Author: Teresa Farney teresa.farney@gazette.com
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Apples, fritters and 25-cent coffee
Owners Sam and Cooper Banning and incoming General Manager Amy Dawn Bourlon-Hilterbran have some big menu plans in store for the Penrose Apple Shed at 708 Fremont Street in Fremont County when it is fully reopened. Bourlon-Hilterbran, who is leading the resurrection of the historic shed, which has been closed for more than 20 years,…
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A dining compound worth the drive
A recent jaunt to Castle Rock for lunch with friends from Denver turned into the discovery of not one but three remarkable dining gems in a hacienda-like compound. Our destination was Savina’s Mexican Kitchen, 6361 Promenade Parkway. Our friend said it was the second location of La Loma, a Denver Tex-Mex restaurant with more than…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Highly-anticipated Brazilian steakhouse opens in north Colorado Springs | Table Talk
The much-anticipated Texas de Brazil — Churrascaria Steakhouse has opened at 140 Spectrum Loop. Insider’s tip: Come hungry. Never been to a Brazilian steakhouse? Here’s what you’ll find. Waiters called gauchos move through the dining room with determination and energy, carrying jaw-dropping skewers of slow-roasted meats from table to table. The service replicates legendary feasts…
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One last fiesta for Salsa Brava
Here’s something you won’t want to miss: the Farewell Fiesta at Salsa Brava Fresh Mexican Grill, located at Dublin and North Powers boulevards, celebrating the legacy the eatery built over 24 years. As part of the celebration, Randy Price, founder of Rocky Mountain Restaurant Group, which started with the opening of the first Salsa Brava…
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A perfect pairing: Pin-Txi Wey and WestFax in Colorado Springs
Since first discovering Fernando Trancoso’s Tepex food truck in 2020, we’ve been loyal fans of his elevated take on the cuisine of central Mexico. We fell hard for his quesabirria tacos, then followed him to Inefable, his elegant downtown restaurant that showcased refined Mexican flavors and gracious hospitality. Although Inefable closed after only a few…
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Downtown Colorado Springs gets another grocer
Note: Earlier versions of this story had the wrong day for the grand opening. The long-awaited grand opening of The Warehouse Urban Grocer, 27 W. Cimarron St., is scheduled for Saturday, and no one is more excited than The Warehouse Restaurant owner, James Africano, who is adding neighborhood grocery store operator to his résumé. “It…
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From orange wine to AI: Notes from Aspen
One of the highlights of June is attending the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, and this year was no exception. We were especially excited to see several Colorado restaurant-industry luminaries sharing their expertise at the festival. The first seminar we attended was “The Women Behind Italy’s Most Coveted Wines,” led by Bobby Stuckey, founder…