Southern Sun Pub & Brewery - Brewpub in Boulder - 627 S Broadway ste e, USA

By far my favorite place we ate at during our visit in Boulder! The staff were all super laid back, kind, and quick to service. I had one of the best burritos I’ve had in recent memory, a margarita that was incredibly refreshing, and all while having a fabulous view of the mountains. Highly recommend sitting on the patio if the weather is nice. Only unideal callout is it is cash only but they do have access to an ATM if you don’t have any with you.

These are MN state fair fries. If you know, you know. They are amazing, I probably ate 4 potatoes worth. Cash only so be ready to have one person pay and settle up amongst your table to make it easy on the servers!

I had, over the course of the last year, seen the lively crowds that patronized the Southern Sun. I know that if the establishment is as popular as it is, there must be something worth checking out. And now I can see why the place is so popular. I had a bit of time before I had to go to work, so I stopped in for dinner. I had the Garlic Flat Bread and the steak burger Both were delicious. The flat bread was covered with cheese, the marinara dipping sauce was a perfect compliment to the cheesy goodness of the flat bread, and the burger was simply delicious. The fries were plentiful, and by the time I finished, I was in quite a good mood because delicious food will often do that. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was relaxed, and family friendly. And as an aside, this would be an ideal first date place to enjoy the pleasure of another's company. So if you are looking to satiate your hunger pangs with a generous helping of good food with great service, then the Southern Sun Pub in the Table Mesa shopping center off Broadway and Table Mesa in Boulder is a place I highly recommend. Bravo Zulu guys.

Tempeh Ruben is amazing. Fantastic beer selection. Great for families with children

Really disappointing. I used to love going to Mountain Sun on Pearl Street like 20 years ago. It was local and food was great. This place now seems like a money grab and the food was not good at all. Fries smelled of old oil, kids didn't even eat them. What used to be a handmade veggie burger is now a Morningstar brand burger and is like $16 served with chips, only cash accepted, plus tax, plus mandatory 20% tip. Yeah, we didn't like paying $250 for 4 adults and 4 kids, two beers, to get burgers and wings. Plus I had to go to the bar to ask if someone could come and clear our plates.

Stopped in here for lunch and it was packed. Had a couple of excellent house beers, chips and salsa with guac, and some burgers with fries. The chips, salsa, and guac were all very good (7.5/10), the burgers were excellent (8/10), and the fries were also very good (8/10). For the price, this is one of the better places in Boulder. We will be back soon!

I'm so mixed on Southern Sun. The food is OUTSTANDING. The servers are lovely people, the beers are solid, diverse and reliable. But the management decisions on how to run the place - everything in cash, everything added up and written down by hand - are so bad that every single visit, when I leave I feel SO ANNOYED, even after good beers and great food. I cannot understand (and I've thought about it a lot - there's plenty of time to think while you wait) how the time spent doing everything by hand, re-tallying bills that are incorrect (I've seen my share), giving the same cash-only speech to customers that you've seen 100 times, manually writing orders that are usually made right but sometimes wrong, all of that meaningless work adds up to less than 2.5% for the owners in opportunity cost. It takes forever to get a total and head out the door. It takes forever to get change, to order, to go to the ATM if it's not busted, forever to do everything - because everything is required to be done the slowest way possible, by people who are working their butts off against the crazy machine. The whole process is insane. And from a business perspective, all that lost time is lost people enjoying food and beers. It's lost customers who say, "I'd love to go to Southern Sun and grab a burger, but I don't have two full hours." It's lost satisfaction because they've decided to make the main thing being cash-only, not their food, drink and service. It's like they don't want to run their business well, or the whole thing is a front for some other endeavor. It is 2024. Not 1974. 2024. In the past 50 years, we've developed new and wonderful ways to make lists and do addition besides the pen and paper. I would bet huge money that Southern Sun would have happier customers, lower overhead, and a more thriving business if they'd just accept credit cards. Maybe even delve all the way into wireless ordering like Osaka's or Avery. There are good, simple tools that make your customers and your employee's lives better, and won't break your hippy souls. I promise. Please, Southern Sun. Please consider using them.

The Southern Sun is located at the corner of Broadway and Table Mesa. The brewery offers a wide variety of tasty beers to suit every palate. The food options are great too, with delicious burgers, salads, sandwiches, and soups, including vegetarian dishes. It's a popular spot, especially on Friday evenings so be prepared to wait to get a table. The only downside is that it can get quite loud, so it is not the best choice for a quiet, intimate dinner. Overall, it's a fantastic place for good beer and food with a vibrant atmosphere.