Choices Ranging from Familiar to Unique
Boulder has over 300 restaurants offering a wide range of dining choices featuring local, regional and international cuisine. Options range from national chains to local favorites. Three Boulder restaurants (the Flagstaff House, Frasca, and John’s) recently made Zagat’s “World’s Top Restaurants” list and several others have received national acclaim.
Boulder offers a wide array of shopping experiences from bookstores and galleries to shopping malls and boutiques to flea markets and outdoor farmers’ market. The city’s commitment to supporting small, unique retailers while providing the convenience of national retailers assures a full range of choices.
Shopping areas are located throughout Boulder and include the Pearl Street Mall, an award winning outdoor pedestrian district in historic Downtown Boulder and Twenty Ninth Street, a new state-of-the-art mixed use open air urban retail district that includes a wide selection of stores and restaurants. Other shopping areas featuring additional major retailers are located just minutes away from Boulder.
Named one of the top 25 destinations in the nation, Boulder offers accommodations ranging from traditional hotel rooms to bed & breakfasts to historic Victorian suites to rustic cabins. Familiar names such as Marriott and Holiday Inn Express can be found here, alongside those only found in Boulder including the historic Hotel Boulderado, luxurious St. Julien Hotel & Spa and zero-waste Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites.