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Boulder Cork

Item: Boulder Cork
Author: Hope Gately

Cuisine: American, Continental

Price Range: $$$

10Best Says

This steakhouse is a long-standing Boulder favorite and features a creative menu that includes prime rib, grilled New York strip, and nightly fish specials. In addition, Wine Spectator has repeatedly acknowledged the award-winning wine list for its excellence. For fish lovers, indulge on their Smoked Salmon and Trout. If you're interested in something seasonal be sure to ask about the Chef Specials which highlight local, as well as, seasonal ingredients by utilizing the Cork culinary team's experience and imagination. The Cork's ambiance of elegance makes it the perfect place to go for a special occasion, but its affordability ensures that you can stop by for a fun night out on the town anytime.

Address:

3295 30th St
Boulder, CO 80301
303-443-9505

Hours:

Mon-Fri: 11:15am-2pm,; 5:30pm-10pm
Sat: 5:30pm-10pm
Sun: 5pm-10pm

Website:

bouldercork.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Hope Gately
Boulder Local Expert

Best Restaurants, Romantic Dining: "Be sure to choose a wine perfect for your palate off of the Cork's award-winning wine list."

Recommended as Best Restaurants Because: The Cork is one of Boulder's most well-known restaurants for fine dining with its award-winning wine list and exceptional service.
Best for Romantic Dining Because: The Cork offers elegance, an award-winning wine list, and succulent creations that will make your mouth water.

Lunch Menu
- Salads
  
  Boulder Cork Salad
  
  Arugula, grapes, blue cheese and macadamia nuts ($9.50)
  
  Quinoa Cakes
  
  On greens with cucumber, green onions, cherry tomatoes, salsa verde, greek yogurt, and sliced avocado ($14.50)
  
  Caesar Salad
  
  With grilled chicken ($12.00)
  
  Classic Cobb Salad
  
  Chicken breast, tomatoes, egg, avocado, blue cheese and bacon on chopped romaine ($14.75)
  
  Grilled Watermelon Salad
  
  With cana de cabra cheese, arugula, olive oil, and aged balsamic ($14.50)
  
  Greek Salad
  
  With grilled sliced sirloin, roasted red bell peppers, artichoke hearts, olives and red onions on romaine lettuce with an oregano, lemon juice, and olive oil dressing ($14.75)
  
  Grilled Salmon Salad
  
  Mixed greens, house croutons, cucumbers, olives, peppers and fresh mozzarella ($15.50)
- Entrees
  
  Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
  
  With jack cheese, roasted green chili, rice & beans, and sour cream ($14.50)
  
  Mahi Mahi Bowl
  
  Grilled mahi with stir-fried vegetables in a coconut curry broth with bamboo rice ($15.75)
  
  Fresh Trout
  
  Pan seared with BBQ butter and served with spinach and green rice ($15.75)
  
  Baked Stuffed Chiles
  
  Monterrey jack cheese, tomato corn salsa, and Haystack feta served with rice and beans ($14.50)
  
  Filet Steak 7oz
  
  Vintage all natural beef with salsa verde and smoked mashed potatoes ($24.75)
  
  House Smoked Chicken
  
  Quesadilla with salsa, guacamole and black beans ($10.50)
  
  Jim's Fish Tacos
  
  Seared chopped fish with cilantro, onion, and chili served with warm tortillas, salsa, guacamole and beans ($15.75)
  
  Sake Salmon
  
  Grilled with stir fry veggies, jasmine rice and soy ginger butter ($15.75)
  
  Fish and Chips
  
  With coleslaw, buttermilk and dill sauce ($15.75)
  
  Crabcakes
  
  Blue crab with coleslaw and fries ($16.50)
- Burgers & Sandwiches
  Cork Burger
  
  All natural vintage beef with your choice of cheese ($9.75)
  
  Niman Ranch Baked Ham
  
  Grilled with swiss cheese, jalapeno mayo, and pickled cabbage with yukon gold potato salad ($15.75)
  
  Grassfed Beef Burger
  
  Colorful ranch 100% grassfed beef ($12.75)
  
  Caprese Sandwich
  
  Fresh mozzarella, tomato, and basil on toasted focaccia with an arugula salad ($14.50)
  
  "Unbeef"
  
  Grilled teriyaki chicken breast with jack cheese and grilled pineapple ($9.75)
  
  Emma Farms Wagyu Burger
  
  With white cheddar aioli and grilled red onion ($14.75)
  
  Bison Burger
  Rocky Mountain natural buffalo with your choice of cheese
  
  $12.50
  
  Loaded: $15.75
  Cork BLT
  
  Niman Ranch maple smoked bacon, lettuce and tomato with mayo ($12.50)
  
  Dijon Chicken Breast
  
  With Niman Ranch maple smoked bacon and jack cheese ($10.75)
  
  Blackened Catfish Po'boy
  
  With coleslaw, cajun tartar sauce and yukon gold potato salad ($15.50)
Dinner Menu
- Early Dinner Specials
  
  Chicken Enchilada & Baked Stuffed Chile
  
  with guacamole, beans and rice ($14.95)
  
  Slow Roasted Prime Rib
  
  with au jus, horseradish sauce and mashed potatoes ($17.95)
  
  Fresh Trout
  
  pan-seared with bbq butter, spinach and green rice ($15.95)
  
  Sake Salmon
  
  grilled with a ginger soy butter sauce and served with stir-fry veggies and jasmine rice ($15.95)
  
  Penne Pasta
  
  with farmer's market vegetables and boulder cork garden fresh herbs, parmesan and andy's evo ($13.95)
  
  All Natural Braised Beef Stew
  
  with mashed potatoes ($14.95)
  
  Baked Stuffed Chiles
  
  with monterey jack cheese, tomato corn salsa, feta, black beans and rice ($12.95)
- Salads
  
  Wedge, Caesar, Mixed Greens
  
  add grilled red bird chicken breast ($4.00)
  
  Boulder Cork Salad
  
  arugula, endive, grapes, blue cheese crumbles, macadamia nuts, lemon juice and olive oil ($10.00)
  
  Wedge
  
  iceberg lettuce, diced tomato, blue cheese dressing ($7.00)
  
  Caesar Salad
  
  romaine, croutons, parmesan, caesar dressing ($7.50)
  
  Arugula & La Quercia Prosciutto
  
  shaved mushrooms, parmesan, andy's tuscan olive oil, lemon juice ($11.50)
  
  Mixed Greens
  
  choice of dressing ($6.50)
  
  Cobb Salad
  
  romaine, chicken, eggs, avocado, bacon, blue cheese and sherry wine vinaigrette ($16.00)
- Starters
  
  Maine Lobster Ravi
  
  parmesan cream, roasted tomato fresh basil ($12.50)
  
  Boulder Cork Crabcake
  
  with a buttermilk dill sauce ($12.50)
  
  Almond Crusted Brie
  
  raspberry sauce, toasted bread, grapes ($9.00)
  
  Drunken Fish Taquitos
  
  salsa borracha, haystack and jack cheeses with house made tortillas ($10.50)
  
  Baked Stuffed Shrimp
  
  wrapped with prosciutto, basil garlic butter ($11.50)
  
  Artichoke
  
  steamed with curried mayonnaise ($8.50)
  
  Smoked Salmon & Trout
  
  locally smoked with traditional accompaniments ($14.00)
  
  Shrimp Cocktail
  
  lemon, cocktail sauce ($12.50)
- Boulder's Best Burgers*
  
  All Natural Beef
  
  vintage natural ($9.50)
  
  Free Range
  
  tom's grassfed ($12.50)
  
  Buffalo
  
  rocky mountain natural ($14.50)
  
  Roasted Chiles & Monterey Jack
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Bbq Sauce & Sauteed Onions
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Apple-Smoked Bacon & Cheddar
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Mushrooms & Sauteed Onion
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Gluten-Free Bun
  
  ($1.00)
  
  Cheese
  
  ($0.75)
- Sandwiches
  Dijon Chicken
  
  with niman ranch bacon and jack cheese ($10.50)
  
  Fish Sandwich*
  
  with wasabi mayo and pickled ginger ($12.50)
  
  Cork Prime Rib Sandwich
  $24.50
  
  Half Order: $17.50
- Steaks & Chops*
  
  Teriyaki Sirloin
  
  ($28.00)
  
  Pepper Steak
  
  ($38.50)
  
  Filet
  
  ($36.50)
  
  Cork's Pride
  
  baseball cut sirloin ($35.00)
  
  New York Strip
  
  ($39.00)
  
  Steak V Enchilada
  
  ($21.50)
  
  Bbq Baby Back Ribs
  
  niman ranch with slaw and fries ($25.00)
  
  Lamb Chops
  
  triple m bar ranch, 3 t-bone chops ($36.00)
  
  Buffalo Flatiron Steak
  
  rocky mtn natural with chimichurri ($25.00)
- Prime Rib
  
  Boulder Cut
  
  ($31.00)
  
  Colorado Cut
  
  ($38.00)
  
  End Cut
  
  ($38.00)
- Additions
  
  Creamed Spinach
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Baked Stuffed Chile
  
  ($6.50)
  
  Cork Potatoes
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Baked Potato
  
  ($3.50)
  
  Asparagus
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Smoked Mashed Potatoes
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Sauteed Mushrooms
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Roasted Vegetables
  
  ($5.50)
  
  Browned Potato
  
  ($2.00)
  
  Green Chile White Cheddar Mac & Cheese
  
  ($6.00)
- Entrees
  
  Rocky Mountain Rainbow Trout
  
  chipotle bbq butter on seared spinach with rice ($24.00)
  
  Sea Scallops*
  
  corn crusted and seared with spinach, mashed sweet potatoes and chile lime butter ($31.00)
  
  Lobster Ravioli
  
  stuffed with lobster, ricotta cheese, and basil parmesan ($25.50)
  
  Sake Salmon*
  
  marinated in sake, mirin & fresh ginger with jasmine rice & stir fried vegetables ($27.00)
  
  Baked Stuffed Chiles
  
  monterey jack, tomato, corn salsa, haystack feta with black beans and rice ($16.00)
  
  Chicken Enchiladas
  
  baked in mild red chile with black beans, jicama salad & guacamole ($16.00)
  
  Grilled Salmon Salad*
  
  mixed greens and roasted vegetables ($18.50)
  
  Fish Bowl
  
  grilled fish with stir-fried vegetables in a coconut curry broth with bamboo rice ($26.50)
  
  King Crab
  
  1 1/2 pounds
Dessert Menu
- Glacier Gelato and Sorbet
  
  Chocolate Gelato
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Costa Rican Vanilla Gelato
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Glacier's Special Flavor
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Raspberry Sorbet
  
  ($6.00)
  
  Mango Sorbet
  
  ($6.00)
- Housemade Desserts
  
  Affogato
  
  chocolate gelato, espresso, whipped cream, and biscotti ($8.00)
  
  Belgian Chocolate Mousse
  
  topped with whipped cream and berries ($8.00)
  
  Costa Rican Vanilla Ice Cream Sundae
  
  served with chocolate sauce, candied nuts and whipped cream ($8.00)
  
  Cork's Famous Mudpie
  
  coffee ice cream with a chocolate cookie crust, fudge topping, roasted almonds and whipped cream ($8.00)
  
  Crème Brulée
  
  rich vanilla bean custard served with seasonal berries ($8.00)
  
  Sticky Toffee Pudding
  
  with a warm caramel pecan sauce and vanilla ice cream ($8.00)
  
  Ice Cream Sandwich
  
  chocolate cookies filled with vanilla ice cream and rolled in peanuts ($8.00)
  
  Classic Fruit Crisp
  
  served warm with vanilla ice cream ($8.00)
  
  New York Cheesecake
  
  served with whipped cream and berries ($8.00)
  
  Carrot Cake
  
  with a butter cream cheese icing ($8.00)

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