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8735 N. Foothills Highway Boulder, CO 80302

303-440-7979

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Cuisine(s): American, Brunch, New American

Hours: Tues.-Sun. 5:30-9 p.m.; brunch: Sun. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Price: $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, cash, check
Attire: Business casual

Features: Banquet Facilities, Catering, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Brunch, Dinner

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Recommended, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Lot Available

Description

Forget any image you may have had about the place being stuffy. The Greenbriar serves contemporary fare in an elegant and charming old inn. Yeah, you can get beef Wellington and escargots, but there's also truffle-whipped potatoes. Service is efficient and gracious, and the award-winning wine list is one of the best around.

Open Cellar Night

Every Wed.

All bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off each Wednesday; there's also a multi-course menu with wine flights, plus bottle specials and to...

2002 | Best Place to Pop the Question

Over the past 35 years, hundreds of men -- and a couple of women -- have popped the question at the Greenbriar, a romantic old country inn surrounded by twenty acres of lush landscaping, with a heated, French-door-lined atrium and an elegant, wood-lined dining room. Let the management know of your plans ahead of time, and they'll get as many people in the restaurant involved as you'd like -- or not. Some folks propose quietly and then slink off into the night, while others ask chef Edwin K.... More »

Open Cellar Night at Greenbriar Inn

By Amber Taufen | Wed, January 25, 2012

Wine down at the Greenbriar Inn, 8735 North Foothills in Boulder, which hosts Open Cellar Night every Wednesday, when all bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off. The restaurant also offers a ... More »
Open Cellar Night at Greenbriar Inn

By Amber Taufen | Wed, January 4, 2012

If drinking more wine was your resolution for 2012, then head to the Greenbriar Inn, 8735 North Foothills in Boulder, for Open Cellar Night, when all bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off. T... More »
Boulder's Greenbriar Inn gets ready for a remodel

By Laura Shunk | Thu, June 23, 2011

In the 1960s, Boulder's Greenbriar Inn transformed a building that dated back to1873 into a restaurant, a spot near Lefthand Canyon that attracted wedding parties and special-occasion celebrations wit... More »
Solid Old

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, December 20, 2001

When a fine-dining establishment is 34 years old, sits in a 128-year-old historic landmark and has an owner who refers to himself as "the third," you might imagine that a meal within its stodgy confines would prove palate-numbingly boring. Prime r... More »

Dinner Menu

First Course

$9.00

Today’s Fresh Oyster Selection
on the half shell with cocktail sauce, chilled with mignonette, or warm rockefeller

$13.00

Popcorn Crusted Diver Scallops
truffle gbi micro greens salad, house cured bacon, sweet corn, and vanilla sauce

$14.00

Artisan Cheese Plate
haystack mountain red cloud goat, rogue creamery blue, humboldt fog goat, prosciutto, house cured candied bacon, madhava honey, house lavosh

$10.00

D.b.l.t.
duck confit, house cured bacon, truffled baby lettuces, tomato marmalade, poached free range chicken egg

$11.00

Escargot En Croûte
topped with puff pastry, baked in roasted garlic butter

$10.00

Organic Mushroom Vol-au-Vent
hazel dell's cinnamon cap, oyster, and lions mane mushrooms roasted with olive oil and garlic, porcini-truffle cream

Second Course
The Greenbriar Inn Is Proud To Feature Naturally Grown Fresh Herbs And Produce From Our On Site Gardens As Well As Sustainably Caught And Farmed Proteins Whenever Possible.

$9.00

Soup Of The Day

$9.00

Spiced Pumpkin And Roquefort Salad
slow roasted pumpkin, arugula, maple vinaigrette, pumpkin seeds

$8.00

Sugar Beet And Chèvre Salad
toasted walnuts and sunflower kernels, farmstead goat cheese, rye croutons, sugar beet vinaigrette

$16.00

Caesar Salad For Two
traditional caesar salad prepared tableside

Entrees

Daily Chef Fresh Fish Specialty
chef’s daily preparation of the freshest available fish or seafood

$30.00

Zinfandel Braised Bison Short Rib
crispy rosemary polenta, heirloom cauliflower and emmental cheese tart, green peppercorn braising jus

$29.00

Colorado Yampa Valley Lamb Sirloin
makers mark sweet potatoes, huckleberry-mustard lamb sauce, mint-golden raisin emulsion

$29.00

Crispy Skin Duck Breast
celery root purée, maple glazed carrots, orange-brown butter sauce

$34.00

Filet Mignon "oscar"
snow crab, asparagus, french onion "hashbrowns", bordelaise, tableside béarnaise

$30.00

Scottish Salmon
ditalini pasta, rock shrimp, asparagus, artichokes, meyer lemon beurre blanc

$27.00

Grilled Berkshire Pork Chop
slow roasted fingerling potatoes, brussels sprouts, hard apple cider sauce

$36.00

Beef Wellington
foie gras, fresh foraged mushrooms, truffled whipped potatoes, bordelaise & béarnaise

$24.00

Herb Marinated Natural Chicken Breast
smoked chicken crêpes with mornay sauce, reduced xeres natural jus

$28.00

Oregon Fresh White Truffle Risotto
asparagus, sage, garnished with grana padano

Desserts

$8.00

Warm Macintosh Apple & Cranberry Crisp
cinnamon-apple streusel, burnt orange caramel sauce, jack daniels ice cream

$8.00

"coffee & Doughnuts"
espresso chantilly cream, cinnamon spiced hot chocolate, lillian's beignets, orange marmalade

$8.00

Vermont Maple Cheesecake
bing cherry sauce, slow roasted anjou pear, dark chocolate-pecan truffle

$8.00

Chocolate Truffle Cake
almond chocolate truffle, raspberry sauce

$8.00

Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée
chocolate chip malted milk cookies and fresh berries

$5.00

Greenbriar House Made Sorbet Or Ice Cream
ask your waitperson for today's selections

$18.00

Bananas Foster
prepared tableside for two or more, served with vanilla bean ice cream

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Greenbriar Inn

8735 N. Foothills Highway Boulder, CO 80302

303-440-7979

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Every Wed.

2002 | Best Place to Pop the Question

By Amber Taufen | Wed, January 25, 2012

By Amber Taufen | Wed, January 4, 2012

By Laura Shunk | Thu, June 23, 2011

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, December 20, 2001