Someone wrote: >In Boulder, try the European Cafe-great food, fairly high prices but worth >it. Otherwise try one of the restaurants at the Boulderado Hotel. haute-ish cuisine: john's, q's, european cafe, thai: sawadee used to be good vietnamese: annam cafe, chez thuy italian: laudisio's, attusso's, al fresca. cream sauces are northern, but many northern sauces are olive oil, rather than cream. nothing wrong with cream. laudisio's and al fresca seem to think that marinara means diablo and diablo means competitive with mexican chile based cuisine. arusso's is closer to what italians in the northeastern us think the words mean.
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Recommendations for Boulder, Colorado
In article , [email removed] (stephen catterall) wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for restaurants in Boulder? My wife > and are meeting another couple for a Saturday evening dinner and are > looking for something relatively quiet, medium price range. > > We're open to most any cuisine, but especially like Thai or Italian > (though most Italian restaurants in the Denver area seem to be heavy on > the cream and meat sauces). Sawadee (Thai) at 14th (?) and Pearl Antica Roma (very light on meat and cream, actually) at 13th (?) and Pearl Mike Kranzdorf Kranzco Realty Trust [email removed]
Mike O. wrote: > >I'd be *very* interested to hear other reports about "q's" in the >Boulderado. I ate there about 2 years ago and it was certainly >very "interesting", but not necessarily pleasant. Very telling ... >It's clear the place was trying very hard to create a niche, but >it just hadn't seemed to jell at the time. I left convinced, though, >that the chef would either get the act together and produce some very >compelling cooking, or it would not make escape velocity and wallow >eternally in pseudo-chic out-and-out weirdness. > >I'm dying to know which way it went. after seeing a negative review the other week, here, my wife and i went to q's again. we had not been for a year or so, not since the original chef left. the new people do seem to have found their way. the meal was excellent, excellently presented, and still aiming a bit more 'haute' than say john's or full moon cafe. you may not care for what they are trying to do. we do. we also like full moon now that brian heep is there, after leaving the pearl street inn. about a year or slightly more, now, and we have eaten there a handful of times, all of them inspiring events.
I started this thread on Boulder recommendations a week or so ago and thought that I ought to report back. Thanks to the many people who responded, either directly or on the newsgroup. I had asked for Thai and Italian recommendations as well as general information. For Thai, Sawadee seemed to be everyone's favorite. Laudisio's won in the Italian category. Because Laudisio's recommended reservations, I secured an 8:15 slot with the intention of checking it out when we got to Boulder in the morning and cancelling the reservation if it just didn't seem like what we wanted. This I did; I just have a hard time with strip malls. We had been warned that the setting was *ordinary*. Maybe we missed out on something really great... My wife and I were meeting another couple after an Historic Boulder architecture tour. It so happened that the gentleman, who we didn't know very well, had some major dietary restrictions, but he knew of a Nepalese restaurant, Narayan's, that would work for him. I was thrilled. My wife is not culinarily adventurous, and this was a great excuse to eat something besides pasta. Besides, Narayan's had received rave reviews in many postings. I should admit at this point that, though I am a Rocky Mountain native, we are recent transplants from Santa Monica. We had some of the best restaurants in America within 10 minutes of our home. Some were expensive and trendy, others simple yet glorious. One of my favorites was Bombay Cafe, a simple place (in a strip mall no less) that served a street food version of Indian cuisine. I'll just trust them on this; I wouldn't know from personal experience. Anyway, it was great and it is by this standard that I judge food from this general region. IMO, Narayan's was OK. I liked the ambiance (tiny diner) and the employees were very friendly. The food was unexceptional. Would I go back? You bet! The menu was certainly worth exploring. Anyway, thanks for all of the recommendations. We would certainly like to learn more about dining in Colorado. BTW, does anyone have any opinions (I'm sure you do!) on Alpenglow Stube at Keystone. It sounds like a great place for a special occasion. Stephen Catterall
In [email removed] (Mike O'Dell) writes: > > >good to hear the positive reports on "q's". >my data was clearly out of date, especially given the >hiatus and change of chef reported. > >i'll put it on my "must try" list again. > >thanks for the info. > > -mo Q's sold, from owner to head chef. Dave Query, the owner, after a brief hiatus opened two new restaurants in Boulder, Zolos Grill and Jax Fish House. Q's under John Platt remains one of the premier restaurants in the area. For more information on Boulder Restaurants, point your web browser to : http://bcn.boulder.co.us and look under business for the Boulder County Menu, Shopping and Services Guide. drop off an Email and let me know what you think of it. ************ Boulder is wired. I believe there is more information on the net on Boulder per capita than any other city in the world.