If walls could talk: The Sink, Boulder’s oldest restaurant, turns 100

“Everyone has a story to tell about The Sink,” said Boulder filmmaker Bruce Borowsky in an interview with the Daily Camera.

If only those graffiti-tagged walls could talk.

The front of the house at the iconic corner spot on University Hill is adorned with big-name autographs, vibrantly loud cartoon art and low ceilings that make for a unique experience.

There’s no place quite like Boulder’s oldest restaurant that opened up shop on University Hill in 1923. This year it’s celebrating 100 years of service in Boulder. The Boulder community, past and present, has been the glue that has held those colorful walls together (along with its ceiling mural “Sinkstine Chapel,” created by late local muralist Llloyd Kavich).

For Sophie Angleton, who was on a college tour checking out the University of Colorado Boulder with her parents, she first thought The Sink was a community bathroom.

“I overheard someone on campus talking about ‘going to The Sink later,’” Ang...