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: April 11, 2025
Happy Friday! Easter, Earth Day, Tulip Fairy & Elf Festival and more spring happenings are just around the corner - check out your local spots for some fresh finds…
My Neighbor Felix celebrates Easter with a new specialty cocktail. Try the Easter Fizz (pictured above) made with La Marca prosecco, elderflower liqueur, fresh orange juice and garnished with flower petals. No one is too old for a good old fashioned egg hunt…stop by the restaurant and find one of the golden eggs hidden throughout the restaurant to win prizes like a complimentary Easter Fizz or appetizer. Secure your reservations now!
Make Easter Sunday memorable at The Post. Enjoy a delicious three-course brunch for $40 per person, featuring dishes like smoked salmon niçoise, a choice of crab cake benedict or ham steak and eggs, and for dessert…blueberry cheesecake in a jar! For dinner, treat yourself to an herb-roasted prime rib with classic sides for $45. And for the little ones, there's a fun coloring contest with a $100 dinner voucher prize!
Brunch, anyone? Hotel Boulderado has not one but THREE different ways to celebrate the holiday. Pick your Easter experience between Hotel Boulderado’s Mezzanine buffet, Easter brunch and dinner options at Spruce Farm & Fish and Easter Brunch and all-day menus at The Corner Bar. Check out all the menu options when you visit their Easter webpage.
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar offers a special Easter Sunday brunch from 11 AM to 3 PM. The menu includes beignets for the table, lobster deviled eggs, crab cake eggs benedict, shrimp and grits, a Maine lobster and shrimp roll and French toast with maple butter and blueberries. Enjoy their full raw bar as well. Spots fill up quickly - reservations are highly encouraged!
Hopping along to more Easter happenings… St Julien is hosting their annual brunch buffet. Enjoy an extravagant spread featuring a carving station, raw bar, omelet station and sweet treats. Adults can also enjoy a bloody mary bar or mimosas. Kids will love the two Easter egg hunts at 11:30 AM and 1:45 PM with a special guest: the Easter Bunny. The brunch is $99 per person ($45 for children ages 5-12). Reserve your spot now!
And don’t forget about Earth Day at Jill's Restaurant! Enjoy a $49 four-course vegan dinner on Tuesday, April 22nd. Indulge in Tuscan ribollita, pesto caesar salad, mushroom hash and blueberry crumb cake. Each dish is crafted with sustainable, farm-fresh ingredients. Reserve your Earth Day feast now!
Early birds get breakfast burritos from Foolish Craig's! Looking for a quick grab n’ go breakfast on your way to work? Stop by this Diners, Drive Ins and Dives-acclaimed local spot Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 11 AM for $8 breakfast burritos or bagel egg sandwiches and $2 to-go coffees - YUM.
Cristos Coffee is always celebrating delicious concoctions with their creatively-named monthly drink specials. This month features some of our favorites! Be sure to stop by and check out the Egg Hunt Frappe, Peeps Cream Soda, Peach Cobbler Chai, Robin Egg Machiato or the April Showers Long Fog - which one are you picking for your spring sip?
Grab your resuable totes and head to the Boulder Farmers Market happening Saturdays from 8 AM to 2 PM. Don't forget, these Saturday markets run rain, snow, or shine all the way through November 22nd. Happy farmers market season!
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.