ExploringColorado

Food

Boulder

• Pupusas Sabor Hispano‎ -4457 Broadway St, Boulder, CO - el salvadorian / mexican
• Tacos at Tacoria del Rey on the SW corner of 30 and Valmont, Behind the gas station, if you like real Mexican food.
• Efraim - 1630 63rd St Ste 10 Boulder, CO 80301 - (out Araphahoe to 63rd )good real mexican
• The Kitchen (upstairs, noisy but good)
• Salas L'atelier (?)
• SALT ( new restaurant owned by a friend of mine's son.... I want to try)
• Frasca ($)
• "Q'S" ( IN bOULDERADO
• Burnt Toast
• Hungry Toad Burgers
• Happy Noodle
• Terroir (longmont) $
• The black cat (local, $)
• Larkburger (29th st mall)

Denver

• Domo - Sushi
• Taqueria Patzcuaro‎- 2616 W 32nd Ave - Mexican
• Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe 2005 W. 33rd Ave. (highlands area)
• Damascus - Colorado and Evans
• Parallel 17, Vietnamese type restaurant some time when you are in Denver (17th ST near St. Joe's HOspital) (mom - a little expensive but you can get a bunch of appetizers and it works)
• Colt and Gray - Best burger 1553 Platte Street #120
• Bones 701 Grant Street ( Asian fusion noodle house)
• Panzano 909 17th St. - Best Happy Hour Appetizers 2:30-6pm daily
• TAG 1441 Larimer - "Continental Social Food" (middle expensive)
• Pho 95, 1002 S. Federal Blvd.
• Chili Verde, 3700 Tejon St. ("crazy-good Pueblan food")
• El Paraiso - 4690 Harlan, in Wheat Ridge (I-70 and Sheridan) BIG plates. Mexican
• Vesta Dipping Grill LoDo? (fancy - supposed to have good samosas, cheese plate, etc)

List from Biennial of theAmericas

• 8 Rivers Restaurant
• 1515 Restaurant
• Avenue Grill
• Baur
• Big Game
• Black Pearl
• Cafe Brazil
• Centro
• Dixon
• Duo
• Elways
• Fogo De Chao
• Great Northern
• Interstate
• Jaxs
• Jonseys
• Julia Blackbirds
• Lolas
• Mezcal
• Root Down
• Steubens
• Tag
• The Fort
• Three Tomatoes
• Vesta Dipping Grill

Golden

• Ali Baba Grill
• Blue Sky Cafe and Juice Bar

Colorado Food Blog

• http://culinary-colorado.blogspot.com/

Activities

Colorado Trails (hiking and skiing)
Huts: http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=cohuts&CU_ID=1

Sledding

• Tantra Park (Brookfield Drive). Super big hill

Snowshoeing

Near Boulder

• Heil Valley Ranch (near Lyons)
• Brainard Lake
• Rabbit Mountain
• Rocky Mntn National Park (ranger led walks)
• Eldorado Canyon
• Chautauqua Park

Cross-Country Skiing

Near Boulder

• North Boulder Park
• Eldora Nordic Center
• Caribou Ranch
• Betasso Preserve
• In Boulder: Conditions http://www.bouldernordic.org/

• Snow Mountain Ranch etc. http://grandnordic.org/index.htm

Backpacking

• Avalanche Creek Campground near Carbondale. This is the Maroon Bells-Snowmass? Wilderness area. Awesome! (Sheri)
• Willow Lakes and Salmon Lake in the Gore Range (Sheri)

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