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Pikes Pick: Three-course meal deals at The Broadmoor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now is a good time to dine at The Broadmoor. Through February (except Feb. 9-16), its restaurants offer Colorado Appreciation deals: appetizer, entree and dessert at La Taverne ($69 per person), Ristorante Del Lago ($59)…
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New bistro in east Colorado Springs serving American-Asian fusion bowls | Table Talk
Reese and Kate Sattler, husband and wife, have opened Rocky Bowl Bistro, 6821 Space Village Ave., which is outside the north gate at Peterson Space Force Base. The couple have experience in working in the restaurant industry, with Reese serving for 11 years in various front of the house positions. Kate, who is running the…
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‘I can’t imagine anything luckier’: Colorado Springs locals remember Ski Broadmoor
Whenever he’s back in Colorado Springs, Steve Wilmot’s gaze turns south to Cheyenne Mountain, to the pair of wide lanes running down the mountain’s foot — especially visible after snowfall. “I look all the time,” Wilmot, 72, says from his home now in Fort Collins. “It’s a bit sad. I think that’s the emotion I…
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Annual gingerbread display debuts at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs
Santa has come to town — and he’s riding in a golf cart. This is the scene of The Broadmoor’s annual life-size gingerbread display, which opened Wednesday in the festive main mezzanine at the five-star, internationally known hotel and resort on Colorado Springs’ southwest side. Believed to date back to the 1960s, the gingerbread tradition has…
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The Broadmoor’s culinary success is thanks to chefs from afar
Inside The Broadmoor, atop a case of shiny chocolates and ornate pastries, there often is perched a tray of cylindrical sweets unfamiliar to the American eye. This is canelé. However small, the delicacy sends a big message about the fine dining scene at the historic resort in Colorado Springs: It is a scene shaped by…
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From family bar to Broadmoor brass: Meet the hotel’s new GM
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a mid-March snow pummeled The Broadmoor and the rest of Colorado Springs, Ann Alba was found smiling and laughing with guests and colleagues at the hotel, upbeat as ever. She seemed to relish the gray, hazardous day. “I like the management of it,” she…
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From family bar to Broadmoor brass: Meet the hotel’s new GM
As a mid-March snow pummeled The Broadmoor and the rest of Colorado Springs, Ann Alba was found smiling and laughing with guests and colleagues at the hotel, upbeat as ever. She seemed to relish the gray, hazardous day. “I like the management of it,” she said of such storms. “It’s kind of like, OK everybody,…
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Polo comes home: The sport is reborn in Colorado Springs, where it once thrived
Cynthia Leonard has been sifting through yellowed pages of brochures, reading the fading ink of newspapers and collecting grainy photos — all of it helping to paint the picture of a sport’s heyday in Colorado Springs. Here in the 1920s, some of the nation’s top polo players and horses gathered for games on grass courses…
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The Broadmoor celebrates Colorado Appreciation with special rates
The Broadmoor is showing its appreciation for Coloradans through February with special rates on stays and dining. The five-star resort is offering special nightly rates for its Colorado neighbors, as well as three prix fixe menus at the resort’s Golden Bee, Ristorante del Lago and La Taverne restaurants. The rates will be offered through Feb.…
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9 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Brown Palace steer, Wolf Bonfire Bash, Broadmoor Roaring Twenties and more
FRIDAY One of the most unusual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150. After…