Boulder · United States
The Boulder food cheat sheet
One page from Chef Amazing · November 2026
The dish to eat
A stew of roasted New Mexico-style green chiles, onion and garlic, eaten in a bowl or poured over a breakfast burrito.
Best at Santo, North Boulder. Get: A bowl of green chile, then the OG breakfast burrito
Five places, and what to order
- Zoe Ma Mafamily-run · Pearl StreetGet: Za jiang mian, dumplings
- Boulder Dushanbe Teahouseclassic · Central ParkGet: Afternoon tea (daily 3 to 5pm) or Tajik plov
- Blackbelly Marketmarket · East BoulderGet: Butcher-counter sandwiches, house salumi and sausage
- Mo's Dinerfor breakfast burrito · BoulderGet: Breakfast burrito with green chile
- Pizzeria Albericofor wood-fired pizza · Pearl StreetGet: Thin-crust Neapolitan pie
The market
Farmers market. Grower-only produce, meat, cheese, bread and food stalls
In season this November
Colorado lamb and trout
How it works here
Tip: Tip 18-22% at sit-down restaurants, a dollar or two a drink at the bar.
Book: Book the hot places on Resy or OpenTable, often the day tables drop (2-4 weeks out); counters and slices are walk-in.
When locals eat: Lunch noon-2pm, dinner 6-9pm; it gets late only in the big cities.