Blake Spalding

Blake Spalding opened Hell’s Backbone Grill & Farm in Boulder with Jen Castle. The restaurant is at 20 North Hwy 12. They serve organic, locally produced, Four Corners cuisine — Western Range and Southwestern flavors — and grow much of the produce on a six-acre no-harm organic farm.

Dinner is reservation-based. The kitchen uses farm eggs and vegetables, fruit from Boulder’s heirloom orchards (including Annie’s Orchard), meat from local ranchers, and their own breads, jams, preserves, pickles, and hot sauce. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free plates are on the menu; they do not run a certified gluten-free kitchen. There is a take-out menu and a wine list.

Little Bone, their food truck on the lodge grounds, serves breakfast, lunch, coffee, and espresso, plus dinner on Tuesdays and Wednesdays when the grill is closed.

In January 2025, Blake, Jen, and a group of Hellions bought Boulder Mountain Lodge after 25 years as renters. The lodge has 22 rooms, a gift shop featuring local artists, and is open year-round. Their shop ships cookbooks — With a Measure of Grace and This Immeasurable Place — plus jams, pickles, sauces, and baking mixes.