Foodie Friday
There's a good reason Bon Appétit called Boulder, America's Foodiest Town. This weekly blog will help you understand why! Every Friday, check out downtown's food scene and all the incredible opportunities available to tantalize your taste buds! Check out this list of restaurant specials and promotions compiled weekly - just for YOU!
Food-Related Events and Announcements: October 3, 2025
October has arrived and with it comes all the flavors of fall. Think pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, and everything that makes the season feel warm and inviting. It’s the perfect time to explore downtown Boulder and enjoy food and drinks that match the mood of autumn.
The season is winding down with just one Wednesday Boulder Farmers Market left. On October 8, stock up on fresh fall favorites like garlic, microgreens, eggplant, winter squash, and plenty more straight from local growers (Don’t worry, Saturday markets are still going strong through November 22!).
This month marks the start of Japan’s rice harvest and with it the beginning of a brand new sake brewing season. Celebrate World Sake Day at Hapa Sushi Grill and Sake Bar! Enjoy half priced sake flights and continue to further your knowledge on Hapa’s unique sake offerings. October 1 - 5, you can’t miss it!
OAK at Fourteenth is embracing fall with new additions to the menu. Try the tempura sweet potatoes with nước chấm, peanuts, and serrano chilies for a bold mix of flavors. And if you’re in the mood for something sweet, their new banana panna cotta with miso caramel, dark chocolate, and peanut butter is the perfect finish.
Boxcar Coffee Roasters is celebrating the season with baked goods that taste like fall. From pumpkin pie–filled donuts and apple fritters to chocolate buckwheat Earl Grey tea cake and almond frangipane danishes with cardamom plum jam, every bite feels like autumn.
It’s national seafood month and Jax Fish Hour and Oyster Bar is going all out. Check out their exclusive menu details for this month! You also can’t miss their High West Oyster Fest happening on Oct 30. It’s the perfect season for fresh oysters, cold drinks and community fun. This fest benefits Sophie’s Neighborhood for rare disease research.
October is also National Pasta Month and National Tomato Month, and downtown Boulder’s Italian spots are the perfect place to celebrate. Enjoy classics at Pasta Jay's, savor elevated dishes at Frasca Food & Wine, or gather around a table at Stella’s Cucina, Sforno Trattoria Romana or Pasta Press. Craving pizza? Pizzeria Alberico, Pizza Colóre, Barchetta, and Nick-N-Willy’s have you covered with plenty of tomato-filled favorites. It really is the season for pasta and more.
Ways to Help
Emergency Family Assistance Fund (EFFA) helps those in our community whose immediate needs for food, shelter and other basic necessities cannot be adequately met by other means, and supports their efforts toward financial stability or self-sufficiency. You can help them with a financial contribution, volunteering, or donating non-perishable food and cleaning supplies.
Emergency family assistance fund
Harvest of Hope Pantry's sole mission is food assistance. They offer clients a choice shopping experience where individuals select preferred foods within their shopping allowances. You can help them with financial assistance, volunteering or by hosting food drives. Learn more here.
Boulder Food Rescue aims to create a more just and less wasteful food system by facilitating the sustainable redistribution of healthy food that would otherwise be wasted to low-income communities, by bicycle. The best way to help them currently is to donate or volunteer. You can learn more about the work they are doing here.
Meals on Wheels Boulder provides nutritious meals and a daily well-being check to Boulder residents, regardless of age or income. The number one way to support them during this time is to contribute financially. You can do that here.