The Boulder Passport: West Flanders

Our third and final stop (after Riffs and Jax) on our Boulder Passport excursion before heading home for Chef to make dinner was West Flanders Brewing for two-for-one pints.

I don’t know how ethical this is since there’s just two of us in our household and we have his and hers passports… but we’ll be coming back for more pints to get the other passport stamped, for sure.

The Boulder Passport: Jax

This place was packed! There were two bar stools available in the entire place when we popped in on Thursday after our stop at Riffs. We realized that since we weren’t ordering food, we should just grab a drink.

Jax is offering a Jax Mule on their two-for one. It totally suits their style.

The Boulder Passport: Riffs

As every single one of my tour guests hear, Riffs is one of my absolute favorite places in Boulder. After one of my cocktail tours, Sean and I got together for our third night (in a row) of Boulder Passport debauchery. Two of my cocktail tour guests had returned there for dinner as well, and they were fellow passport holders, so that essentially means they’re hip and have good taste 🙂

Riffs is offering The Ruby Sipper, a barrel aged cocktail, that is finished with a flamed orange. Nice touch.

Sean, my chef (you all know he’s actually one of the best in town, right..?), was planning on cooking for us that evening as it was his night off from Zeal, so we got a couple appetizers. We ordered their green pea hummus, which I get almost every single time I eat there because it’s one of my favorite bites in Boulder…

We enjoyed a seasonal menu item: Cornmeal Fried Zucchini. I loved this dish last summer, so I’m glad Chef Platt brought it back.

And all of those former menus they place between plates and other dishes had been sliced by one of my favorite servers that afternoon. Reuse, then recycle. I like that, too, about Riffs.

After our snacks we were ready to visit two more places that evening…

The Boulder Passport: FATE Brewing

I like FATE. I hadn’t been in a while because, well, it’s oh-so-difficult to go everywhere all the time. But, The Boulder Passport gives me an excuse to check out places for the first or umpteenth time. So, after Sean and I enjoyed a pizza and beer at BRU, we rode our his and her Linus bicycles to FATE for a pint.

FATE has a very impressive number of beers on tap, but we showed up at last call, enjoyed our two-for-one, and got our “passports” stamped. Date night success.

The Boulder Passport: BRU

Sean and I rode our bikes out to BRU Handbuilt Ales for our second Boulder Passport stamp. BRU is undoubtedly one of Boulder’s best restaurants, so it only made sense to get some food there as well.

BRU’s Boulder Passport deal is two-for-one pints of their house-brewed beers, so we both enjoyed a pint, a pickle platter, and a delicious Charred Leek and Arugula Pizza.

Totally. Hit. The. Spot.