Author: By STEPHANIE EARLS [email protected]
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Felipe’s 109 and Trails End Taproom team up at ‘Barr Station’ in Colorado Springs
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…
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South Park Brewing leaving Fairplay for another Colorado city
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After almost 10 years making and pouring craft suds in the high mountain valley that inspired its name, South Park Brewing Co. is bidding a fond farewell to Fairplay, and moving to Colorado Springs. A grand re-opening, in the former Smiling Toad Brewery building off 21st Street in Old Colorado City, could come as soon…
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Colorado Springs weather: CDOT warns travelers ahead of expected major winter storm
A major winter storm that could drop up to five feet of snow in some areas of the state is moving in, and the Colorado Department of Transportation is preparing residents and travelers for likely closures of major highways – including Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs, and I-70 west of Denver, from…
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Is it the end of the ride for Trails End Taproom in Colorado Springs?
Less than two years after moving from its original location to meld with a former comfort food cradle down the street, Trails End Taproom at The Mason Jar has reached the end of the ride in Colorado Springs. Whether it’s the end of the road, full-stop, for the city’s first pour-your-own taproom remains to be…
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Colorado Springs museum wants to send you home with an authentic piece of history
Inside a hangar at the National Museum of World War II Aviation, a coterie of tinkerer-philanthropists huddles to ponder the possibilities for history’s scrap heap. Up for consideration on this mid-December day, a broken propeller assembly component from an 80-year-old bomber. To the untrained eye, the heavy hunk of cool junk looks like the hip…
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Startup brewery abandons plans to open in Colorado Springs
For as long as he could, Robert Beaird remained undaunted. After negotiations to open his startup brewery in a vacant Bijou Street storefront broke down, and big visions of remaking an old used car dealership on South Nevada Avenue into a destination taproom went kaput, Dauntless Brewing soldiered on. By fall 2022, things finally seemed…
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New ‘Big Lebowski’-themed taproom opens in Colorado
The Coen brothers aren’t exactly known for creating film worlds where you’d want to pop in for a beer and a bite. (“No Country for Old Men,” “Blood Simple,” “Barton Fink”) But “The Big Lebowski”? Bottoms up! In the 25 years since its release, the now-cult movie — about a slacker dude, mistaken identity, bowling,…
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Voodoo Brewing Co. opens in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs’ newest craft beer destination, Voodoo Brewing Co., opened Saturday inside a renovated building off Garden of the Gods Road. Voodoo is a small-but-growing craft pub chain based in Meadville, Pa., which operates on a franchise model. Local owner and general manager Micah Maffeo said his location is a Colorado first for Voodoo, which…
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Colorado Springs brewery closing after ’10 fantastic years’
After a decade in business, in three different locations in Colorado Springs, Smiling Toad Brewery is leaping off into the sunset. The brewery announced Monday on social media that when the beer runs out, so will the Toad. ”After 10 fantastic years of brewing up a storm, Smiling Toad Brewery is calling it a decade.…
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Bristol expands Ivywild School vision with outdoor ‘playground’ — but you can call it a beer garden
With everything that’s happened at Ivywild School in the decade since Bristol Brewing Co. opened inside the century-old former Colorado Springs elementary, it’s easy enough to forget the project is still, technically, a work in progress. “When we started this project back in 2010, we knew that it was going to evolve over time,” said…