Guidebook for Boulder
Food Scene
Delicious, clean food in a comfortable casual quick serve setting. Sit down or take out.
19 locals recommend
Flower Child
2580 Arapahoe AveDelicious, clean food in a comfortable casual quick serve setting. Sit down or take out.
Fun spot to hang out (indoor/outdoor). Rotating food trucks; Screens showing major sporting events; Couch areas to chat awhile; Bocce ball; Corn hole.
97 locals recommend
Rayback Collective
2775 Valmont RdFun spot to hang out (indoor/outdoor). Rotating food trucks; Screens showing major sporting events; Couch areas to chat awhile; Bocce ball; Corn hole.
The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse
1770 13th StSALT
1047 Pearl StThis coffee shop is less than a mile away located in a shopping plaza with Lucky's Market (groceries); Lucky's Bakehouse (tasty treats); Lucky's Bakehouse Cafe (breakfast & lunch); China Gourmet; Dagabi (great happy hour eats and drinks); a drycleaner, a shipping store and a liquor store.
Ruzo Coffee
This coffee shop is less than a mile away located in a shopping plaza with Lucky's Market (groceries); Lucky's Bakehouse (tasty treats); Lucky's Bakehouse Cafe (breakfast & lunch); China Gourmet; Dagabi (great happy hour eats and drinks); a drycleaner, a shipping store and a liquor store.
Parks & Nature
A bit more than a 1/2 mile walk from our house. Connects to trails running North and South. Wonderland Lake is a great trail to walk around on a crisp morning or to enjoy the evening.
24 locals recommend
Wonderland Lake Trailhead
4201 BroadwayA bit more than a 1/2 mile walk from our house. Connects to trails running North and South. Wonderland Lake is a great trail to walk around on a crisp morning or to enjoy the evening.
This is great place to walk and have a distance view of the mountains. The parking lot on the West side of 63rd is small and usually full. Drive a bit past the parking lot and make a right. There is a large parking lot there and you can take the crosswalk across 63rd to the lake. You can also link up the trail to the Boulder Reservoir for a longer walk/run.
20 locals recommend
Coot Lake
6247 N 63rd StThis is great place to walk and have a distance view of the mountains. The parking lot on the West side of 63rd is small and usually full. Drive a bit past the parking lot and make a right. There is a large parking lot there and you can take the crosswalk across 63rd to the lake. You can also link up the trail to the Boulder Reservoir for a longer walk/run.
Shopping
Iconic Pearl Street Mall is a must see activity when visiting Boulder. Street performers; Shopping tends to be small businesses with some national brand stores as well.
591 locals recommend
Pearl Street Mall
1303 Pearl StreetIconic Pearl Street Mall is a must see activity when visiting Boulder. Street performers; Shopping tends to be small businesses with some national brand stores as well.
Outdoor mall with various women's clothing stores, Apple and many fast casual eateries. Nordstrom Rack and Target are also nearby and REI is across the street.
95 locals recommend
Twenty Ninth Street
1710 29th StOutdoor mall with various women's clothing stores, Apple and many fast casual eateries. Nordstrom Rack and Target are also nearby and REI is across the street.
Essentials
1/2 mile West of our location; Focus on providing locally sourced food and high standards on meats/seafood may find some items to be more expensive than national chain stores.
161 locals recommend
Lucky's Market
3960 Broadway1/2 mile West of our location; Focus on providing locally sourced food and high standards on meats/seafood may find some items to be more expensive than national chain stores.
Closest large chain grocery store. It has a good selection of organic and mainstream products.
76 locals recommend
Safeway
3325 28th StClosest large chain grocery store. It has a good selection of organic and mainstream products.
A couple great lunch spots are in the same plaza or the neighboring plaza, so a good place to multi-task.
Wash-O-Mat
2614 BroadwayA couple great lunch spots are in the same plaza or the neighboring plaza, so a good place to multi-task.
Art Cleaners
3980 BroadwayTraveler advice
Getting around
Directions
Coloradans tend to give directions in NEWS vs. "make a right, then a left". The reason being is that we have the mountains as a perrmanent reference point and when in Boulder - the mountains are always West.