What’s New in Boulder: Summer 2026 Restaurant, Retail and Lifestyle Updates

Editor’s note: Business openings, hours, and development plans can change. The information below was verified as of July 23, 2026. Confirm current details directly with each business before making a special trip.

Boulder’s business landscape continues to evolve this summer. New restaurants are bringing Italian and French dining to South and North Boulder, a new café is expanding the city’s boba and coffee options, and national retailers are filling prominent spaces near Twenty Ninth Street and Arapahoe Avenue.

Not every update is an opening. South Boulder residents are also preparing for the September closure of the Sprouts Farmers Market at Williams Village, adding another significant change to the Baseline Road corridor.

Here is a closer look at what is new—and what is changing—around Boulder in summer 2026.

Morso Brings Italian-American Comfort Food to Table Mesa

South Boulder has a new dinner destination. Morso, an Italian-American “red sauce joint” from Blackbelly chef and owner Hosea Rosenberg, opened in late June in the former Under the Sun space at the Table Mesa Shopping Center.

Located at 627A South Broadway, Morso’s concept centers on approachable Italian-American food, including pizza, pasta and parm-style dishes, accompanied by beer and cocktails. Reservations are available through the restaurant’s website.

The opening is especially notable for Table Mesa because the neighborhood has fewer evening dining options than downtown Boulder or Pearl Street. Morso adds another reason for South Boulder residents to stay close to home for dinner rather than driving across town.

For prospective homebuyers, this is the kind of neighborhood amenity worth noticing. Convenient restaurants, cafés, grocery stores and services do not determine a home’s value by themselves, but they can make daily life more enjoyable and help distinguish one Boulder neighborhood from another.

Cinq à Sept Opens in North Boulder

North Boulder welcomed Cinq à Sept, a French bistro at 4580 Broadway, in July. The restaurant is connected to the hospitality group behind Corrida, Oak at Fourteenth, CBar, and CBurger.

The name refers to the French expression for the hours between work and dinner when friends gather for drinks and conversation. That idea is reflected in the restaurant’s schedule: Cinq à Sept opens daily at 4 p.m. and offers happy hour from 4 to 5 p.m.

As of July 23, its published hours are:

• Sunday through Thursday: 4–9 p.m.
• Friday and Saturday: 4–10 p.m.
• Daily happy hour: 4–5 p.m.

Hours should always be confirmed directly with the restaurant before visiting.

The opening adds another chef-driven restaurant to the Uptown Broadway area. For people living in North Boulder, it contributes to a growing mix of restaurants, neighborhood businesses, residences and community amenities along the Broadway corridor.

Cafe Meets Boba Adds a New Stop on Arapahoe Avenue

Cafe Meets Boba is now open at 3350 Arapahoe Avenue, in the former Cuji Foods location. The café serves boba drinks, coffee, smoothies, shaken espresso, affogato, and other specialty beverages.

The concept fills a useful niche between a traditional coffee shop and a dedicated bubble-tea business. That makes it a casual option for meeting a friend, picking up an afternoon drink, or finding something that appeals to both coffee and boba customers.

Its location also places it near a growing concentration of services and businesses along Arapahoe Avenue. Cafe Meets Boba is only a few doors away from the reported future location of Carlos Carreon Hair Studio, making this small commercial area one to watch.

Because the café is newly opened, customers should check its official social channels for current operating hours before making a special trip.

Design Within Reach Opens a Boulder Showroom

Home-design enthusiasts have a new place to explore. Design Within Reach opened a roughly 9,000-square-foot Boulder showroom at Twenty Ninth Street earlier this summer. It is located at 1900 29th Street.

The company says the showroom’s design was influenced by Boulder’s alpine environment. Interior elements include larch-wood millwork, rammed-earth partitions and locally inspired materials intended to make the space feel more residential than a conventional furniture store.

The showroom carries modern furniture, lighting, and accessories and offers complimentary design services for customers furnishing anything from one area to an entire home.

For Boulder homeowners, the opening provides another local resource for interior-design projects. It also broadens the shopping mix at Twenty Ninth Street, which continues to serve as one of the city’s primary retail districts outside downtown.

A New DSW Location Is Listed on Arapahoe Avenue

A new DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse location is listed at 2440 Arapahoe Avenue, Unit 230, in the Arapahoe Village shopping center.

There is currently conflicting public information about its operating status. Axios Boulder reported on July 22 that the location had opened the previous week. However, DSW’s official location page still identified it as a coming-soon store and displayed the location as closed when checked on July 23.

Because of that discrepancy, shoppers should call the store or check DSW’s official store locator before visiting. The official listing provides the Boulder address and a local phone number, but published hours may not yet be reliable.

Once fully operational, the store will add a national footwear retailer to a centrally located shopping area that already provides groceries, restaurants and everyday services.

Carlos Carreon Hair Studio Plans a Second Boulder Location

Carlos Carreon Hair Studio is planning a second location at 3340 Arapahoe Avenue, according to signage at the property reported by Axios Boulder on July 22.

An opening date had not been publicly confirmed as of July 23, so this location should be described as planned or forthcoming rather than open.

The expansion is another sign of activity in the commercial strip around 33rd Street and Arapahoe Avenue. With Cafe Meets Boba now operating next door at 3350 Arapahoe, the area is gaining new personal-service and food-and-beverage businesses at approximately the same time.

Readers interested in booking appointments should continue using the studio’s established booking channels until the company officially announces that the new location is accepting clients.

Sprouts at Williams Village Will Close September 4

One of the summer’s most significant business updates is a closure rather than an opening.

Sprouts Farmers Market has confirmed that its store at 2950 Baseline Road will permanently close on September 4, 2026. The Williams Village location opened in 2009 and is expected to continue operating during its regular hours until the closing date.

Sprouts had previously been expected to return after the Williams Village II property was redeveloped. The company has now ended those plans. The redevelopment is expected to add more than 400 housing units, with commercial space planned on the lower levels, but future tenants have not yet been announced.

Boulder will still have another Sprouts location at 2525 Arapahoe Avenue. Sprouts’ official store listings currently show both the Baseline Road and Arapahoe Avenue addresses.

For residents near Williams Village, Martin Acres, and the University of Colorado’s southeast campus area, the closure will change established grocery-shopping routines. It will also create an important question for the redevelopment: what kind of ground-floor business will eventually replace a neighborhood grocery store?

What These Changes Say About Boulder in 2026

Taken together, these updates show that Boulder’s commercial activity is not concentrated in only one part of town.

South Boulder is gaining a new neighborhood restaurant. North Boulder is adding a French bistro. Arapahoe Avenue is welcoming a café, a footwear retailer and a planned salon expansion. Twenty-Ninth Street has gained a major modern-furniture showroom. At the same time, the planned Sprouts closure demonstrates how redevelopment can temporarily—or permanently—change access to familiar neighborhood businesses.

For current residents, these changes provide new places to eat, shop and gather. For people considering a move to Boulder, they also illustrate why it is important to look beyond a home’s floor plan and lot size.

The surrounding neighborhood matters. Restaurant access, grocery options, shopping, transportation, and future development can all influence how a location feels from day to day.