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📰 This Impacts Your Neighborhood 🌳
📰 Mixed Week for Restaurant Inspections 🌮
Recipe: 🍓 Strawberry Pop Tart Pie
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📆 Local Events + Concerts, Activities
🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny and warm
Recreation: 🥾 St. Peter's Dome Trail
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🌳 This Impacts Your Neighborhood
Colorado Springs City Forester Matt Puckett recently shared a behind-the-scenes look at the enormous effort required to care for the city’s urban forest, which includes more than 130,000 street trees and another 20,000 in parks. On the Behind the Springs podcast, Puckett explained how trees impact far more than just scenery, helping cool neighborhoods, improve air quality, support mental well-being, and even increase property values.
Our city has been recognized as a Tree City USA community for nearly 50 years and continues expanding tree coverage through programs like Grow Shade Together, which helps provide free trees to qualifying southeast Colorado Springs residents. Officials also encourage residents to help care for the city’s canopy by using mulch properly, reporting hazardous trees through the GoCOS app, and planting for future generations.
🌮 Mixed Week for Inspections
Each week, El Paso County Public Health inspects local restaurants and posts the results publicly. We pull directly from their database so you know where things stand. Here's what caught our eye this week.
Here's a breakdown of the most recent results:
🤨 Re-Inspection Required
🌮 Miguel's Mexican Bar and Grill
📍 802 Village Center Dr, COS
📅 Inspection Date: April 29, 2026
⚠️ Result: Re-Inspection Required - 11 violations
Most serious issues:
Employees not washing hands between handling raw meats and other prep tasks
Improper cooling; food discarded
Cold holding failures, raw beef and chicken
Multiple items in walk-in with no date labels
No test strips available for dishwasher or sanitizer buckets
🍺 The Greenline Grill
📍 230½ Pueblo Ave, COS
📅 Inspection Date: May 5, 2026
⚠️ Result: Re-Inspection Required - 8 violations
Most serious issues:
Soda gun drain hose emptying directly into the handwashing sink, blocking proper hand hygiene
Raw chicken stored above ready-to-eat food in cooler
Line cooler broken; food items at 55–57°F were discarded
3-compartment sink directly connected to floor drain, plumbing and sewage concern
🍱 Fuji Bistro
📍 6995 Lexington Dr Ste 100, COS
📅 Inspection Date: May 5, 2026
⚠️ Result: Re-Inspection Required - 5 violations (2 are repeat)
Most serious issues:
Employees washing gloves instead of hands, and using 3-compartment sink for handwashing, not the designated handwashing sink (repeat violation)
Handwashing sink in back prep area blocked with dishes and soy sauce containers (repeat violation)
Raw chicken strainer placed directly on top of clean dishes
Food thawing in sinks left out too long
Multiple items stored on the floor in walk-in freezer
🥇 Top Scores! Some great news from this week's inspections — including comeback stories!
🎉 Comeback Stories
🌮 Las Palmitas II
📍 3589 N Carefree Cir, COS
📅 Re-Inspection Date: May 6, 2026
✅ Result: Pass - 4 violations ✅ REOPENED
Previously CLOSED with 15 violations in late April.
Shrimp broth too warm in cooler, discarded on site
One food container missing date label, corrected on site
Menu asterisks for undercooked items still needed, being fixed at next reprint
Back door pest-entry sealing scheduled for completion by August
🍜 Shanxi Noodle
📍 5935 Constitution Ave, COS
📅 Re-Inspection Date: May 6, 2026
✅ Result: Pass — 2 violations · ✅ CLEARED
Garlic stored in oil at room temperature, discarded on site
Wiping cloths not stored in sanitizer solution, corrected on site
😊 Passed
☕ Dutch Bros Coffee
📍 4420 Edison Ave, COS
📅 Inspection Date: May 7, 2026
✅ Result: Pass - 3 violations (2 corrected on site)
Soft whip holding at 47°F on counter, relocated to cooler (corrected on site)
Wiping cloths in weak sanitizer solution, remade to correct concentration (corrected on site)
No quaternary ammonium test strips on hand
🥩 Zings BBQ Mobile
📍 27 Iowa Ave, COS
📅 Inspection Date: May 7, 2026
✅ Result: Pass - 5 violations (🌟 all corrected on site!)
Also passed this week:
🍦 BJ's Velvet Freez · 2900 E Platte Ave · May 5 · 1 violation (Certified Food Protection Manager - employees being trained)
☕ Cinchona Coffee · 2 S Wahsatch Ave · May 6 · 5 violations (1 corrected on site)
🍹 Hafa Adai Fiesta Food · 109 E Pikes Peak Ave · May 6
🍣 Oumi Sushi at Sprouts · 5617 Barnes Rd · May 7
🍝 Fazoli's · 1790 E Cheyenne Mountain Blvd · May 7
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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.
Source: El Paso County Public Health | Inspections pulled Apr 17–30, 2026
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🍓 Strawberry Pop Tart Pie
Recipe by All Recipes
This visually caught my eye and fun to present. Let me know if you try it. ~Sandy
The taste of strawberry pop tarts comes to life in this easy-to-make pie. The crust is glazed and topped with sprinkles to make it look like your fave toaster pastry.
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📆 Sample Local Events
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Every Wed-Sun, 11am-2:45pm: Tea at the Castle @ Glen Eyrie Castle, 3820 North 30th St $50
Sept 5-7, Labor Day Lift Off Tickets on sale now!
Sept 19-20: Pikes Peak Regional Airshow @ COS Airport $50-$204
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May 9, 10am-2pm: Used Gear Collection @ Fire Station 20, 6755 Rangewood Dr at Dublin Blvd
May 16, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Jun 4, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
🎶 Concerts / Music
May 8 & 9, 7:30pm: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back @Pikes Peak Center, 190 S Cascade Ave $54-$126
May 24, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Rhap @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20
July 30,5:30-7:30pm: Jelly Roll @ Weidner Field (will sell out)
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA (will sell out)
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🥾 St. Peter's Dome Trail
Courtesy of Taylor on AllTrails
Where Colorado's mining history meets spectacular views
Distance | Gain | Difficulty | Summit |
A reader tip from Nicole, brought this hidden “gem” to our attention because of the fluorite rock wall and hikes with her sons! St. Peter's Dome sits about 8 miles southwest of Colorado Springs in Pike National Forest, reached via Old Stage Rd (behind The Broadmoor) or Gold Camp Rd through Cheyenne Canyon. Short, punchy, and big on reward.
Most of the trail is a straightforward hike, but the summit requires a Class 3–4 scramble with a knotted rope nothing crazy, just enough to make it memorable. Views from the top stretch across Colorado Springs and Cheyenne Mountain.
The cool part: The surrounding St. Peter's Dome Mining District produced fluorite, the vivid purple-green mineral found in the rocky walls along the trail (doesn’t require a rope climb.) Keep your eyes open!
Good to Know
Park at the Eagles Nest Parking Lot - trailhead is signed
Rope scramble at summit is short (~10 ft) but requires both hands
Dogs allowed on leash - scramble may be tricky for pups
Download the AllTrails map - trail can be confusing near the top
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