Tag: food
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Follow creamy butter trail to White Lotus Café and Bakery
Jasmine Andrew, owner of White Lotus Café and Bakery in Colorado Springs, is stepping up her bakery game. Since opening her Thai-fusion café in November, she’s expanded beyond a handful of Asian-inspired sweets to include cakes, croissants and Japanese-style Shio pan butter rolls. Those rolls are already a hit: pillowy dough wrapped around a cube…
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Sushi time: Voters say these are the best spots in Colorado Springs
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene — as determined by voters in the 2026 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Sushi. Gold: Dozo Sushi and Bar “Dozo” is a welcoming Japanese phrase. Best of the Springs voters…
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Pikes Pick: Join the flavorful Por Favor party in Colorado Springs
Hide as it might in a strip mall off Garden of the Gods Road, Por Favor Tacos & Tragos (4657 Centennial Blvd.) has been widely discovered in a short amount of time. The restaurant debuted in 2024 and recently opened another location at 13395 Voyager Parkway. Translation: the food and drinks are in high demand.…
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2-Minute Review: Egg Lush Cafe’s plump, perfect sandwich
Egg Lush Cafe, the Korean style cafe near downtown Colorado Springs, specializes in a next-level egg sandwich — This week on 2-Minute Review, we’re diving in. This egg sandwich is no ordinary egg sandwich. Served with fluffy scrambled eggs, spicy mayo and their special lush mayo, all on toasted brioche, this mouthwatering sandwich is popular…
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Slamming sammies: Voters say these are the best in Colorado Springs
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene — as determined by voters in the 2026 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Sandwiches. Gold: Colonel Mustard’s Sandwich Emporium Colonel Mustard’s was inspired by, yes, mustard. Not just any mustard,…
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Pass the fries, please: These are the best in Colorado Springs
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene — as determined by voters in the 2025 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Fries. Gold: Five Guys There have been some recent headlines and fervor about Five Guys replacing the…
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Something old, something new: Welcome to The Broadmoor’s reimagined Penrose Room
To step into The Penrose Room is to step back in time and step forward all at once. It is to visit The Broadmoor’s past, to taste it even. And it is to perhaps glimpse into the future. This is indeed a historical space, hearkening to a time when the Colorado Springs resort was growing…
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Pikes Pick: Happy Hour Donuts serves up creative flavors with a nostalgic twist this month
Craving something sweet that goes beyond your average doughnut? Happy Hour Donuts, 6660 Delmonico Drive, Suite B, is serving up made-from-scratch gourmet doughnuts that keep locals coming back for more. What started as a home-based bakery during COVID has grown into a gourmet doughnut shop, known for its unique flavors, house-made glazes and buttercreams. With…
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Pikes Pick: Tasty bites at downtown Colorado Springs hotel
In downtown Colorado Springs, Kinship Landing is that unique hotel that aims to please locals as much as overnight guests. And pleases it does with some delicious grub. Among other “darn good sammies” on the menu at Homa Cafe + Bar, I recently enjoyed roasted pork, caramelized onions and roasted garlic aioli between locally made…
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That’s amore: The best Italian food in Colorado Springs
In this weekly feature, we’re celebrating the best of Colorado Springs’ food and drink scene — as determined by voters in the 2025 Best of the Springs (thebestofthesprings.com). We’ll throw in our own recommendation, too. Up this week: Italian. Gold: Paravicini’s Italian Bistro The west side staple is the vision of chef Franco Pisani, who…