Tag: dining reviews
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Raise a mug to Phantom Canyon
Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. is such a stalwart of the downtown dining and carousing scene that it is hard to imagine a time before it was here.It’s hard to imagine a time when its stately address, the Cheyenne Building, with its heavy oak doors, gorgeous local stone and high, tin ceilings, was slated for demolition…
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Chicken-fried steak at Mason Jar is real deal
Try the chicken-fried steak. That is what everybody says whenever The Mason Jar comes up in conversation, and sometimes even when it doesn’t. A woman leaned over to me at a busy downtown restaurant last week when she saw a plate of chicken-fried steak slathered in country gravy in front of me and said, in…
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DELETE: White collars welcome at downtown Slayton’s
If there can be such a thing as white-collar barbecue, the new Slayton’s Tejon Street Barbecue is the place. Instead of big rolls of paper towels on the table for mopping up sauce splatters, Slayton’s has cloth serviettes. Instead of pictures of customers’ dogs, or no pictures at all on the wall (the decorating schemes…
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DELETE: Find Greek delights at Jake and Telly’s
One glance at Jake and Telly’s menu tells you that Jake and Telly Topakas, the Greek-American brothers who own this Old Colorado City institution, aren’t out to do just another gyro joint. Oven roasted lamb shank with a tangy roasted tomato glaze sits next to bone-in pork loin marinated in lemon and oregano. Of course,…
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Smashburger adding second Springs location
Smashburger is adding a second store in the Springs on Oct. 28. The new store is located at the intersection of North Nevada Avenue and Eagle Rock Road. The first Colorado Springs Smashburger is located at 3707 Bloomington Street in Colorado Springs (on the corner of North Powers Boulevard and North Carefree Circle). Here’s…
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Nawlins in Falcon serves a mean jambalaya
It’s hard to find good things that came out of Hurricane Katrina.But if you live in Falcon, Nawlins Bar B Q & Cajun Cuisine is one of them. The storm drove Louisiana native and New Orleans cook Martin Allred out of the Big Easy to this high-plains crossroads, where his restaurant Nawlins turns out very…