Been in and around Boulder 25 years (since college), eaten at The Sink (an institution) a dozen times. First time there in ~10 yrs—greatly disappointing. Rainy Saturday in June, 1:30 PM, expectedly busy but not packed, reasonable 15 min for table.

So expensive! Yeah, inflation, pandemic, down economy, Boulder thinks it's LA now, blah, blah, blah, but c'mon...who in college can afford $20 burgers and $8 beers for lunch?? Even sodas are $4.

Kids menu I was glad for my daughter's comparatively reasonable $7 kids pizza. She was intrigued and impressed by the low ceilings and artwork. She gave the whole experience two thumbs up.

Pizza: borderline inedible Food was the biggest disappointment. Not wanting to splurge $40 on two burgers, we got a medium POTUS pizza. Right amount of food, nowhere near right amount cooked. Edge crust was chewy/delicious/fantastic, toppings were tasty, but the crust under the sauce was soggy, cold and doughy. Some parts were so raw I was able to peel out the dough and stretch it farther than the cheese on top!

Service Waiter was jovial and pleasant enough, but scarce, then uncreative about finding a solution to the pizza problem. Waited forever for him to come back so we could show him, choking down most of it down in the meantime. He was non-committal at first and left, then returned several minutes later asking if we wanted it remade. Of course we did, but our schedule wouldn't allow it, so we declined and reiterated our displeasure. Am I wrong for thinking they'd spot us ten bucks for serving raw dough? Not even one cent off.

There are a lot of cool things about The Sink, but given that the take-out prices are the same as dine-in, you're paying for the food, and when that food is expensive yet poorly prepared, you're not earning a good review.