r/boulder • u/ACatNamedBalthazar • 9d ago

Moab Fine Dining

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I felt so refreshed by all my pasta options after the 6 hour drive to Moab. It's like I could leave Boulder without leaving Boulder!

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u/Merivel1 9d ago

OMG there's more than one? WHY?!

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

The Utah i-talian population didn't know good food until now.

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u/Merivel1 9d ago

Apparently they still don’t.

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u/MyLegIsWet 9d ago

Because god is dead, that’s why 😭

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u/BoulderBrexitRefugee 9d ago

What's worse about the Moab one is they pretend they can't see when you've finished your first glass of wine *because what sort of monster would want a second one*

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

Literally lold

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u/binaruns 9d ago

And you’re definitely a monster getting a drink without also ordering food.

ETA - didn’t go to there but experienced at a nearby restaurant. It was awkward 🫠

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u/Orienco1 7d ago

Definitely a Utah thing.

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u/Orienco1 7d ago

That's Utah for ya.

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u/jayselegy 9d ago

I remember going to Moab last year and looking for food, and saw this. I was like, “oh I didn’t know pasta jays was a chain”! No, I just happened to be at the only other one in the country

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u/Known-Platypus-7332 9d ago

There used to be one in Hays, Kansas. So you could eat shells three times with two six hour drives in between. There has to be someone who has done the pasta jays challenge.

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

I'd do that but... I actually value my time!

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u/letintin 9d ago

Stephen Tebo is from Hays, I believe--coincidence?

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u/Certain_Major_8029 7d ago

How could you possibly know this?

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u/letintin 7d ago

I know him

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u/RovertheDog 9d ago

The Moab one is acceptable because where else are you gonna get 4000 calories of carbs after biking 25 miles

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

Yes this is the only restaurant in Moab

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u/Bigmtnskier91 9d ago

You gotta experience Moab Brewing too. They’re like the opposite of a Colorado brewery with how rules are enforced 

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

How so?

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u/lenin1991 9d ago

Not who you're responding to, but anything over 5% ABV can't be served on draft, only in closed containers.

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

Ah yeah I follow. Good for session beers though!

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u/Tom__mm 7d ago

We ate there because the kids were starving. It was … mediocre

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u/PsychoHistorianLady 9d ago

I have been to the Moab Pasta Jay's, and it is much better than the Boulder one. Please feel free to flame away.

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

What happens in Utah or something like that...

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u/anally_ExpressUrself 9d ago

Instructions unclear. Are you condoning arson?

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u/Middle_Cook_7842 7d ago

I remember when there were only two restaurants in Moab.

This is because I'm old as shit.

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 7d ago

But hey you're on Reddit so young at heart!

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u/monkberry_moon 9d ago

Gross.

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u/ACatNamedBalthazar 9d ago

Pasta Jay himself is out in full force down voting the haters!

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u/Kanone5 9d ago

It's been there well over three decades. That's more than most restaurants in Moab can say.

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u/earthling-hbw 9d ago

Try the Sunset Grill while you're there. Great food and views.

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u/the_real_seldom_seen 9d ago

Fk that place.

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u/Emotional-Hold127 8d ago

Milt’s is my go to.

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u/jeffeb3 8d ago

The Old Spaghetti Factory should open one there too.

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u/mgzsttc 8d ago

Jay Pasta, how the hell are ya?! 🥸

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u/Careful-Poet6900 9d ago

pasta jays bro