Illegal Pete's - Boulder

1447 Pearl St, Boulder - 80302
212 reviews
Mexican Burrito
(303) 440-3955

Great place to enjoy freshly made baja fish tacos and Mexican bowls! Sports bar atmosphere, great selection of beers and three sport screens to catch a game or watch espn highlights. I highly recommend their baja fish tacos on soft flour tortillas.

Awesome reward lunch after hiking the Royal arch! Loved the huge array of toppings and great seating options both inside and out. Would definitely return when in Boulder. Fun vibe!

Good food with lots of vegan options. Staff was super friendly.

We used Illegal Pete’s catered burrito bar for our Boulder High 2001 reunion and I can’t stop raving about it! Great communication, the same amazing food we all remembered from high school and we got to support a local Colorado company. If you are having an event - small or big- don’t worry about the cooking because Illegal Pete’s has you covered! Their corn salsa is my favorite! Highly recommend whether you get 1 taco or 200!

Went in on a Saturday evening and ordered the Baja fish bowl. The dish was made within 5 minutes. Unbeknownst to me, the fish was fried, which just doesn't agree with me stomach. I explained this to the cashier and the assistant Manager quickly intervened.In his good faith, he righted my wrong and stepped on the line to get me a chicken and rice bowl. The new dish was delicious and I'm thoroughly impressed by the customer service at this location. Highly recommended ?

Food was savory and fresh. It was very loud and difficult to hear tho, the staff didn't communicate well either, didn't speak up or seem to know how things ran very well. They may have been new. My college kids live eating hear and go a couple of times a month.

Great food. But the service at the pearl location sucks. It might take 30 minutes standing in line if there’s this one dude who plays 20 questions with every customer he gets

First time to Illegal Pete's while we were on vacation in the Denver area as we heard it was better than Chipotle. The food was good but at the time we went they were doing a lot of carryout orders and has to wait longer than we should have. The food was better than Chipotle and a lot more selection. I would recommend giving it a try.

This place is like a chipotle, but if chipotle was gourmet and 1000x better. I got a burrito with carnitas and other toppings and all the ingredients were so fresh and flavorful. They do this thing where they mix the burrito up so everything is equally distributed. I actually discovered this place because my AP chem teacher recommended it, and it was a very very good recommendation.

If you like Chipotle, this is even better. Same menu style, better/more ingredients. They also have a decent tap beer selection.