oak at fourteenth

we generally only get tooakfor special occasions, work dinners, or (our favorite) the late night menu! on thursday, friday and saturday they have a different late night menu starting at 10 pm through midnight that is full of great deals and food. the menu changes often, but usually includes tater tots, double cheese burger, kale salad, wings and more. my husband and i like to go for the burger and salad, usually with another side of tots, and we split a bottle of red wine, which is only $20 as it is bartenders choice! 
if you're sitting at the bar at around 10:30 pm, you'll also get a free, homemade pretzel! i've never eaten one (since i'm gluten-free), but many people come in just for the pretzel!
their lunch and dinner menu also changes daily, as it is seasonally based and dependent on local farmers. i've never had a bad meal here, and love anything they make with pork belly.

with the exception of a very good crispy pork belly dish, food was a major disappointment. we have triedoakthree times now, since they keep making it onto the 5280 best restaurants list, but enough is enough. the food was just not that great. elegantly plated, but flavors were lacking, again with the exception of the pork belly which i highly recommend. the main issue for us is service and ambiance. our waitress was ok but overall service is random, pretentious and off putting with floor managers determining who is worthy and who is not. we are done with oak.

good food but for a place calledoakkind of fussy...

you know it fussy when they require 6 yo boys to wear bow ties

oak at fourteenth is without a doubt one of the best places in boulder. i've been there a number of times for midday snacks and cocktails, but just went last night with out of town guests who were, like me, in the mood to try a number of shared and small plates. we had fried pickles, braised meatballs with burrata, roasted cauliflower, rock shrimp, roasted brussel sprouts, shaved apple and parmesan salad,the pear and treviso salad, and some wine. not only was every bite of food fantastic, the service was impeccable. the staff atoakpay attention to every detail of your dining experience and make it worth coming back again and again.
also, as a predominantly vegetarian diner, i enjoy the vegetable options on the menu (which changes weekly).oakis a restaurant with a menu just big enough to have something for everyone, and everything is worth trying.

hot new boulder restaurant has good genes but still some kinks to be ironed out. a few mondays ago, my husband and i headed to the then-quite-newoakat fourteenth (oroakat fourteenth, as they write it),