Monday, August 31, 2026

The Best Seafood in Boulder, by the Record

Boulder has sent exactly one place into the record so far: Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, honored by Westword.

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  1. Oysters on Pearl Street, which is the kind of sentence that shouldn't work in a landlocked mountain state but here we are. Jax is a lively seafood restaurant that has been feeding Boulderites raw bars and sustainably caught fish for decades, banking on Denver International's role as a coastal shipping hub. Come for the oysters, raw, grilled, or fried, and stay for whatever the kitchen has pulled in that week.


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