COS Town Tidings #25-248

📖 READ ONLINE

🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Local History - Archives at Risk📚

📰 New Coffee Spot by the Trail☕

📰 Local Restaurant Violations Exposed😬

Recipe: 🍎 Apple Walnut Zucchini Bread

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌦 COS Weather - Cooler, mostly cloudy with wildfire smoke and PM storms

Recreation: 🥾 Trail Connects Parks & Neighborhoods

You'll never see Satan stoop to wearing Armani

👉'Cause the Devil wears Prada 🤣

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📚 Local History - Archives at Risk

August storms left the Old Colorado City Historical Society Museum with a flooded basement, foundation cracks, and water-damaged archives, threatening some of its most important artifacts. Volunteers managed to limit the loss, but the nonprofit now faces more than $50,000 in needed repairs. Since it receives no government funding, the museum is turning to the community for support to preserve its historic 1891 building and the local history inside. Donations can be made in person, by mail, or online, helping ensure this community landmark continues sharing Colorado City’s rich past.

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Brandy’s Must-Know Tips for a Healthier Home

☕ New Coffee Spot by the Trail

Let’s celebrate as the Creekside Coffee House is now open at 6750 N Union, right off Cottonwood Creek Trail in northeast Colorado Springs, Mon-Sat from 9am-3pm. Featuring locally roasted, fair-trade coffee and Colorado-made snacks, it offers indoor seating, a shaded patio, and a peaceful grove by the creek. Beyond serving quality drinks, Creekside gives back monthly to local ministries and community efforts.

It’s the perfect pairing for a day outdoors—take a walk on the trail (see Recreation section below), then relax with a cup of coffee in this one-of-a-kind setting.

🍞 Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries (New items added)
📍3312 Austin Bluffs (Inside The Cupcake Doctor): 
M-Sat, 9am-6pm & Sun, 10am-2pm 

😬 Local Restaurant Violations Exposed

Health inspectors recently shut down Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano in Briargate after finding 19 violations during an Aug 25 inspection. The upscale restaurant was cited for serious issues, including poor handwashing, barehanded food handling, missing date labels on food, staff eating in the kitchen, and even no soap anywhere in the building. Biaggi’s reopened two days later but is still awaiting a full re-inspection.

Several other restaurants also failed inspections, while many earned top marks. Here’s the quick rundown (one chain at different locations was even on both lists!) ⬇️

❌ Failing Scores (re-inspection required):

• Mimi’s Café – 7133 N Academy

• Egglush – 1025 S Sierra Madre St

• The Point Bar & Grill – 1545 S 8th St

• Trivelli’s Hoagies – 4547 Austin Bluffs

• Awi Sushi – 1286 Interquest

• Milano Pizza & Italian Kitchen – 750 Citadel Dr

• Fountain Creek Winery – 606 S Santa Fe Ave

🥇 Perfect Scores! Two restaurants had no violations. They are Honey Hill Charcuterie at 1520 Verde Dr and Mariscos El Rey #4 at 1811 S Academy.

Mariscos El Rey #4 is quickly earning fans for its bold Sinaloa-style seafood dishes, like ceviches, Agua Chile, and Pescado Zarandeado. Full Story

✅ High Scores:

• Lolley’s Ice Cream – 174 Washington St

• Awi Sushi – 5070 N Nevada Ave

• Upstate Pizzeria – 4621 Austin Bluffs Pkwy

Health inspection results across El Paso County are available online for those wanting to check their favorite spots.

*Note: Most local restaurants take food safety incredibly seriously. In fact, many owners respond to violations swiftly and thoroughly, often making fixes the same day while they wait for reinspection. 

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🍎 Apple Walnut Zucchini Bread

Created by local Colorado Springs chef, Christine Miller at Season Two Taste. Take advantage of the best of the cross over season!

This easy recipe is a great way to use up your summer zucchini harvest! This delicious zucchini bread made with just a few simple ingredients, is the perfect treat with a hot cup of coffee for a cool Fall morning.

Access the complete recipe with tailored modifications to suit your dietary requirements, along with convenient print options.

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📆 Sample Local Events

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*Weather Permitting

• Sept 5-7, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Sept 5-21, 10am-6pm: Parade of Homes in Colorado Springs $18

• Sept 5-7: Briarfest @St Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Church, 8755 Scarborough Dr

• Sept 5, 5-9pm: First Friday Art Walk @Downtown COS

• Sept 6, 9am-Noon: Back to you - A Revive Experience @Sacred Space Therapeutics, 59 Windchime Pl FREE

• Sept 6, 10-11:30am: Back to YOU - Revive Workshop Experience @Sacred Space Therapeutics, 459 Windchime Pl $33.85

• Sept 12, 7pm: LA Phil Trio: Mastery in Motion @ENT Center $44

• Sept 12 & Oct 10, 7:30pm: The MAT!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

• Sept 13, 1-4pm: Food To Power’s annual Harvest Celebration @Hillside Hub, 1090 S Institute St $10

• Sept 13-14: The Shark is Broken @Springs Ensemble Theatre, 2409 West Colorado $25 (tickets selling out fast)

• Sept 27, 9am-11am: Beginning Bridge Workshop @ Bridge Center, 901 N 17th St $10

• Sept 27, 10am-2pm: McAllister House Museum Harvest Festival @ 423 N Cascade Ave FREE

• Sept 27, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $69.95 (4 tickets left at this price)

• Oct 10-12, 17-19, 24-26: First Company Theater Presents, Brigadoon @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $20

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Sept 5, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle 

• Sept 6, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Sept 6, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• 🧵 Sept 6, 8am-2pm: OCC CRAFT FAIR (Not farmers market) @ Old Colorado City History Museum, 1 S 24th St

• Sept 6, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Sept 6, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• Sept 6, 7:30-9pm: Movies Under the Stars - The Sandlot @Bristol Brewing FREE

• Sept 7, (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr (Produce vendors)

• Sept 8 & 10, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed’s thru Oct 15): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Sept 10, 9am-2pm (Wed’s thru Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Sept 10, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Sept 14, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Sept 5, 6-7pm: Palmer Lake Library Concert Series, Ricky Sweum @Palmer Lake Village Green & Gazebo, 66 Lower Glenway St FREE

• Sept 6, 4-8pm: Music on The Mesa - Harry Mo & The Cru @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

• Sept 9, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

🥾 Trail Connects Parks & Neighborhoods - Cottonwood Creek

Northern Colorado Springs’ Cottonwood Creek Trail stretches just over 6 miles, running from Frank Castello Park near Powers Blvd to the Pikes Peak Greenway near I-25. With a mostly concrete surface and multiple neighborhood connections, it links popular parks like Cottonwood Creek Community Park, Dublin Park, and Woodland Hills Park, while also offering a dirt loop option between Union and Rangewood.

The trail is accessible for walkers, cyclists, strollers, and wheelchairs, and future plans call for extending it northeast to connect with Sand Creek Trail near Black Forest.

Location: Cottonwood Creek Park - 7040 Rangewood Dr.
Trail end points: Corporate Dr under I-25 and E Woodmen and Austin Bluffs

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