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: May 15, 2026
Photo Courtesy of bartaco
This week’s Foodie Friday is leaning into long evenings, patio hangs, and the kind of downtown plans that somehow turn into staying out later than expected. Between special dinners, spring menus, and a few good excuses to grab a drink outside, there’s a lot worth making time for right now.
If your perfect summer evening starts at the Boulder County Farmers Market, mark your calendar for Picnic for a Purpose on June 24. Boulder County Farmers Markets is turning the evening into a full celebration of local food and community with meal vouchers from the food court, complimentary drinks, live music, yard games, a birthday cake walk supported by Boulder-area restaurants, and a look back at the history of the market itself. It’s the kind of event that feels very Boulder in the best way.
Looking ahead to Memorial Day weekend, Jungle will be opening early for BOLDERBoulder at noon on Monday, May 25. Bring your race bib and they’ll hand over a free mini frozen drink, which feels like exactly the right reward after a 10K.
Over at Laughing Goat, beautiful latte art is having its moment. Whether you’re grabbing your usual or settling in for a slower morning downtown, it’s worth stopping in for something warm and expertly poured.
For one night only, Pig and Tiger is heading out of Denver and popping up at Velvet Elk Lounge on June 2 for one night only. Recently named one of Denver’s most exciting new restaurants by 5280, the team will be serving a five-course family-style dinner featuring Taiwanese classics, modern favorites, and new interpretations, with optional beverage pairings and vegetarian options available. Tickets are available for $70.
Avanti is mixing a good cause into happy hour this month. Their Star of the Month, Sydney, selected Blue Sky Bridge as May’s nonprofit partner, and for the entire month, Avanti will donate one dollar from every Hugo Spritz sold.
And if free tacos for a year sounds dramatic in the best way possible, bartaco is currently hiding Golden Hour postcards around the restaurant from 5-6 p.m. daily. Find one, and your taco game changes forever with free tacos for one year.
Stella’s Cucina is celebrating white asparagus season with their Risotto agli Asparagi Bianchi, layered with white asparagus cream, madeira beurre blanc, egg yolk cream, cured trout, and smoked trout caviar. Rich, bright, and unmistakably spring.
At Cozobi Fonda Fina, the Taco de Pastor brings together sakura pork collar, recaudo rojo, charred pineapple, and salsa verde cruda for something smoky, fresh, and packed with flavor.
Ways to Help
Emergency Family Assistance Fund (EFAA) 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.
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.
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.