A popular Colorado Springs destination for cyclists and craft beer fans that closed early this year is set to reopen Saturday, with a new partner, dual-concept and mouthful of a name that pretty much says it all.

Felipe’s 109 and Trails End Taproom at Barr Station — aka “Barr Station” — is a marriage of the bike-themed, pour-your-own taproom and the family-run fast food franchise founded in the city’s southeast.

“It’s kind of like I’m preparing for my own birthday party. I’m looking forward to it — we’re going to have some balloons up — also kind of just want to get it over with and get on with the after,” said Felipe Velasquez, who said he and his family have spent the last few months remodeling and expanding the kitchen in Felipe 109’s half of 2925 W. Colorado Ave.

The location marks the first expansion of the brand Velasquez and his family started during the pandemic, first as a food truck then a brick-and-mortar location off South Academy Boulevard, garnering local and expanding fame, in part, for their signature taco-burgers.

A third Felipe’s 109 location is in the works, but negotiations are ongoing, and Velasquez said he isn’t ready to share details.

“It’s a secret … for now,” he said.

The mashup is a new chapter, in a familiar location, for Trails End Taproom owner Kevin Weese.

He founded his bike-themed destination in 2017 in the end units of the shopping plaza down the street. In 2022, he bought the Mason Jar, an old-school comfort food joint at 30th and Colorado Avenue, and tried to make a go of a dual craft beer/gravy grub concept that never quite found its groove.

“The big difference now is that Felipe’s is bringing a whole new energy to that space,” both physically, and conceptually, Weese said. “Our side, you’ll see a lot of the same things … with some updates and (changes reflecting) some things we’ve learned.”

He means: More nonalcoholic brews and cocktails on that pour-your-own wall of 32 (so-far) taps, and some sprucing up, but a feel and event roster — including live music and jam sessions, hub events for the cycling, outdoors and nonprofit communities — that will ring true for fans.

As to the new name, Weese said it taps history, bigger pic and small (like, right across the street), and also aligns with Trails End Taproom’s Monument location. “Henry’s Station,” is named in honor of early Monument mover-and-shaker Henry Limbach, who lent his name to the city’s fleeting, original name.

“Obviously ‘Barr Station’ honors (Pikes Peak trailblazer) Fred Barr, of Barr Trail, but a lot of people don’t know he also ran a mercantile across the street, caddy-corner from where we are,” Weese said.

“We wanted to honor that history … in a name that marks this new era for Trails End, with Felipe’s 109.”