Our Favorite Things
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Stay Here: Lafayette's creative, diverse and eclectic downtown is home to a wide range of local shops, galleries, eateries, museums and more. Walk a few blocks and you're there!
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Lafayette
Stay Here: Lafayette's creative, diverse and eclectic downtown is home to a wide range of local shops, galleries, eateries, museums and more. Walk a few blocks and you're there!
Food scene
Gather Here: Walk a few blocks to one of our favorite coffee shops! Hang out on the big, wide porch or shady yard on a hot summer day and enjoy chow down on a breakfast burrito with your cup of joe.
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East Simpson Coffee Company
201 E Simpson StGather Here: Walk a few blocks to one of our favorite coffee shops! Hang out on the big, wide porch or shady yard on a hot summer day and enjoy chow down on a breakfast burrito with your cup of joe.
Come Here: Since 1995, Cannon Mine Coffee has fueled the Lafayette community with the best coffee and tea in town. They pride themselves on serving only the highest-quality, USDA Certified Organic coffee and teas sourced from local Colorado producers. They offer a variety of gluten-free and dairy-free alternatives in both food and drinks. The bar menu features specialty coffee cocktails as well as beer, wine, hard seltzer and kombucha, and other mixed drinks. Short walk away.
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Cannon Mine Coffee
210 S Public RdCome Here: Since 1995, Cannon Mine Coffee has fueled the Lafayette community with the best coffee and tea in town. They pride themselves on serving only the highest-quality, USDA Certified Organic coffee and teas sourced from local Colorado producers. They offer a variety of gluten-free and dairy-free alternatives in both food and drinks. The bar menu features specialty coffee cocktails as well as beer, wine, hard seltzer and kombucha, and other mixed drinks. Short walk away.
Hang Out Here: Great vibe with indoor & outdoor seating and fantastic crafted coffee & libations menus. Their daily specials are the bomb! This sweet space is part of an entire food concept court with other restaurants, donuts and a bakery!
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OTIS Craft Collective
400 W South Boulder RdHang Out Here: Great vibe with indoor & outdoor seating and fantastic crafted coffee & libations menus. Their daily specials are the bomb! This sweet space is part of an entire food concept court with other restaurants, donuts and a bakery!
Eat Here: When our community was in need after the Marshall Fire in December 2021, Santiago's provided 1000 meals to the Boulder Emergency Command Center. Cool, right? Another cool thing? Their $2.50 legendary breakfast burritos! Walk 3 blocks to Public Road and hang a left...you'll be there!
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Santiago's Mexican Restaurant
2505 Federal BoulevardEat Here: When our community was in need after the Marshall Fire in December 2021, Santiago's provided 1000 meals to the Boulder Emergency Command Center. Cool, right? Another cool thing? Their $2.50 legendary breakfast burritos! Walk 3 blocks to Public Road and hang a left...you'll be there!
Eat Here: Savory New Zealand Style Pies? Yes, please! Eat on their patio or pick up and take home to reheat. Make sure you save room for dessert because their Cherry Pie is the bomb! An easy walk at 105 N Public Rd.
Tip Top Savory Pies
105 N Public RdEat Here: Savory New Zealand Style Pies? Yes, please! Eat on their patio or pick up and take home to reheat. Make sure you save room for dessert because their Cherry Pie is the bomb! An easy walk at 105 N Public Rd.
Eat Here: You will love the vibe of this fun little restaurant - grab a seat in the greenhouse style patio if you can and order up a margarita and as many tacos as you can handle. The Chicken Enchiladas, Half Suiza and Half Oaxaca are so good too! Walking distance across from Santiagos and next door to Tip Top Pies at 103 N Public Road.
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Teocalli Cocina
103 N Public RdEat Here: You will love the vibe of this fun little restaurant - grab a seat in the greenhouse style patio if you can and order up a margarita and as many tacos as you can handle. The Chicken Enchiladas, Half Suiza and Half Oaxaca are so good too! Walking distance across from Santiagos and next door to Tip Top Pies at 103 N Public Road.
Eat Here: Colorado comfort food at it's finest. Serving craft beers and cocktails to get your started. Order your own dish or enjoy family-style comfort food. Sit inside or out in their open air patio. A little further but still walkable @ 206 S. Public Road.
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Community
206 S Public RdEat Here: Colorado comfort food at it's finest. Serving craft beers and cocktails to get your started. Order your own dish or enjoy family-style comfort food. Sit inside or out in their open air patio. A little further but still walkable @ 206 S. Public Road.
Dine-In or Take Out Here: Sometimes you just want a great pizza. Don't miss Ghost Box - they offer Detroit Style and Wood Fired Pizza along with sandwiches and salads. They also earned the 2022 Diner's Choice Award for 2022! Walk on over: 103 S Public Road
Ghost Box Pizza
103 South Public RoadDine-In or Take Out Here: Sometimes you just want a great pizza. Don't miss Ghost Box - they offer Detroit Style and Wood Fired Pizza along with sandwiches and salads. They also earned the 2022 Diner's Choice Award for 2022! Walk on over: 103 S Public Road
Shopping scene
Shop Here: Curated goods to fill your home and wardrobe with unique and beautiful items. With a modern farmhouse vibe, you can find interesting furniture, practical statement pieces to accentuate your own personal style, and Annie Sloan chalk paint to fill in the gaps with all your DIY projects. And with a constantly rotating selection of staple piece clothes, we love bringing trendy, comfortable, and versatile items to fill your closet with clothes that you actually love. Feeling hungry? Walk through to their sister space (brew south) for a snack and drink.
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due south
802 S Public RdShop Here: Curated goods to fill your home and wardrobe with unique and beautiful items. With a modern farmhouse vibe, you can find interesting furniture, practical statement pieces to accentuate your own personal style, and Annie Sloan chalk paint to fill in the gaps with all your DIY projects. And with a constantly rotating selection of staple piece clothes, we love bringing trendy, comfortable, and versatile items to fill your closet with clothes that you actually love. Feeling hungry? Walk through to their sister space (brew south) for a snack and drink.
Shop Here: One of my favorite places to pick up a small gift or gorgeous handmade jewelry. They offer carefully curated and handmade treasures like soap, jewelry, greeting cards, candles and more. They have an adorable shop dog! THALKEN is a husband(William), wife(Hana), and Miniature Australian Shepard(Max) team that make all of the candles, most of the jewelry, a lot of the art, and the rest of the products they carry are made by a bunch of amazing and talented folks within Colorado and throughout the US.
Thalken
101 1/2 E Chester StShop Here: One of my favorite places to pick up a small gift or gorgeous handmade jewelry. They offer carefully curated and handmade treasures like soap, jewelry, greeting cards, candles and more. They have an adorable shop dog! THALKEN is a husband(William), wife(Hana), and Miniature Australian Shepard(Max) team that make all of the candles, most of the jewelry, a lot of the art, and the rest of the products they carry are made by a bunch of amazing and talented folks within Colorado and throughout the US.
Shop Here: The Vintrey shop is located in a beautiful 1900’s home in historic Old Town Lafayette. The store offers a unique and intentional shopping experience with an array of beautiful, high-quality goods that appeal to any style and budget.
They specialize in vintage, handmade, and fair-trade goods sourced from local and global artisans and believe that the things we use, wear, and choose to decorate our homes with can and should be crafted and curated responsibly.
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Vintrey Honest Goods (formerly TRI Vintage)
107 S Public RdShop Here: The Vintrey shop is located in a beautiful 1900’s home in historic Old Town Lafayette. The store offers a unique and intentional shopping experience with an array of beautiful, high-quality goods that appeal to any style and budget.
They specialize in vintage, handmade, and fair-trade goods sourced from local and global artisans and believe that the things we use, wear, and choose to decorate our homes with can and should be crafted and curated responsibly.
Pamper Yourself Here: Little Herbal Apothecary is a community herb shop in Old Town Lafayette offering a wide variety of organic bulk herbs, essential oils, aromatherapy, tinctures, herbal teas, smudges, crystals and gifts. They offer their very own line of botanically-inspired skincare products as well as pregnancy, birth and baby care items. Their products are handcrafted in small batches right here in Lafayette using only the finest quality, organic ingredients.
Join them on the first Friday of every month for Make & Take Night where you get to come in and make a completely customized skincare product to take home with you.
Little Herbal Apothecary
100 East Cleveland StreetPamper Yourself Here: Little Herbal Apothecary is a community herb shop in Old Town Lafayette offering a wide variety of organic bulk herbs, essential oils, aromatherapy, tinctures, herbal teas, smudges, crystals and gifts. They offer their very own line of botanically-inspired skincare products as well as pregnancy, birth and baby care items. Their products are handcrafted in small batches right here in Lafayette using only the finest quality, organic ingredients.
Join them on the first Friday of every month for Make & Take Night where you get to come in and make a completely customized skincare product to take home with you.
Museum scene
Go Here: Literally right down the block! This interactive children's museum is a gem in our community! Geared toward children under 12.
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WOW! Children's Museum
110 N Harrison AveGo Here: Literally right down the block! This interactive children's museum is a gem in our community! Geared toward children under 12.
Visit Here: Lafayette's rich mining history is preserved in the historic Lewis Home built around 1895. The museum contains a wealth of Lafayette history, from the early days of pioneer heritage, through the coal mining years and into the present. Open Wednesdays - Saturdays. Check their hours at their website: lafayettehistoricalsociety.org
Miner's Museum
108 E Simpson StVisit Here: Lafayette's rich mining history is preserved in the historic Lewis Home built around 1895. The museum contains a wealth of Lafayette history, from the early days of pioneer heritage, through the coal mining years and into the present. Open Wednesdays - Saturdays. Check their hours at their website: lafayettehistoricalsociety.org
Outdoor scene
Go Here: Waneka Lake Park is a recreational and wildlife refuge in a suburban setting featuring playground structures, shelter facilities, picnic tables, benches, fishing areas, and a 1.2 mile fitness trail for walking, biking or running within its 147 acres. The views are amazing!
Waneka Lake Boathouse provides paddleboat and canoe rentals in the summer months. Restrooms and drinking fountains available year-round. Dogs allowed on-leash.
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Parque del Lago Waneka
1600 Caria DrGo Here: Waneka Lake Park is a recreational and wildlife refuge in a suburban setting featuring playground structures, shelter facilities, picnic tables, benches, fishing areas, and a 1.2 mile fitness trail for walking, biking or running within its 147 acres. The views are amazing!
Waneka Lake Boathouse provides paddleboat and canoe rentals in the summer months. Restrooms and drinking fountains available year-round. Dogs allowed on-leash.
This is a fantastic water park just 5 minutes from the house.
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The Great Outdoors Waterpark
500 E South Boulder RdThis is a fantastic water park just 5 minutes from the house.
This is a local favorite with miles of running and bike riding in the open space near the house.
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Coal Creek Trail - Lafayette, CO
This is a local favorite with miles of running and bike riding in the open space near the house.