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Situated next to Tahona, we came to Pearl Street Steak Room for the happy hour to try to the small bites and cocktails menu.  The decor is nice but reminds me of something straight of of mad men. I think for me it's a tad too gentlemen's club.
Overall the service was excellent but I found the bartender pushy about getting us to try things not on the happy hour menu. Since we sat at the bar and mentioned were were primarily interested in happy hour, I found myself annoyed. Add that to the fact that I specifically mentioned a food allergy and he kept pushing a dish that was clearly going to give me a reaction and I was a tad displeased. It left me feeling a little skeezed out as one might at a used car lot.
I thought the food was good but there were definitely some hit or miss price points. The fries were great. My friend enjoyed her sampling plate and the price point seemed right for happy hour. The burger for instance was 10 bucks but the size of tiny little slider. It definitely needed something else to warrant such a high price. Unless it's grass fed (it's not), I can't see why the burger was so darn expensive.
Some of the cocktails I enjoyed but others again were far too old fashioned. I think in an age where people aren't smoking so much and therefore don't have dead tastebuds, food and drink from the 60s is too heavy handed. In some respects they achieved retro, and others I really disliked what I had been given to drink.
To be fair, I probably will go back for dinner to try the whole menu so I can get a fairer picture. However, based on what I've seen, I imagine with diary allergies I'm going to have a tough time. Other restaurants in Boulder bend over backwards to make people with food sensitivities feel welcome. This restaurants didn't seem so amenable. I guess they are a bit retro that way. Show owner comment »

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Back in Boulder I have a trainer who has been regularly thrashing me (or so I thought.) I lost about 20 lbs and am now up to benching 110, and 42.5 chest press free weight. However, my weight started to creep up again despite doing powersets, doing 5 minutes of cardio in between powersets and then putting in 30 minutes afterwards.
Crossfit Ero workouts kill me. Instead of the theory of "in the fat zone" on the precor where I can go on forever (like 1.5 hours easy), they make you hit it hard and fast, timing your chunky ass the whole time. Having to write your score on the board where everyone can see means you're going to work hard. I feel like I'm going to die, but in a good way, and I'm only in the beginner class. I definitely have found muscles and hit my "ow running cramp" wall each time. This is a good thing.
If you really want to get fit, I would ditch the 1hr weights, 45 minute blah routine and get your not-as-fit-as-you-thought rear handed to you in about 30 minutes of intense weight and erg sets.

This hotel has a great location on the 16th street mall. The lobby was clean, the staff nice, the rooms well appointed. We were here during pride so the hotel was packed. You couldn't hear a thing from the other rooms which automatically gets great ratings. I thought the rooms were nice in the new tower, but a bit smallish. Still, the bathroom beyond the closet and the great view of downtown was worth it.

So this place is a guilty pleasure. I'm normally a food snob, but this place is loud, greasy, busy, and fun. When you walk in you see a huge line, get in it, know what you want, order with a din of people and cooking all around you. You will smell grease, you will smell fries and it's rather heavenly. The staff was super awesomely nice, and I got my burger/fries very fast. Being primed by the guilty heavenly scent, I wolfed down the burger and fries with lightening speed. They seemed to taste pretty good, but they were gone so fast I can't be sure.

Mateo as a restaurant I thought I would love. It gets rave reviews from snobby foodies, people dear to my heart. Perhaps it was overhyped, but I liked, and did not love my dinner here. I thought it was good yes, but nothing inspiring. What made it less than pleasant ambiance was the group of 4 children making a ton of noise in the middle of the room. With the hard surfaces echoing the plate spoon amateur band it felt like I was in Chuck E. Cheese. This did not lend itself to the "foodie" atmosphere.
However, Mateo redeemed itself with a great brunch I had with a close girlfriend. We had the brunch special (2 courses and wine) for a great price and were totally impressed. Had I not had the brunch, I would definitely have given Mateo 2-3 stars, but brunch saved my rating.
In the future if I notice a table of 4 loud kids, I'll skip eating here for the evening. Lesson learned.

This place was totally empty which is a shame because the waitress was super nice and the food decent. They were really good about giving me exactly what I wanted in my burrito and made sure there was no dairy in it. Meat, beans, egg, veggies, a little salsa and nothing else. :) The portion was huge and I couldn't finish beyond about half of it. I'll go back because it is close to where I live, easy to order, and tasty enough.

Oh Asian markets, how I've missed you. We don't have these in Boulder. I am only here for a month, and have 2 electric stove top burners, so I couldn't try out some of the cooler things to eat in the market. Very good prices overall, and great sauces, side dishes, produce and meats. When I went it felt a bit empty with whole shelves un-stocked. Perhaps they are rearranging the store?

I'm not sure why, but this target seems HUGE. However, there doesn't seem to be any better selection or layout than the Target from Boulder which I gather is one of the busiest targets in the country. (So much for nimbyism.)
At this Target I found items to be in illogical places, basics to be unstocked for more than a day, and signs of some mismanagement of some divisions. I think this target needs an overhaul and some adjustment in the spreadout/lonely feeling of the store. It's almost like they have too much space.

This is a great place to play beer league softball in the Summers. Particularly nice is that unlike Stazio fields, there are a few bars within walking distance.