Best Restaurants with a Happy Hour in Boulder

26 restaurants available nearby

1. Pizzeria Alberico

4.7

Exceptional(61)

Price: Moderate

• Pizzeria • Boulder

Booked 13 times today

Join us at our cozy spot on the East end of Pearl Street, right in the heart of downtown Boulder. Our menu features Southern Italian staples like fritti, fresh salads, savory salumi, artisanal pizzas, and delicious gelato, all made with ingredients from local farms to bring you a fresh take on the classics. Our wood-fired oven adds an authentic touch to our pizzas, creating a perfect, crispy crust every time.Enjoy our sprawling, dog-friendly patio with a spritz in hand during our daily aperitivo hour. Come for the food, stay for the ambiance, and experience a slice of Italy right here in Boulder!p.s. It's al-beh-REE-co (named after the Alberico family!)A 2.5% Health and Wellness fee will be added to all guest checks. This initiative is designed to help us continue offering premium insurance benefits to our team members.

2. Sforno Trattoria

4.5

Awesome(1142)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Boulder

Booked 5 times today

We strive to give you the genuine tastes of Italy, right here on Boulder’s historic Pearl Street Mall, with our local, natural ingredients. And with our famous mozzarella made in house, Happy Hour 7 days a week, and an original wood burning pizza oven, we have no doubt that you will love coming to Sforno. Join us for a little bit of Italian bliss right here in Colorado, and let us show you what ‘love from the oven’ means to us.

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3. River and Woods Restaurant

4.5

Awesome(874)

Price: Expensive

• Comfort Food • Boulder

Booked 27 times today

Located in an historic miner's cabin on Pearl Street, River and Woods serves Colorado Comfort Cuisine. The culinary team prepares whimsical interpretations of traditional comfort food and a carefully curated boutique bar program rounds out the River and Woods experience. With incredible weekend brunches, fun daily happy hour specials, live music, outdoor dining and an emphasis in local farm partners, and sustainable sourcing, River and Woods has been elevating comfort food since 2016! River and Woods also hosts private parties and special events.

4. Japango Boulder

4.8

Exceptional(1507)

Price: Moderate

• Sushi • Boulder

Booked 35 times today

Japango, set in a historic building just west of Broadway on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, CO, offers a dynamic combination of traditional and contemporary Japanese cuisine. Guests will enjoy a relaxed experience in an award winning space designed by nationally acclaimed architect, Scott Rodwin. In many ways this wildly popular restaurant feels like a direct extension of Boulder itself—sophisticated, casual and healthy. // It’s is the perfect place for a first date, a family gathering, or a night out with friends. In addition to an elegant—yet intimate and unpretentious—dining room, Japango features a large sushi bar, a Pearl Street patio, a back patio with fireplace, an enclosed patio that seats up to 10, and a lively bar and lounge area. // The full bar offers unique house cocktails, an extensive sake menu and the largest Japanese whisky selection in Colorado.

5. Stella's Cucina

4.6

Exceptional(676)

Price: Very Expensive

• Italian • Boulder

Booked 24 times today

The restaurant was founded in 2023 by owner Stella Spanu, a Boulder local. Honoring her Italian heritage and embracing her passion for food and hospitality, Spanu’s philosophy is to have a dining experience that stimulates all senses by incorporating visual art, design, music, premier service, comfortable seating and fresh, authentic Italian cuisine. The space, an Art Deco inspiration, was conceptualized and built by architect Miguel Quismondo.Stella's is showcasing a world-class menu, highlighting traditions from all over Italy, with house-made pastas with imported ingredients directly from Italy, and locally sourced ingredients from Colorado farms. The menu is accompanied by an extensive selection of Italian wines and specialty cocktails.Friday and Saturday, after dinner service, the space will transform into a lounge with a dance floor with a state-of-the-art sound system, while guests are encouraged to enjoy beverages, the dance floor, and a wide variety of music.

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6. Spruce Farm & Fish

4.3

Awesome(2009)

Price: Moderate

• Contemporary American • Boulder

Booked 13 times today

Spruce Farm & Fish serves creative and contemporary Brunch and Dinner menus utilizing the highest quality ingredients. Guests can indulge in Brunch any day of the week until 2pm. Partnering with sustainable oyster farms and fisheries, seafood at Spruce is flown in daily. Spruce offers rotating dinner specials, including certified Angus beef house-smoked prime rib. The bar offers espresso drinks, an extensive selection of wines, and locally sourced spirits and craft beers. Happy-hour specials are available daily and include seasonal small plates and fresh cocktails.Want to eat out without going out? Order your food to-go! Give us a call at 303-442-4880. Our top priority is the health and well-being of our staff, guests, Boulder community.

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7. Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar - Boulder

4.8

Exceptional(2686)

Price: Moderate

• Seafood • Boulder

Booked 29 times today

We don't take ourselves too seriously at Jax Fish House. Two things we do take seriously? The freshness and sustainability of our seafood. You know fresh fish when you see, smell, and taste it-and thanks to modern delivery technology, we bring in that freshy-fresh seven days a week. Sustainability is a little more complicated. Not all commercial fisheries are created equal. That's why we work closely with our suppliers and science-based organizations to ensure that every single thing we serve is responsibly sourced. We consider the stocks of the species we source to prevent overfishing and we work with suppliers who harvest in ways that have minimal impacts on marine environments.

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8. Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar - Pearl St. Boulder

4.7

Exceptional(1261)

Price: Moderate

• Sushi • Boulder

Booked 25 times today

The name Hapa is derived from the Hawaiian term that describes a harmonious blend of Asian and American cultures. Like our name, our food reflects this dynamic combination. The menu is based on traditional Japanese cooking fundamentals which are then amplified, muted, or mixed with influences from many different styles of cooking until they are something completely new: they're Hapa. We have stretched the boundaries of creativity to develop dishes that defy all the rules while holding true to our roots. We hope that you will find our menu innovative, uninhibited, and distinctly fun! Incomplete parties will not be sat until complete.

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9. Jill's Restaurant & Bistro

4.5

Awesome(1494)

Price: Expensive

• Fusion / Eclectic • Boulder

Booked 10 times today

Located in the St Julien Hotel, Jill’s Restaurant & Bistro offers a thoughtful menu featuring fresh, local and dynamic ingredients. The kitchen, helmed by Executive Chef Rich Byers, sources its ingredients through partnerships with local farms, creameries and ranches, its own on-site garden and Boulder’s seasonal Farmer’s Market – conveniently located across the street – where the chefs procure the freshest herbs, vegetables and fruits. These ingredients are used to create scratch-made food, including pasta, bread, pastries, sauces, jus and more.

10. Corner Bar

4.5

Awesome(564)

Price: Moderate

• American • Boulder

Booked 2 times today

Located inside Hotel Boulderado on the corner of Spruce and 13th streets, The Corner Bar is the ideal location for a quick lunch, a lively Happy Hour, a great late-night meal, or the perfectly poured Martini. This spacious restaurant offers indoor and outdoor seating with a large wrap-around patio featuring plenty of room for social distancing and fun.

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sam
Denver / Colorado •1 review
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Enjoy with my sweetheart and the service was excellent Will recommend to my friends Music was unexpected but so enjoyable A lovely touch to our evening Best Sam Maphis
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Stella's CucinaPrice: Very Expensive• Italian• Boulder
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4.6
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TraceyVIP
Denver / Colorado •46 reviews
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
The food was delicious and the service was great. The atmosphere is pretty as well.
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Japango BoulderPrice: Moderate• Sushi• Boulder
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4.8
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Mike
Cincinnati / Dayton •8 reviews
5.0
Dined on 29 Dec 2024
Absolutely delicious. We live in Cincinnati and loved Pizzeria Locale before they went out of business, so we always looked forward to visiting a location in Denver. They've since closed the Denver locations as well, but the pizza here was even better! It's a much more upscale vibe, and we loved everything that we tried.
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Pizzeria AlbericoPrice: Moderate• Pizzeria• Boulder
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4.7
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Michael
Virginia •23 reviews
5.0
Dined on 27 Dec 2024
Food here is delicious, presentation is attractive, decor is cozy, service is friendly and efficient. The menu seemed a bit underwhelming to me at first with relatively few choices that I thought I would like, but everything I tasted was fantastic, so I got some culinary and gustatory education.
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River and Woods RestaurantPrice: Expensive• Comfort Food• Boulder
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4.5
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Caroline
Denver / Colorado •7 reviews
5.0
Dined on 25 Dec 2024
Our group of 6 dined on the patio on Christmas Eve. It was a very busy evening. Service was great and we appreciated the lower noise level outside. We would visit again. Thanks for an enjoyable experience.
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Sforno TrattoriaPrice: Moderate• Italian• Boulder
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4.5

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26 restaurants available nearby

1. Pizzeria Alberico

2. Sforno Trattoria

3. River and Woods Restaurant

4. Japango Boulder

5. Stella's Cucina

6. Spruce Farm & Fish

7. Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar - Boulder

8. Hapa Sushi Grill & Sake Bar - Pearl St. Boulder

9. Jill's Restaurant & Bistro

10. Corner Bar

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