Tag: restaurant
-
Denver-based sports bar moving into former Oskar Blues space in downtown Colorado Springs
Denver-based Stoney’s Bar & Grill is expanding southward. The locally owned, Colorado-themed sports and music bar that debuted in Denver in August 2010 will open its first Colorado Springs location: downtown inside the former Oskar Blues space in the DeGraff building at 118 N. Tejon St. Owners and founders Stoney Jesseph and Will Trautman have…
-
Mimi’s Cafe shutters doors in north Colorado Springs
Mimi’s Cafe has closed its last Colorado Springs location. The restaurant located at 7133 N. Academy Blvd., just north of the intersection with Woodmen Road on the city’s north side, was locked late on Wednesday afternoon, during otherwise normal operating hours. A sign taped to the inside of the front doors notified customers the location…
-
Big flavor, small town: How Sam’s Gyros & Kabobs became a Woodland Park favorite
By Katie Soenke, Pikes Peak Courier In Woodland Park, people tend to notice when a place gets it right. Sam’s Gyros & Kabobs is one of those places. It’s not flashy. It doesn’t try to keep up with trends. It just does what it does — and does it well. Tucked into town, the restaurant…
-
Slice, slice, baby: Mountain Mike’s Pizza doubles down in Colorado Springs
Mountain Mike’s Pizza, the Southern California-based pizza chain that first opened in Colorado Springs in early 2025, is expanding locally. Husband-and-wife team Chris and Laura Beasley on April 1 opened the Springs’ second Mountain Mike’s location at 8099 Carmela Grove, Suite 140, at the northeast corner of East Woodmen and Marksheffel roads. It opened roughly…
-
Fasten your seatbelt: Dinner is served in a plane in Colorado Springs
Almost 24 years ago, Steve and Debbi Kanatzar put their money on the line by purchasing a Boeing KC-97 tanker and betting on a dream: turning the retired aircraft into a one-of-a-kind dining experience. Today, guests sit under its wings at tables designed like maps, surrounded by hanging model planes and aviation artifacts that fill…
-
Wendy’s closes Colorado Springs locations
At least three Wendy’s locations in Colorado Springs have permanently closed. Wendy’s restaurants at 222 N. Wahsatch Ave., at the southwest corner of East Platte and Wahsatch avenues downtown, and at 3036 W. Colorado Ave., between 30th and 31st streets in Old Colorado City, were closed Friday with notices posted on windows at both buildings.…
-
Angelo’s Taverna, Carboy Winery expanding in Colorado Springs
Two veritable Colorado institutions, Angelo’s Taverna and Carboy Winery, are heading south. The beloved Italian restaurant that opened in Denver’s Capitol Hill in 1974 and the wine brand that is now one of the most recognized in the state are bringing their signature experience to Colorado Springs, “(blending) tradition, innovation and a distinctly Colorado sense…
-
Oskar Blues closes in downtown Colorado Springs
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew, the Longmont-based restaurant, craft beer brewer and music venue that opened in late 2017 in downtown Colorado Springs, has permanently closed. General Manager Matthew Maconachy confirmed the closure with The Gazette by phone late on Tuesday afternoon. A handwritten sign that simply said “closed” was pasted to the window of…
-
Front Range Barbeque closing soon for renovations
Front Range Barbeque, which has been serving up homemade Southern-style barbecue and comfort food in Old Colorado City for 25 years, is getting a makeover. The restaurant at 2330 W. Colorado Ave. will temporarily close for major renovations owner Brian Fortinberry expects will take about a year to complete, he said Friday. The restaurant’s last…
-
Totem puts down U.S. roots in downtown Colorado Springs
Mazatlán, Mexico-based Totem has gone international, and it’s landed in Colorado Springs. Totem, founded six years ago, has expanded into its second location and its first in the U.S. at 315 E. Pikes Peak Ave., transforming the space that was previously the home of The Well food hall downtown. It officially opens at 7:30 a.m.…