Corned beef in Boulder?

[vanillagrrl]

Where would you go for good corned beef in Boulder? I don't feel like making a five-pound brisket and brining it for five days. Conor O'Neill's is the obvious place to start. Anyone tried it there? Any other ideas?

[ClaireWalter]

If you don't think that corned beef and cabbage are only for St. P's Day, the Niwot Tavern offers it as its Thursday evening $10 special dinner. Haven't tried it, so take this as information, not as a recommendation.

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Niwot Tavern
7960 Niwot Rd Unit D12, Longmont, CO 80503

[reubensandperrier]

The Kitchen (http://thekitchencafe.com/index.shtml) just posted on their Facebook that they're doing a corned beef and cabbage dinner tomorrow night.

[ClaireWalter]

P.S. And yesterday evening, I learned that the West End Tavern had corned beef yesterday -- at least sandwiches at lunchtime. File it away for Mar 17, 2011.

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The West End Tavern
926 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302

[gregoryswil]

d'oh! too late but there's a hole in the wall right down the street from Conor's on the way to Pearl called Dubbin's. Its literally a hole in the wall and the guys does great sandwiches from scratch including corned beef yesterday.

[ClaireWalter]

I hope Dubbins does well. It's about the fifth place in that little window-service joint (the last place served hot dogs). It never seems to be open when I'm around there.

[tatamagouche]

Looks like it's on the regular menu at Scotch Corner Pub as well...

[rlm]

Scotch Corner Pub is no longer in business.

[tatamagouche]

Oh really! The website's still up. I was curious about the place—I know Claire didn't like it but Clay Fong quite liked it. I wanted to tiebreak.

[LurkerDan]

I went there once, not long after it opened, and was unimpressed enough to not return before it closed. Not that I serve as any tiebreak!

[tatamagouche]

Sure you do! 2 to 1 is good enough for me (or would be if it were still open). What's in the space now, anything yet?

[rlm]

The last time we walked by there it was still dark. The phone listed on the Scotch Corner website is disconnected too. Not a good sign.

[ClaireWalter]

Yes, it is still dark, but there's still a lot of "stuff" in the space, as if the curtain fell abruptly. There are/were conflicting signs in the window: "Business for Sale" and "For Lease," I believe, are still there. For a while, another sign still said "Open" -- which it wasn't.

It's a very large storefront in a new building on a very prominent (but very traffic-heavy) corner. I imagine buying into it costs big bucks, which in this economy will take a deep-pocketed business.

[ClaireWalter]

The Boulderado is offering a $17 St. Patrick's Day buffet on Wednesday evening. http://tinyurl.com/ykql4bw.