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Brasserie Ten Ten
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Brasserie Ten Ten

There is a pair of absolutely quintessential eateries facing each other across Walnut St. in Boulder... "Wonder Twins, activate! Shape of The Med" with it's large diverse Mediterranean inspired cuisine executed to perfection…

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Cafe Aion
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Cafe Aion

Set in the most unlikely of Boulder locations up on "The Hill" at the epicenter of CU college student activity is an oasis of casual fine dining with a distinctive Spanish flare. As the sun washes in over the wonderfully relaxed atmosphere…

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Riffs Urban Fare
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Riffs Urban Fare

The Cedar Plank Organic Salmon dish at Riffs is absolutely lovely. The appropriately proportioned salmon fillet is lightly seared to perfection with a drizzle of bay laurel butter, and topped with a variety of mushrooms from the renowned Hazel Dell farm…

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Next Door Eatery
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Next Door Eatery

There is something about the simplicity of an Ice Cream Sandwich that takes me back to my childhood, and in my case, growing up during a simpler time in the rural Catskills of New York State…

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Efrains Restaurant
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Efrains Restaurant

I will admit right up front that I have visited Efrain's Mexican restaurants more than any other eatery of any kind, EVER, and there's a reason... the food. Delicious homestyle baked dishes are served up on Fiestaware-style ceramic plates hotter than Ecuadorian goats in a habanero pepper patch…

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