Foodie Friday
There's a good reason Bon Appétit called Boulder, America's Foodiest Town. This weekly blog will help you understand why! Every Friday, check out downtown's food scene and all the incredible opportunities available to tantalize your taste buds! Check out this list of restaurant specials and promotions compiled weekly - just for YOU!
Food-Related Events and Announcements: January 10, 2025
Happy Friday, foodies! We hope you are having a wonderful start to your new year. Hungry? Let’s dig into this week’s specials…
Cheers to T/aco’s new community promotion! Every Monday afternoon this winter, enjoy a FREE first round of drinks (including margs, beer, wine, cocktail, mocktails and soft drinks) when you bring any group, organization, team, department or club to the restaurant. The bar area has been set aside for this promotion and can hold up to 25 guests (this promotion requires an RSVP and is limited to first come,first served). Looking to reserve your spot? Email T/aco owner, Peter Waters (peter@tacocolorado.com) with the subject line: “Monday at T/aco” to see what Mondays are still available. Learn more information on T/aco’s facebook page.
Head to the Rio Grande for what they like to call…dry-ish January. Now through January 31st, enjoy new beverages containing little to no alcohol content. Try their new Low Octane Margarita, a light alcohol twist on classic margarita or their No Octane Marini, a non-alcoholic, tropical flavored drink. Looking for more sips? Check out the Rio’s classic mocktails including their Strawberry Margarita Mocktail and their Hibiscus Spritz.
Stay in touch with your local favorites when you subscribe to their newsletters and follow their socials. A newsletter we look forward to in our inbox every month is Süti & Co’s. Founder and owner, Andrea, shares cafe happenings, homegood selections and inspiring words. This month’s newsletter featured a delicious recipe for her favorite Black Eyed Pea Soup - it’s a must try! Check out Andrea’s newsletter archiveand be sure to sign up (bottom of the home page) for future reads.
Pizza Alberico updated their hours to Monday - Thursday, 4 PM - 9 PM and Friday - Sunday, 11:30 AM - 9 PM. Don’t forget to stop by for their Aperitivo menu offered daily from 4 PM - 6 PM featuring small bites like their Antica or Ciccoria con mortadella e provolone paired with cocktails including a classic negroni, frosé and more.
Looking to add more protein to your meals? Head to Snooze for the most important (and now, most nutrient-filled) meal of the day! Try their new protein pancakes, signature buttermilk pancakes boosted with Bob’s Red Mill hemp protein powder and topped with fresh bananas, strawberries, blueberries and house-made peanut butter maple syrup - yum! Hungry? Join their waitlist today.
New year, new coffee flavors! In true creative Cristo Coffee fashion…this month’s featured drink menu is full of unique flavors and names. From the Emerald Espresso, frosted mink shaken espresso with oat-milk to the Mystic Match, blackberry matcha latte - check out this month’s fresh sips on their Instagram!
Bon Appétit!
Ways to Help
Emergency Family Assistance Fund (EFFA) helps those in our community whose immediate needs for food, shelter and other basic necessities cannot be adequately met by other means, and supports their efforts toward financial stability or self-sufficiency. You can help them with a financial contribution, volunteering, or donating non-perishable food and cleaning supplies.
Emergency family assistance fund
Harvest of Hope Pantry's sole mission is food assistance. They offer clients a choice shopping experience where individuals select preferred foods within their shopping allowances. You can help them with financial assistance, volunteering or by hosting food drives. Learn more here.
Boulder Food Rescue aims to create a more just and less wasteful food system by facilitating the sustainable redistribution of healthy food that would otherwise be wasted to low-income communities, by bicycle. The best way to help them currently is to donate or volunteer. You can learn more about the work they are doing here.
Meals on Wheels Boulder provides nutritious meals and a daily well-being check to Boulder residents, regardless of age or income. The number one way to support them during this time is to contribute financially. You can do that here.