Bacaro, II

Despite the bad service, Rex and I went back to Bacaro because I can't resist $3 champagne at happy hour. To our great surprise, we had good service! I have never seen that particular waitress before, but it was like dining at a regular restaurant where your server occasionally stops by the table. As always, the food was great (the pear and arugula pizza is my absolute favorite), and we were able to have two rounds of food and drinks in the remaining 1/2 hour of happy hour. If you go, pray you get the cute petite new blonde waitress.

Bacaro happy hour: 7 days until 6:30.

The Med

The Med is a local favorite for happy hour in Boulder, and with good reason. The tapas range in price from $1 to $5 or $6, and are double delicious. It's a mix of Spanish, Italian, and Greek food (hence the name). My favorite is the baba gannoush, served with warm flatbread. Yesterday, Rex and I tried the lamb meatballs (yummy) and the shrimp cocktail (with wasabi pesto!), much to our delight. We also had the fried polenta, which is relatively new to the menu and also very tasty. I've yet to have a bad experience at The Med, and I'm there nearly every week. The cheap, small tapas mean you can try nearly everything.

Drinks are discounted only a little for happy hour. House wine is $4, Sangria is $4 ($4.50 for white), beers are about $3.50, and I don't think cocktails are discounted at all. The service is always good.

Happy hour at The Med is 7 days a week from 3-6:30, and they have an awesome patio.

Bacaro

On Tuesday, Alex and I decided to brave the worst service in town (and possibly the country) to have happy hour at Bacaro on the west end of Pearl St. Luckily, the big waiter wasn't there, meaning we could actually order food, and possibly receive it, within the hour and a half we had left of happy hour. Ambitious, I know. Anywho, I had forgotten about the $3 glass of house champagne, and so had a couple of those. Alex had beer, but we both usually have a few of their outstanding house cocktails/martinis, which are a bargain at happy hour. Because of my gluten-free/dairy-free phase, we avoided the $2 ounces of chevre that we love, and the pear and arugula pizza. We instead ordered chicken skewers (which came with mashed potatoes!), grilled artichokes (yummy!), kalamata olives, and tuna tar tar (that's how they spell it). The service was pretty bad, as usual, and I was overcharged by one glass of champagne that I ordered but never received, but the food, like always, was delicious and affordable. You do truly need an hour and a half for happy hour because it's so slow, but if you've got the time, and are burned out on other places, it's a good bet. Plus, the patio is nice, and great for people watching in the summer.

Happy hour at Bacaro is 7 days a week until 6:30 pm.