Tag: restaurant
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Night Ramen brings gourmet Asian dishes to downtown Colorado Springs
The restaurateurs who’ve brought high-end tacos, pizza and sushi to downtown Colorado Springs now are doing the same with ramen. Night Ramen, a gourmet ramen restaurant that will feature a half-dozen ramen dishes and a dozen small plates, opens at 5 p.m. Friday at 324 E. Pikes Peak Ave. on downtown’s east edge. It’s the…
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Wienerschnitzel hot dogging its way to new location south of Colorado Springs
Chili dogs and chili cheese dogs are coming to Fountain. Wienerschnitzel, the self-described world’s largest hot dog chain that was founded more than 60 years ago in Southern California, is targeting a Sept. 25 opening for its second Pikes Peak region location, at 8045 Fountain Mesa Road, near Cross Creek in Fountain, south of Colorado…
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Family-centric Monica’s Taco Shop adds fourth location in downtown Colorado Springs
Monica’s Taco Shop restaurants are a family affair, and the family is growing again. The nearly quarter-century old, Colorado Springs-based Mexican chain opened its fourth location last week at 331 S. Nevada Ave. on the south edge of downtown, taking over a building vacated by the closure of an Arby’s restaurant. Traditional mariachi musicians played…
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Longtime Red Lobster closes in north Colorado Springs
A longtime Red Lobster restaurant at 4925 N. Academy Blvd. in northern Colorado Springs closed Monday, one of 23 locations that national news outlets reported were shuttered as part of the seafood chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May. Employees and vendors Tuesday were seen dismantling restaurant equipment and loading it into trucks parked next…
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Denver-based sandwich chain to open second Colorado Springs location on city’s south side
Denver-based Snarf’s Sandwiches, which debuted in Colorado Springs two years ago on the city’s north side, will add a second location on the south end of town and join a growing mix of new businesses along the redeveloped South Nevada Avenue corridor. The chain plans to remodel a familiar red-brick building at 1640 S. Nevada…
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Wing Zone becomes latest chicken concept to roost in Colorado Springs
Wing Zone Hot Chicken & Wings has become the latest in a long line of fast casual, quick serve and fast food chicken concepts to flock to Colorado Springs. The first Wing Zone restaurant in the state opened Tuesday at 3670 Austin Bluffs Parkway in the King Soopers-anchored Marketplace at Austin Bluffs shopping center, northwest…
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Momma Pearl’s Cajun Kitchen closes its doors on Colorado Springs’ north side
Momma Pearl’s Cajun Kitchen, which for more than a decade has served up po’boys, jambalaya, crawfish, gumbo and other Cajun specialties, has closed its doors in Colorado Springs. Owner Robert Brunet, known as Chef “BB,” cited financial hardships in announcing the restaurant’s closure in a Facebook post this week. “Despite our best efforts to adjust…
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Brazilian-American steakhouse chain expanding to northern Colorado Springs
Texas de Brazil, a Brazilian-American steakhouse chain with restaurants in nearly two dozen states, will expand next year to Colorado Springs’ far north side. Dallas-based Texas de Brazil plans to open an 8,019-square-foot restaurant at Polaris Pointe, the mixed-use development southeast of Interstate 25 and North Gate Boulevard, according to a proposal submitted to city…
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Bakery Four finds its stride in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood
Shawn Bergin and his wife moved to Denver from the Washington D.C. life in part due to Colorado’s cottage bakery laws—Colorado, unlike many states, allows home bakers to keep their dogs. Now Bergin says Denver feels, “right and we haven’t looked back.” Bakery Four started in Bergin’s basement, slowly expanding to neighborhood popups, a coffee…
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After 10-week closure, Skirted Heifer reopens in downtown Colorado Springs
The Skirted Heifer in downtown Colorado Springs is back in business. The popular burger restaurant reopened at 11 a.m. Friday following a 10-week closure. The downtown eatery was forced to close on Feb. 11 after police say a suspect fleeing a domestic violence incident drove a car through the storefront, damaging the restaurant’s exterior and dining room. Since…