Tag: Coffee Shop
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Zero-waste coffee shop in Colorado Springs doubles as community art hub
Sunlight filters through hanging stained glass, casting colored patterns across thrifted furniture and walls crowded with locally made art and small trinkets. Behind the counter, mason jars line the shelves as herbs soak in house-made blends crafted alongside nature-inspired coffee. In a downtown storefront along North Nevada Avenue, Misty Mountain Collective replaces disposable cups with…
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Colorado’s most curious coffee shop is inside historic train cars
NEDERLAND • The wood floor in the train car had to be replaced. Business had to close one recent week. “We don’t like closing for a week, but we would rather do that and maintain the integrity of a place like this,” said Jesse Fox, owner of perhaps Colorado’s most unique coffee shop. It was…
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Local artists say it’s a ‘miracle’ flames from recent downtown fire did not spread to their upstairs studios
After a fire broke out at a popular downtown Colorado Springs burger joint last weekend, local artists are calling it a “miracle” the flames did not spread to their upstairs studios. Around 6 a.m. Oct. 5, firefighters responded to a blaze at the Saks Building downtown housing multiple businesses. A fire was found and extinguished inside…
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Pikes Pick: Locally-owned Rosco’s Coffee offers homemade sweet treats, coffee specials
Rosco’s Coffee is a sweet, little shop near downtown. Inside there’s lots of space to linger over a marshmallow cocoa latte and locally made vegan doughnut or slice of cherry pie. They almost always have a daily drink special, and there’s often local art on the walls. Check them out from 6 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays,…
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LIFE | Sleepy Turtle Coffee Co.
A Colorado Springs woman is in the process of transforming a vintage VW bus into traveling coffee shop. (Video by Katie Klann)