Bites Nearby: Boulder Creek

You could stand on a corner and look around until a restaurant sign draws you in. But we've got a better idea. Each week, Patch picks a great restaurant either in town or nearby that is worth checking out. Here's this week's choice:

Boulder Creek

Overview: Steak, steak, and more steak. Oh and a few other things, too.

Decor: Boulder Creek looks like a man’s den. It is a little dark and almost everything is made out of wood: the booths, the tables, the chairs. There are signs hammered into the posts that almost make the place seem a little western, like you expect a cowboy to walk in at any second.

The Drinks: They have sodas like Pepsi, Sprite, and root beer for the people who aren’t over the age of 21. For the older crowd, though, they have an array of alcoholic beverages - including a good selection of beer - to go with the steaks.

Appetizers: Boulder Creek has its famous blooming onion (of course). They also have cheese fries, spinach & artichoke dip, jumbo stuffed potato skins, and crab cakes to name a few. They have a Boulder sampler which includes Arapaho wings, jumbo stuffed potato skins, coconut shrimp, spinach & artichoke dip.

 Entrees

• Cheeseburger: 10 oz. burger, grilled to order, with your choice of provolone, American or bleu cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles and onion, served with Boulder Fries.
• BBQ Burger: 10 oz. burger, grilled to order, topped with bacon, Monterey, Cheddar and their homemade BBQ sauce, served with Boulder Fries.
• Buffalo Chicken Sandwich: Golden fried boneless chicken breast tossed in their medium hot sauce, with lettuce, tomato and Blue Cheese dressing on a rustic roll, served with Boulder Fries.
• French Dunk: Sliced roasted prime rib topped with Provolone cheese and sautéed mushrooms on a rustic roll, with au jus for dipping, served with Boulder Fries.
• Grilled Chicken Wrap: Breast of chicken layered with mixed lettuce, homestead ranch dressing, Jack and Cheddar cheeses and diced tomatoes in a flour tortilla.
• Center Cut Filet Mignon: 10 or 7 oz. bacon-wrapped filet mignon.
• Denver Strip: 14 oz. New York strip.
• Kit Carson Sirloin: 12 or 8 oz. center cut top sirloin steak.
• MAKE YOUR OWN COMBINATION: Add six jumbo shrimp or a half rack of ribs to any entrée.
• Blue Lake Catch of the Day: Flame-grilled fresh fish fillet, served on a bed of long grain rice.
• Crispy Fried Shrimp: A Dozen lightly breaded shrimp, cooked to golden brown. Served with homemade tartar sauce.
• Durango Chicken: 10 oz. boneless breast of chicken, hickory smoked and grilled with their special BBQ sauce, served with your choice of side dish.
• The Rackies: Rack of New Zealand baby lamb, grilled to order. Served with your choice of side dish.
• Penne Pasta: Penne with Tasso ham, garlic, artichokes and grilled chicken in a light roasted tomato sauce.

 For The Kids

• Grilled Cheese-Wee: American cheese melted on Texas Toast, served with Boulder Fries.
  • L'il Dudes Burger: Burger, grilled to order, served with Boulder Fries.
  • Chicken Tenders: Lightly seasoned and fried, served Boulder Fries.
  • Macaroni and Cheese: An American classic.
  • Junior Kit Carson: Center cut top sirloin, grilled to order, and served with Boulder Fries.
  • Grilled Breast of Chicken: Char-grilled chicken breast, served with garlic mashed potatoes.
  • Baby Back Ribs: Half rack of hickory-smoked baby back pork ribs with Boulder Fries.

Sides:

Soups

• McClure Pass Potato Soup: Creamy soup with chunks of Idaho potatoes, onions, celery and carrots.
• Campfire Onion Soup: Topped with Toasted Croutons and Melted Provolone Cheese.
• Ski Lodge Soup of the Day: Warm-up from the inside out, with a different soup made from scratch daily.

Salads

• Chicken or Shrimp Grande Salad: Large Caesar or house salad prepared with your choice of grilled chicken or jumbo grilled shrimp.
• Boulder Steak Salad: Sliced sirloin grilled to order, chopped lettuce, Blue Cheese crumbles, red onions and tomatoes, with your choice of dressing.
• BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad: BBQ Chicken breast, chopped lettuce, cajun corn, tomatoes, fried tortilla strips, red onion, Jack and Cheddar cheeses, tossed with homestead ranch dressing.

Desserts

• Rocky Mountain Avalanche: Warm double chocolate fudge brownie topped with vanilla bean ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and chocolate chips.
• Mile High Chocolate Cake: Served a la mode.
• Grandma's Apple Crumb Pie: Apple crumb pie served warm with vanilla bean ice cream.
• New York Style Cheese Cake: Who does it better?

Service: The wait is sometimes long but it is completely worth it. The wait staff is as friendly as possible with having so many tables to deal with and people to deal with. They try to come to the table as much as possible.

Signature Dish: The Outlaw.

Boulder Creek

Address: 200 N. Broadway

Cost: $$-$$$