good pizza, great tap selection and prompt courteous service. This would be my go to dive bar if I lived here.

Connecticut is supposed to be the pizza capital of the country but coming from Connecticut--This pizza was way better than anything I could get on the East Coast. The mountain style pizza crust was phenomenal and we ordered two very unique, flavored pizzas and both were out of this world. The service was great and so many employees were attentive, and incredibly friendly. We also got the jalapeño poppers and chicken tenders. The poppers were pretty run of the mill, and the chicken tenders were good too- but we ordered Cajun buffalo on the side- amazing. It was super flavorful without being overrun by vinegar. read more

Solid four star establishment. I'm starting to save my five stars for the truly exemplary now or else with my old system it would be a 4.5 or 5. The bartender/greeting/server guy who always works there is very nice and brings the place to life. He's friendly and quick to get your order and make small talk. This is a great option for an after hike brews or getting pizza after touring Ned. They serve single slices and it's pretty reasonable at about $5-7. Fun specialty pizzas too and very tasty. A bit expensive for the higher end ones but they are fairly large slices too. I like the Greek inspired ones most. Beers are tasty and they have a good selection, lots of fun decor, and a nice location with lots of parking. You can walk to the Merry Go Round too. I do wish it was a bit larger inside but they work with what they have. Thanks and I'll be back! read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Lots of decor - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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Backcountry Pizza has been one of my default spots in Boulder for years, one of those places that's always good if pizza and great beer are in play. This was my first trip with kids in tow. Two dads, three boys. What could go wrong? After our server stopped by, we settled in with soft drinks and IPAs (age-depending), then ordered a couple pies. The kids went for the video games and pool table. There are plenty of TVs w sports if that's your thing. We watched Ohio State finish off Texas until our pizzas came out. Not long. Pizza at Backcountry has been consistently solid for decades. Today was no exception. It's not fancy, but is done well. The pepperoni earns a special badge for being better reheated at home than hot on the table. Remarkably so. I'll take one home next time. Frankly, the tap list is the star here from our POV, a factor that can put Backcountry over the top in choosing a spot. I had my first Blind Pig here in 2010. It's still featured on a well-curated list (along with Pliny the Elder) with various styles of legit microbrew all-stars--enough to never order mids. Maybe someday, I'll try one of the sandwiches or other items. They look good, too. That just means I'll have to go back. read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pliny and pepperoni - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Amazing pizza and beer. Very poor service. The management had 1 waitress and 1 food runner for a dining room with 19 tables on a Friday night. So of course the poor woman could not keep up. Had to ask for water, didn't get a second beer we ordered, pizza took over 30 minutes to come out. If you have lots of time it is worth the food but management needs to invest a little more in the customer service. read more

My family went out for what we hoped was Beau-Jo's like pizza (looked like similar style from the pics we saw). Sat in the main room--which was really noisy while less than half full (my parents had a hard time hearing our conversation). The service was somewhat slow. The table was broken (the side extenders were not staying hidden--they were dropping into my lap)--and the fix was to employ the extenders, thus creating extra space between me and my family (not helpful for a party of 4). But we didn't care--we just wanted good pizza. When it finally arrived, it was meh. Not bad, but definitely not what we were hoping for. Not close to Beau Jo's. The crust just didn't taste fresh--it wasn't tasty or soft. I'm still looking for a good Boulder pizza place... read more

Best tap house in Boulder and one of the best in Colorado, food is also great but come for the beer.

Food: hands down the BEST garlic knots I've ever had. Ever. Well worth the 15 min wait. Salads are excellent and pizzas are solid with customizable options up the wazoo. (They don't even care if you do a half and half on a small pie! They encourage you, in fact.) Beverages: amazingly robust selection of beers (they have a beer cellar for large format beers, even). Coca-Cola products!! Woohoo! Service: as alluded to above, they are all super accommodating and kind. Bartenders, servers, expediters, hosts-- all are just really nice and good at their jobs. Ambiance: laid back and woodsy with pool tables and some clutch arcade games. We love the bar where we can watch the games, too. Bonus: SUPER reasonably priced and good music selection. read more

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Good pizza good atmosphere a very nice crowd and some crazy pizza selections as far as items go. Way to go backcountry!

We happened upon this place because we had some time to kill before a football game and it was close enough to walk. I found this place to be way better than the reviews! It was packed and I was able to grab the last table. Our server was efficient and friendly and checked on us multiple times. It wasn't trendy but a great laid back place to hang out and have a beer- which they had a lot to offer on tap. We ordered a pizza and I found it to be really yummy. The base was thick enough to hold all the ingredients but not too thick. The sauce had a nice flavor that married all the toppings together well. The crust was sort of braided and tasted so light and airy. I was impressed overall. read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Build Your Own Pizza 12" Small - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Ordered a pizza to go at lunch time. They quoted me a time on the phone and the pizza was ready for pick up at exactly that time. That's big. The pizza itself was fine but nothing special. It looked excellent but flavor was only average. I am a pretty harsh critic of pizza and always looking for a great one. This doesn't sniff great but if you are just a pizza fan this will do the trick. I won't likely return here for pizza but the interior seemed like a fun place to hang out. read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pizza - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Our pizza was huge and delicious-the beer selection was more than adequate-service was very good. I will definitely return! read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

This place is trash. It stinks inside it's got a ton of fruit flies and the bartenders are rude. I stepped up to the bar. Just asked to get grab a beer in the bar area and the guy told me no I had to get a table. Don't ever go to this place. read more

Great place for pizza, beer & a game! There's a food runner named Chloe that is very professional and super helpful with a smile. All the staff was great but this young girl really stood out. read more

I've been here a handful of times usually after a long day of skiing for a hot slice of pizza. We love that Backcountry offers by the slice as well as full pies and other tasty appetizers. I love love love this crust. It's sweet and always cooked just how I like it, not too thick or doughy and not the charred crust some shops seem to go for. I got a single slice of pepperoni and sausage which hit the spot after a big day on the mountain. Now for the big news!! We stopped in yesterday afternoon and boy were we in for a treat. Backcountry was having Pliny the Younger day! I had never seen this beer in CO and have been following Russian River brewing after first hearing of the elusive Pliny the Younger triple IPA several years back. Knocked my socks off and i'm not usually a huge IPA gal. The bartender let us know that it was a super limited guest tap so hurry in for a taste! Great pizza, great beers on tap and awesome service! :) read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pliny the Younger!!!!! EEK! - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Still one of the best craft beer selections you'll find. Had two great beers there. The pizza was also good. Local hangout. The outside could use a facelift, but once you get inside the staff will make you feel right at home. read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

You won't be disappointed with this place. Great vibe and amazing beers Best pizza ever! The end read more

We order take out pizza from this place so not sure about the vibe within the restaurant. But they have great pizzas and many different flavors to choose from. We loved that they actually put enough toppings on the pizza and not just make it like a cheese bread, so that you can actually taste the flavors of the food. Would definitely come here for my pizza cravings. read more

Best pie in Boulder, so far! Great crust and toppings. Happy to have stumbled upon this place. Seems pretty cool inside. read more

Pizza was delicious! We had a half pepperoni and Mt Hawaiian large pizza. We ordered ahead to get it to go, and the pizza was ready as soon as we got in, which was about 15 minutes. The pizza smelled so good we could not wait until we got home, so we had a couple of slices on the way back. Definitely plan on going back for a dine in experience. read more

Reviews are subjective, aren't they? Relative even. Do we add stars for an experience, an ambience, quality of the food and drink? If one of these is out of whack with our expectations, do the stars go down? Should they? If you want great food (FRESH, enormous Greek salad), beer (no flights - I get the dish-washing issue with all those tiny glasses), and a bartender who, despite being very busy, actually looks at you and discusses the merits of said salad and perfectly checks in at intervals to see how things are going ... if you want that, woohoo!! Don't come to Backcountry, at least not at the bar, without expecting to be part of the crew and privy to some staff hilarity, some under-the-breath complaining or snarky comments about their colleagues. This is not the first nor second example of this I've had in Boulder. College town? Fun over professionalism? Buddies at the bar? Go with expectations of some good grub and brew and get ready for being welcomed into the tribe. They'll share it all! read more

Best pizza & beer in Boulder. There. I said it. There are other good pizza places, but there are no better beer places. read more

My father and I were in boulder when we stumbled upon Backcountry Pizza & Tap House. We were hesitant at first due to the exterior appearance. We arrived right at opening and we were greeted by a host of pinball games and a pool table. We ended up ordering a pepperoni pizza and a meat pizza. Onto the food! The pizza was extremely well made. Fresh ingredients, crunchy and an amazing crust created a deadly combo of taste. The slices were large and pretty cheap considering their size. I was in the mood to try the wings, but I decided to wait for my second go around to give them a try. This will be soon, as I plan on coming back! Overall, Backcountry Pizza was an amazing find and definitely higher than a three and half star. At least this is true to me! Worth the visit! read more

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"Don't judge the book by its cover" My family and I walked out of here highly impressed with the pizza we all ate! Crust is amazing! Excellent spices they have on the table are amazing! Only need just a dash. we had some sweet potatoes fries with some sauces to go with it. They were superb. I'd recommend getting a couple smalls or of you have a big party/family get a medium. The pizzas are huge! You can get a large for $2 more and two slices more than medium, but plan on taking some home as large pizzas might as well be called extra large. We'll definitely be back. read more

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Met some friends here for lunch and it was excellent. TJ the bartender and the rest of the staff were friendly and attentive. The portions were huge and well priced. We enjoyed our meal, and I would definitely go back. read more

Delicious Food! Don't judge a building for the food. Our server was friendly and attentive. Starting with salads and the dressing was high quality which is a sign the rest of the food will be as well. Garlic knots were jumbo size and fresh. The pizza was so good! I said if we lived in Boulder this would be our weekly pizza place. Plenty of local beers on tap. It was a Wednesday night and they had trivia. Wish I could remember our servers name. She was blonde and really good to us. Highly recommend! read more

Well, the food is mediocre. Service is substandard. And the server had some sort of temper tantrum and called my wife a f-ing b$&#h. Needless to say we will never be going back. Plenty of much better pizza tap houses. read more

Prefacing by saying we stumbled on this place because they were selling parking spots for a Dead & Company show, which was $25 and came with a free $10 gift card to the restaurant. Tailgated in the parking lot for an hour and went it to grab food to make use of our gift card. Ordered spinach & artichoke dip & a cheese pizza. Spinach & artichoke dip tasted great. Good assortment of bread & veggies but wish it came with more bread (or chips). Cheese pizza was delicious, perfect crisp to it and was amazing. Wish we had more time to eat more appetizers or try some drinks! Service was a tad slow but I think that was more of the result of everything going on with the dead shows this weekend. All the waiters were hustling you just had to grab their attention. Prices were amazing, super reasonable. And the $10 gift card was the icing on top. Overall a great experience. Thank you backcountry! read more

Absolutely delicious food and beer!!! Friendly bar and wait staff as well, which is always a plus. My favorites by far are: 1.) Bruschetta - fresh mozz, balsamic glaze lovingly drizzled on the bright and crisp veggies (recently discontinued BOO!), 2.) Arrogant Bastard Ale Cheddar & Onion Soup (I get this every time, regardless as to if I've already eaten prior to my visit), and 3.) The Psychopath - NY Strip steak bomb with all the fixins ooowee!. If I can make it in for lunch or Happy Hour I always get a half sandwich (Psychopath of course!), a side and soda. Fantastic deal! read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Everything was so good! First, this is during COVID and they were super safe and careful. Masks required, one person in the restroom at a time, floor marked for social distancing, QR code for menus. Our server...can't remember his name but he was from Findlay, Ohio...was awesome. Great suggestions, knowledgeable about the pizza and also the beer list, and funny. We ordered a large supreme pizza. It came out quickly and was gorgeous. Perfect amount of toppings, great crust, yummy cheese. Loved it! A couple of us ordered small caesar salads and they were also really good and very big (even for the small). Plus they had anchovies...you can keep them off if you don't like them, but I do and I was happy to get some. It seems like a lot of places don't have them anymore even on a caesar. The beer selection was really varied with lots of styles and breweries. The menu was separated by type and that is helpful. The bartenders were helpful in picking out a beer as well. Great place to stop for za and a brew. read more

This was the first time I ordered from Backcountry. The hostess was basically nowhere to be seen, multiple people waited for more than 15-20 minutes because of their incompetence. My order took over 30 minutes for them to complete... not impressed read more

We were skeptical walking in because the restaurant side was completely empty during the day (more a bar than restaurant), but the food was delicious and the staff were friendly and attentive. read more

Great pizza, sometimes crust is a little thick.. but still decent prices for what you get. Staff have been welcoming.

Great spot for a post-hike lunch. Beer lovers will absolutely lose their minds over the selection, pages upon pages of beer. The two guys I had lunch with we're thrilled to be able to add more unqiue beers to their Untapped list. Get them in half sizes and sip til your heart is content. The pizza isn't the best gourmet but it'll do the trick, it's pizza so it's going to be good no matter what so long as there's cheese on it. The small size is a good portion for one person, I had to get a box. They seem to have good specials for students as well! read more

They make my all time favorite pizza so I am a bit biased but I love backcountry for family gatherings, pizza, and new beer releases. They always have an outstanding collection of beers and the buffalo chicken pizza is absolutely delicious. They are doing curbside pickup during COVID and it is just as good as take out and left overs. Can't wait to stop by this week!! read more

This place ROCKED for a Covid safe spot. Our server was incredibly kind and chatted with us a ton from a distance. SUPER SUPER yummy pizza that will leave you with a mountain of leftovers or feed a hungry family WELL. We loved using QR code's to view the food and the beer menu! Pandemic or no... keep that practice! Will. Be. Back. read more

Backcountry Pizza & Tap House - Large pizza today! ALL pepperoni and sausage. Half had mushrooms and spinach. BANANAS sized portions. Great price. Happy kids AND parents! - Pizza Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

If in Boulder Colorado it's never a bad idea to eat at this pizza place and while you're there you might as well have a beer or five! I sat here at the bar and had a fun time! This place used to be a sea food restaurant called Dolans. I liked this bartender a lot better than Snake the old bartender!! read more

Note that Backcountry participates in Yelp cash back. They also participate in the Passport program, which shows that they are actively doing things to engage & attract customers--big thumbs up for that. I think it's important to point out that if you're looking for easy & casual dining with a large group, or looking for a place to eat with your family, this is not a bad spot to do it. The food is underwhelming, but not bad. It's a pizza place. It's a sports bar. It does an adequate job of being both of those things. I always judge the quality/creativity of a restaurant by its veggie sandwich. This was a situation in which the sandwich sounded so delicious on the menu--all of the components are things I love. However when all put together...it just doesn't work. The flavor is just not there. Half of this is my fault...really should've just stuck with what sports bars do best (beer. Pizza. Fried foods.) Reading through the previously posted reviews, I saw a lot of comments about the wait staff. Our waitress was nice. Not overly friendly, but nice. We were there around 5pm and it wasn't too busy so there was no wait. The only less than positive things I'll say is that they served the jalapeño poppers in a basket and didn't provide a side plate, and the busser was like a hawk (swooping in immediately and semi-aggressively as soon as we finished). Little scary. When you have SO many good restaurants at your disposal, it's hard to put backcountry up there, but I have to give them 4 stars when you're calling a spade (sports bar) a spade (sports bar). read more

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The pizza here is good, but the real reason to come is for the friendly neighborhood ambiance, which is something Boulder, for the most part, doesn't possess. Backcountry is like a fun local hangout in your neighborhood. They have ample beer on tap, which is always appreciated. The staff is friendly and unassuming as is the clientele. I love this place and if you like hangouts, so will you! read more

Loved this cute little place with a huge patio, easy parking, and great service! I probably would not have stopped in were it not for learning through Instagram that they carry Peaceful Rebel vegan cheese...but I'm so glad I did. The pizza was fantastic and I love the "create your own option". read more