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Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Boulder 2026
Open Monday · Boulder, Colorado · 7 confirmed tables · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Hours verified June 2026
Boulder is a Tuesday-to-Saturday dining town, and Monday is the day the map thins out. A run of the chef-driven rooms rest at the start of the week, and Flagstaff House, the mountain-view French institution, is dark on Monday. But the news here is unusually good: the one restaurant most cities would lose on a Monday, the Michelin-starred Frasca Food and Wine, has always kept Monday as one of its nights. Add the Pearl Street and Walnut Street rooms that run a full week, and a Monday in Boulder is far from a write-off. Each of the seven below has been checked against its current Monday hours. Lead with Frasca, or walk Pearl Street for the rest.
1.Frasca Food and Wine
Boulder's only Michelin star open on a Monday, the Friulian room that built the town's dining reputation. Book the dining room.
Frasca Food and Wine at 1738 Pearl Street is the most decorated table in Colorado, holding a Michelin star and the 2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant award, and it is open on Monday from 5:00pm to 8:30pm. Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson built the room around the food and wine of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in northeast Italy, and the frico, the handmade pastas and the seasonal tasting are the order. A four-course prix fixe runs roughly $95, the tasting more, before one of the best Italian wine lists in the country. Monday has been a Frasca night since the early years, so it is the rare top room you can plan a start-of-the-week dinner around. Book the dining room ahead.
Monday 5:00pm–8:30pm. Reserve through the restaurant's Tock page; the dining room fills first, the bar takes a few walk-ins.
2.Corrida
A third-floor Spanish steakhouse with Flatirons views, open Monday from four; the rooftop Monday. Sit on the terrace at sunset.
Corrida on the third floor at 1023 Walnut Street is Boulder's Spanish-accented steakhouse, and its rooftop terrace looks straight at the Flatirons, which makes it the best early-Monday table in town for a sunset. It opens Monday from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. The dry-aged Colorado steaks, the gambas al ajillo and the patatas bravas are the order, and a full dinner lands around $70 to $110 a head. The early opening and the view are the draw on a Monday, when you want the terrace before the light goes. For a relaxed steak dinner with a mountain backdrop at the start of the week, book the terrace at sunset.
Monday 4:00pm–9:00pm. Reserve on OpenTable; request the rooftop terrace and aim for a table before sundown.
3.Oak at Fourteenth
A wood-fired New American room on the Pearl Street Mall, MICHELIN-listed and open Monday; the considered Monday dinner. Sit near the oven.
Oak at Fourteenth at 1400 Pearl Street, on the corner of the Pearl Street Mall, cooks New American food over a wood-burning oven and grill, and it appears in the MICHELIN Guide Colorado selection. It opens Monday from 5:00pm to 9:00pm. The oak-grilled meats, the wood-fired vegetables and the well-built cocktail list are the order, and a full dinner runs around $55 to $90 a head. The smoky, ingredient-driven cooking and the central Pearl Street location make it the easy upscale Monday alternative if Frasca is full, a few doors down the same block. For a considered Monday dinner without the tasting-menu commitment, sit near the open oven.
Monday 5:00pm–9:00pm. Reserve on OpenTable; counter and bar seats near the wood oven take walk-ins early.
4.Brasserie Ten Ten
A classic French brasserie a block off Pearl, open Monday from four; the steak-frites Monday. Take an early bistro table.
Brasserie Ten Ten at 1011 Walnut Street is Boulder's neighbourhood French brasserie, a block south of the Pearl Street Mall, and it runs a full week, opening Monday from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. The steak frites, the moules marinière, the onion soup gratinée and the raw bar are the order, and a full dinner lands around $45 to $80 a head. The all-week reliability and the brasserie comfort food make it a dependable Monday choice when you want something familiar rather than a special occasion. The early happy hour at the bar is the value play. For a classic bistro Monday close to downtown, take an early table.
Monday 4:00pm–9:00pm. Reserve on OpenTable; the bar runs an early-evening happy hour and seats walk-ins.
5.Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar
The Pearl Street oyster bar, open Monday from half-past three; the raw-bar Monday in a landlocked town. Sit at the oyster counter.
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar at 928 Pearl Street is the Big Red F group's seafood room, flying in oysters and fish daily to a landlocked town, and it opens Monday from 3:30pm to 9:00pm, the earliest dinner start of the upscale rooms here. The daily oyster selection, the cioppino and the whole grilled fish are the order, and a full dinner lands around $50 to $85 a head. The early opening and the lively bar make it a good-value Monday for a raw-bar dinner or a few dozen oysters at the counter. The happy-hour oysters are the move before 5:00pm. For a Monday seafood fix in the mountains, sit at the oyster counter.
Monday 3:30pm–9:00pm. Reserve on OpenTable or walk in to the oyster bar; happy-hour oysters run before 5:00pm.
6.Blackbelly Market
Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg's butcher-shop restaurant, open Monday all day; the whole-animal Monday. Order off the butcher case.
Blackbelly Market at 1606 Conestoga Street is chef Hosea Rosenberg's restaurant and working butcher shop, and the Top Chef Season 5 winner runs a whole-animal kitchen that opens Monday from 7:00am right through to 9:00pm. The house charcuterie, the wood-grilled meats cut from the in-house butchery and the daily-changing boards are the order, and a full dinner lands around $45 to $80 a head, less if you graze at the counter. The all-day Monday hours make it the most flexible table here, good for a late lunch or an early dinner. For a Monday built around serious meat and Rosenberg's butchery, order off the case.
Monday 7:00am–9:00pm, continuous. Reserve dinner on Tock or OpenTable; the market counter takes walk-ins all day.
7.West End Tavern
The west-Pearl tavern with a whiskey wall and a rooftop deck, open Monday from late morning; the easy Monday. Walk in for the deck.
West End Tavern at 926 Pearl Street anchors the quieter west end of the mall, a Big Red F tavern with a deep whiskey list and a rooftop deck, and it opens Monday from 11:00am to 9:00pm. The smoked brisket and ribs, the burger and the bourbon flights are the order, and a full meal lands around $30 to $55 a head, the best-value sit-down Monday on this list. The long hours and the no-pressure room make it the walk-in safety net when the reservation rooms are full. The rooftop deck is the spot in summer. For an easy, great-value Monday with a drink in hand, walk in for the deck.
Monday 11:00am–9:00pm. Walk in or reserve on OpenTable; the rooftop deck is first-come in the warm months.
Closed on Monday in Boulder
The mountain-view room that rests at the start of the week
Flagstaff House. The special-occasion French room perched on Flagstaff Mountain, with the best view in Boulder, is closed Monday. It is the main fine-dining table you cannot book at the start of the week, so plan it for Tuesday to Sunday. For a Monday with a comparable sense of occasion, Frasca Food and Wine is the move instead.
How to book a Monday dinner in Boulder
The Monday rule in Boulder is to assume the chef-driven rooms might be dark and to reserve the ones that are open early. Frasca takes Monday dinner through its Tock page and fills the dining room first, so book a week or two ahead; Oak at Fourteenth, Corrida, Brasserie Ten Ten and Jax all take Monday reservations on OpenTable. Blackbelly and West End Tavern are the walk-in fallbacks, both open all day, so they reward arriving off-peak rather than at the 7:00pm rush.
Boulder dines early: dinner peaks around 6:30 to 7:30pm even on a weekend, and several rooms here start service at 3:30 or 4:00pm, so an early Monday table is the easiest to land. If a mountain-view tasting is the goal, accept that Flagstaff House needs a Tuesday-to-Sunday plan. Tipping follows the US norm of 18 to 20 percent. See the full Boulder dining guide for the rest of the week.
Frequently asked
Is Frasca open on Monday in Boulder?
Yes. Frasca Food and Wine, the Michelin-starred Friulian room at 1738 Pearl Street, serves dinner on Monday from 5:00pm to 8:30pm, and Monday has long been one of its signature nights because of the partners' Friulano roots. It is the most decorated Monday table in Colorado, holding a Michelin star and the 2025 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant award. Book the dining room well ahead through the restaurant's Tock page, since Monday fills early.
Are any Michelin restaurants open on Monday in Boulder?
Frasca Food and Wine is the one to plan around. It holds a Michelin star in the Colorado guide and serves Monday dinner from 5:00pm, the only starred kitchen in Boulder open at the start of the week. Oak at Fourteenth, a MICHELIN Guide listed wood-fire room on Pearl Street, also opens Monday from 5:00pm. The other Boulder rooms with stars or guide listings tend to close Sunday and Monday, so verify before you travel.
Where can I get a good Monday dinner in downtown Boulder?
Downtown Boulder around the Pearl Street Mall is the easiest place for a Monday dinner. Frasca, Oak at Fourteenth, Jax Fish House and West End Tavern all sit within a few blocks of Pearl Street and all open Monday, and Brasserie Ten Ten and Corrida are a block south on Walnut Street. That cluster means you can walk between options if your first choice is full. Reserve the fine-dining rooms ahead and treat the taverns as the walk-in fallback.
What time do Boulder restaurants open on Monday?
Boulder dines early by big-city standards, and Monday is no exception. Blackbelly Market opens at 7:00am for all-day service, Jax Fish House starts at 3:30pm, Corrida and Brasserie Ten Ten at 4:00pm, and Frasca and Oak at Fourteenth begin dinner at 5:00pm. Kitchens generally wind down by 9:00pm on a Monday, earlier at Frasca, so aim for a 6:00 to 7:30pm seating rather than a late table.
Which Boulder fine-dining restaurants are closed on Monday?
Flagstaff House, the special-occasion French room on Flagstaff Mountain, is closed Monday and is the main fine-dining table you cannot book at the start of the week. Several smaller chef-driven rooms also rest Sunday and Monday. If a mountain-view tasting is the goal, plan Flagstaff House for Tuesday to Sunday and use Frasca or Oak at Fourteenth for a Monday.
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