Dion’s Pizza, a New Mexico-based chain, will break ground on a pizza shop in the Springs near the corner of Powers and Dublin boulevards next week. The pizza shop, which also sells salads and sub sandwiches, expects to open in November and hire 75 people to operate its store. Dion’s is an owner-run chain. “We [...] [...]
Larkburger, a Colorado burger joint that recently opened a new location at 1904 Southgate, is applying for a liquor license. The new restaurant at the Broadmoor Towne Center will serve beer at its newest location if the city of Colorado Springs Liquor and Beer Licensing Board approves the application at its meeting Friday morning. “All [...] [...]
The Downtown Review Board voted unanimously today to postpone the hearing on an application for a conditional use permit to expand downtown bar Gasoline Alley. The proposal to expand has become controversial because downtown business owners and residents say there are already too many downtown bars, bringing noise and crowds. Vince Lindon, an attorney representing [...] [...]
Local retailer Mountain Equipment Recyclers is teaming with the Mile High Youth Corps for a summer gear drive for the nonprofit’s’ camping trips. Mile High Youth Corps employs young adults, ages 18 to 24, to perform environmental conservation work throughout the Southern Front Range and while they work, they camp for five to 10 days [...] [...]
Wing Zone restaurant will open Monday in Fort Carson’s mini-mall. The sit-down restaurant offers 17 buffalo chicken wing flavors and will serve draft beer. Wing Zone CEO and founder Matt Friedman has partnered with the Army & Air Force Exchange Services to open Wing Zone restaurants on four military bases. The company has plans to [...] [...]
City planners will decide May 16 whether downtown bar and club owners Sam and Kathy Guadagnoli will be allowed to expand their Gasoline Alley nightclub ... [...]
Phantom Canyon Brewing Company, at the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade avenues, will begin construction next month on a two-story addition and outdoor patio on the north side of its building. [...]
Two independent bakers who got their start in a community kitchen in Old Colorado City have teamed up to Bliss Bakery. Michelle Asher, who owns Simply Bliss Desserts, and Mike Buzzell, who owns Mile High Whoopie Pie, will open Bliss Bakery and Kitchen at 818 Village Center Drive at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The two were [...] [...]
The owner of Auction House 109 and the Little London Market consignment shop announced that she plans to open her space up for an outdoor market once a month beginning May 12. The venue at 109 S. Sierra Madre has been busy, owner Mary Beth Cipoleti said. But she wants to add another element. “The [...] [...]
Gary Erickson’s Northgate Properties submitted plans Wednesday for a 117,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shop on the far north end of Colorado Springs to the Land Use Review board. “It’s pretty much what you would expect,” said Colorado Springs senior planner Larry Larson, “a lot of natural materials, stone and wood.” At 117,000-square-feet the building takes up [...] [...]