9 miNorth Boulder scoop shop of the Louisville-born ice cream maker Drew Honness founded in 2010 — a college ice-cream-shop job turned Cold Stone corporate stint turned local mini-chain — with small-batch flavors made on site and served fresh daily
🎵CU Events Center
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · CU Boulder
0.9 miBoulder's largest indoor arena — Buffs basketball, volleyball, and major concerts
🍽️Audrey Jane's Pizza Garage
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · North Boulder
0.9 miNew York-style pizza garage featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
🍽️Moe's Broadway Bagels
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · North Boulder
0.9 minorth-end bagel institution beloved by regulars for three decades
🍸The Hungry Toad
🍸 Drinks · Bar
0.9 mi🍽️KT's BBQ
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · North Boulder
0.9 miHickory-smoked Memphis-style barbecue, family-owned for nearly 30 years
☕Beleza Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · North Boulder
0.9 miplant-filled Broadway coffee bar that deliberately keeps the Wi-Fi switched off to keep conversation flowing, pairing local and guest roasters with a small mercantile of global and local goods
🍽️Vina Pho & Grill
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
0.9 miFamily-run Vietnamese kitchen going since 2010, where the signature beef pho broth is slow-simmered overnight and the menu runs deep into noodle bowls, rice plates, and banh mi — a reliable strip-mall gem on 30th near the 29th Street district
🍽️Santo
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · North Boulder
0.9 miChef Hosea Rosenberg's tribute to Taos and Northern New Mexican cuisine
🍽️Haoway Chinese Cafe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1 mibare-bones husband-and-wife counter joint in a King Soopers strip mall turning out piping-hot Chinese classics in 10 minutes at some of Boulder's lowest prices
🍽️Il Pastaio
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1 miTiny weekday ristorante and fresh-pasta factory run by Marta and Giuseppe
🍽️Blackjack Pizza
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · East Boulder
1 midrive-thru thin-crust pizza and subs with a loyal following
🍽️Walnut Cafe
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1 miBeloved breakfast institution since 1983 that longtime owner Dana Derichsweiler built into a de facto community center — including for Boulder's LGBTQ community — before selling in 2022 to two of her own servers, Ashley Parzych and Ariel Cooke; the pie case and all-day breakfast remain the draw
🍽️Chez Thuy
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1 miFamily-run Vietnamese since 1993 — pho, hot pots, curries, full bar
🍽️Voodoo Doughnut
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
1 miThe Portland cult doughnut chain's 15th location, opened August 1, 2023 with a CU-flavored twist — the Golden Buffalo doughnut created for Boulder — alongside the usual maple-bacon bars, vegan options, and Voodoo Magic Roast coffee
☕January Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
1 mibright multi-roaster cafe near 30th and Walnut rotating beans from top roasters around the country, with a vegan-friendly brunch served daily until 2pm under loft-style natural light
🍽️L&L Hawaiian Barbeque
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1 miHawaii-born plate-lunch chain: chicken katsu, loco moco, spam musubi
🍺Twisted Pine Brewing
🍸 Drinks · Brewery · East Boulder
1.1 miveteran Boulder craft brewery known for the infamous Billy's Chilies pepper beer
🍽️Panaderia Sabor a Mexico
🍽️ Food · Bakery · Central Boulder
1.1 miTraditional tray-and-tongs panaderia: fresh conchas and tres leches cakes
🍽️Yummy Duo
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.1 mitakeout-friendly Chinese kitchen dishing traditional and American-style plates with a side menu of Thai favorites
🍽️Boulder Pho
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.1 misteaming bowls of pho and Vietnamese rice-noodle comfort, a local go-to since opening in 2017
🍽️Dot's Diner
🍽️ Food · Brunch Spot · Central Boulder
1.1 mino-frills breakfast institution slinging Boulder's morning classics — plus a full Nepali menu — for over 40 years
🍽️The Taj
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · South Boulder
1.2 miBest of Boulder-winning Indian standby on Baseline known for its lunch buffet, fresh hot naan, and vegan/GF-friendly menu
🍺Rayback Collective
🍸 Drinks · Taproom · Central Boulder
1.2 mioutdoor food truck park and full bar with dogs and lawn games
🍽️Basta
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1.2 miwood-fired Italian from Boulder's IE Hospitality group since 2010
☕Brewing Market Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Martin Acres
1.2 miBasemar-center outpost of Boulder's original coffee roaster — family-owned and roasting in-house since 1977 — with a house chai hand-brewed by the chain's own 'Chai Master'
🍽️May Wah
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · South Boulder
1.2 mifamily-run Chinese-Vietnamese-Thai standby in the Basemar center since 1990, praised for noodle bowls and sesame chicken
🍽️Just BE Kitchen
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.2 miFast-casual comfort food, 100 percent gluten-free and void of major allergens
☕Verb Coffee Roasters
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
1.2 mimicro-roastery cafe on the 30th Street corridor from owners who toured the country's best local roasters before roasting their own rare, light, fruit-forward single origins in-house
🍽️Fringe, a well-tapped eatery
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.2 miNeapolitan-style pizza plus Boulder's first self-pour beer-and-wine tap wall
🍸 Happy hour · Every day 3-6 PM
☕Gabee Coffee
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
1.2 miKorean-founded roastery cafe — named for the Korean word for coffee — whose owners ran cafes in Korea, Singapore, and Australia before Boulder, roasting certified-organic beans in-house and pouring black-sesame and misugaru lattes
🍽️Curry 'N' Kebob
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.2 miNorth Indian and Bangladeshi curry house from the old Maharaja chef, with an entirely gluten-free kitchen and halal meats
🍽️Chautauqua Dining Hall
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Chautauqua
1.2 miporch dining with Flatirons views on the meadow
🍽️Ali Baba Grill
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.2 mifamily-run Lebanese-Syrian grill dishing chicken shawarma, lamb kabobs and generous mezze since 2000
🍽️VERDE
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.3 miStarted in 2010 as a food truck by John Sethney (fresh off Peace Corps service in Panama) and TJ Ingraham, two Arizona transplants chasing the scratch-made Sonoran flavors of home — now a brick-and-mortar on 28th Street slinging carne asada and coconut citrus fish tacos with potent margaritas
🍽️Cafe Mexicali
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
1.3 miScratch-made fast-casual Mexican — tacos, burritos, nachos — a Colorado chain since 2005
🍽️Glacier Ice Cream
🍽️ Food · Dessert & Ice Cream · Central Boulder
1.3 miHomemade ice cream and gelato, 1,000-plus flavors hand-mixed since 2001
🎵Colorado Chautauqua Auditorium
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · Chautauqua
1.3 mihistoric 1898 summer concert hall at the foot of the Flatirons
☕Logan's Espresso Cafe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Boulder Junction
1.3 mineighborhood espresso stalwart since 2002, reborn at Boulder Junction with a modern work-friendly space and a cult-favorite oat-milk vanilla latte
☕Junkyard Social Club
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · East Boulder
1.3 minonprofit adventure playground + creative coffee house
🍸Boulder Social
🍸 Drinks · Bar
1.3 mi🍸 Happy hour · Mon-Fri 2-5 PM
🍺Pattern Break Brewing
🍸 Drinks · Brewery · North Boulder
1.4 minew North Boulder brewery from Sanitas co-founder with smashburgers
🍽️Flagstaff House
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Mountain Parks
1.4 mipinnacle-of-Boulder fine dining with panoramic mountain views
🍺Finkel & Garf Brewing
🍸 Drinks · Brewery · East Boulder
1.4 micozy East Boulder taproom with German-leaning recipes and local crowds
🍽️Moe's Original Bar B Que
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1.4 miAlabama-style joint smoking pulled pork, ribs, and brisket with tangy white sauce and a full bar
🍽️Cosmo's Pizza
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1.4 mino-frills 30th Street slice shop slinging pizza until 2am on weekends for the late-night CU crowd
🍽️Carelli's
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1.4 mireservations-recommended ristorante that grew from a 1991 Williams Village sub shop into polished northern-and-southern Italian dinners
🍽️Moe's Broadway Bagel
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · Central Boulder
1.4 miFamily-run New York-style bagel shop, baking from 3 a.m. since 1992
🍯Redstone Meadery
🍸 Drinks · Winery/Cidery/Meadery · East Boulder
1.5 miCozy tasting room from the Boulder meadery credited as the first in the country to serve mead through a tap system, pouring all-natural honey wine from crisp 8% carbonated Nectars to five-year-aged dessert Reserves.
🍽️My Sushi & Ramen Izakaya
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.5 miHours-simmered tonkotsu ramen plus sushi in a casual izakaya
🍽️Angelo's Subs
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.5 miThe Philly-style sandwich shop at 28th and Iris — formerly D'Angelo's Italian Deli, founded by a Sicilian-heritage mother-and-daughters trio with Philly roots — now operates as Angelo's Subs, still stacking pepper cheesesteaks, cold Italian hoagies, and crab fries
☕Red Rock Coffeehouse
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · North Boulder
1.5 miliving-room-style neighborhood coffeehouse in the 28th & Iris Safeway plaza, pulling Denver Novo espresso under high ceilings with oversized couches and a dog-friendly patio
🍽️Five Spice
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.5 miMSG-free Chinese spot on the 28th Street corridor serving big fast portions of takeout classics plus traditional dishes like mapo tofu
☕Spruce Cafe
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · East Boulder
1.6 mieast-side cafe outpost of Spruce Confections, the from-scratch bakery founded in 1992 in a Spruce Street basement and famous for its 'Old B' cookie and exceptional scones
🍽️The Boulder Cork
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · Central Boulder
1.6 miBoulder's oldest steakhouse, serving all-natural steaks, prime rib cut three ways, and chef-driven specials in the same warm wood-and-brick dining room since 1969, with a wine program that's earned Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence ten years running
🍸VisionQuest Brewery
🍸 Drinks · Brewery
1.6 mi🎭Roots Music Project
🎭 Culture · Theater/Performance Hall · East Boulder
1.6 minonprofit music incubator and all-ages listening room for Colorado artists
🍽️Buddha Thai Cuisine
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · North Boulder
1.6 mihomestyle Thai curries and noodles voted Boulder's best Thai spot
☕Vic's Again
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · Central Boulder
1.6 mino-frills neighborhood espresso bar in the 30th Street corridor
🍽️AOI Sushi and Izakaya
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · East Boulder
1.6 mineighborhood izakaya with fresh sushi at fair prices
🍽️Mojo Taqueria
🍽️ Food · Restaurant · North Boulder
1.7 miScratch-made tacos drawing on Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Baja flavors
🍸 Happy hour · Daily 3-5:30 PM
🍽️Tangerine
🍽️ Food · Brunch Spot · North Boulder
1.7 mibeloved Boulder brunch institution with creative menu and vegan options
🍽️Abo's Pizza Iris
🍽️ Food · Quick Bite · North Boulder
1.7 miNew York-style pizza baked fresh since 1977
🍺TooSteppin Brewing
🍸 Drinks · Brewery · East Boulder
1.8 mieast Pearl craft brewery in a low-key industrial strip
☕The Coffee Ride
☕ Coffee · Coffee Shop · East Boulder
1.8 micycling-obsessed roastery founded in 2014 that has pedaled over 30,000 miles delivering fresh-roasted beans by bike, with a small coffee window tucked into an industrial pocket just off the bike path