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🤣 Today’s Chuckle
📰 Safer Schools, Safer Bike Lanes 🚸
📰 Restaurant Health Inspectors Found What?! 😲
Recipe: 🥗 Jennifer Aniston Salad
🛍 Bargain Box - up to 50% Off
📆 Local Events + Concerts, Farmers Markets & Activities
🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, hot with possible isolated PM showers
Recreation: 🥾 Wildlife, Views & Almost No Crowds
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Why did the cook keep checking the walk-in cooler?
👉The health inspector said everything needed to chill! 🤣
🚸 Safer Schools, Safer Bike Lanes
Part 4 of 4: Safe Streets COS wraps up. This week: traffic circles, speed tables, speed signs. Today: school zone lights and protected bike lanes.
The final two improvements in the city's Safe Streets COS program round out a comprehensive summer of road safety upgrades across Colorado Springs.
🏫 Flashing School Zone Signs (5 schools)
Ring-flashing lights added to school zone signs, timed to activate during school hours:
Ridgeview Elementary, Shimmering Creek Dr
Chinook Trail Elementary/Middle School, Fraser Valley Ln and Grand Lawn Cir
Panorama Middle School, S Chelton
Audubon Elementary School, Patrician Way
Encompass Heights Elementary School, Thunder Mountain Ave
🚲 Protected Bike Lanes (4 corridors)
Delineator posts added to create a physical buffer between cyclists and traffic:
Pikes Peak Ave, Corona St to Nevada
Cheyenne Blvd, Cresta Rd to Sumner St
Hancock Expressway, East Fountain Blvd to S Union
Fountain Blvd, Hancock to S Circle
All 34 projects across the city are temporary. The city will evaluate which improvements work best and consider making them permanent. Full program: ColoradoSprings.gov/SafeStreetsCOS.
😲 Restaurant Health Inspectors Found What?!
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
🌮 Nacos Tacos
📍 233 N Academy Blvd | 📅 June 4, 2026 | ⚠️ Re-Inspection Required, 13 violations
A north Academy taco shop that received a long and serious inspection. Two of the violations were repeats from a prior inspection.
Most serious issues:
Handwashing failures (Priority, REPEAT)
Cross-contamination (Priority): Cook used raw beef gloves on ready-to-eat bread without changing.
Cooling failures (Priority): Multiple large containers of food at unsafe temperatures. All items discarded.
Cold holding failure (Priority, REPEAT): Prep cooler not maintaining safe temps.
Date marking (Priority): Several containers held longer than 24 hours with no date labels or stickers that did not match the food.
🏪 Hacienda Market and Taqueria
📍 1714 Monterey Rd | 📅 June 2, 2026 | ⚠️ Re-Inspection Required, 9 violations
A south-side market and taqueria. The inspection turned up some serious concerns, including a pest issue.
Most serious issues:
No soap at either handwashing sink
Cold holding failure: Items voluntarily discarded. Cooler needs service.
Live cockroaches observed (Core): A few live cockroaches were found in the facility. The owner reportedly has monthly pest control but was instructed to increase frequency immediately.
🥇 Top Scores! Some great news from this week's inspections, including comeback stories!
🎉 Cleared Their Re-Inspections
🍛 JJ's Purple Onion | 1840 N Academy Blvd | Re-Inspected June 3 | Passed
Previously flagged. Came back clean. Good news for a neighborhood favorite.
🍤 Juicy Seafood | 501 Garden of the Gods Rd | Re-Inspected June 3 | Passed
Previously flagged. Passed their follow-up inspection.
😊 Passed
🍝 La Bella Vita Restaurant
📍 4475 Northpark Dr | 📅 June 4, 2026 | ✅ Pass
A north-side Italian restaurant passed its routine inspection. A go-to for date night and family dinners on the north end of town.
🎸 Ford Amphitheater venues all passed:
Buildings 4, 5, 6, and 7 plus multiple portable bars and concession units at Ford Amphitheater all passed routine inspections on June 3 ahead of the summer concert season. Good to know before you head out to a show.
Also passed this week:
🍔 Alfonso's Mexican Food #2 • 1735 B St • June 4
🍽️ Broadmoor Summit • 19 Lake Cir • June 3
🧀 Mactory Gourmet Mac N Cheese • 125 N Spruce St • June 2
🍽️ Joseph's • 1603 S 8th St • May 29
🥢 Mandarin Chef Express • 3748 Astrozon Blvd • May 29
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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 May 25–Jun 3, 2026
🛍 Bargain Box: This Week's Hot Deals! (Through May 30)
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🧓 70 Yr Old Proves It's Never Too Late to Start
At nearly 70, Karol Whitlow is about to compete in her first track and field event. This Sat, she'll run the 1,500-meter race at the Colorado Senior Games, proving age is just a number when pursuing new challenges. With support from her trainer, Kristen Nielson's.
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🎫 Tickets still available for Discount - $25
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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Jun 11-28: The Garbologists @ENT Center for the Arts, Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater $21-$47
Jun 20, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95
Aug 6, 10-11am: Genealogy Basics @PPLD, Virtual Library on Zoom FREE
🎶 Concerts / Music
Jun 6-26, various days and times: Colorado College Summer Music Festival (Paid and Free events)
July 4, 6:30-10pm: Star Spangled Symphony 2026 @Ford Amphitheater, 95 Spectrum Loop $18-$25 (will sell out, get your ticket today)
July 30,5:30-7:30pm: Jelly Roll @ Weidner Field (will sell out)
Aug 22, 8-10pm: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton @Ford Amphitheater (on sale now)
🔥 Sept 26 & 27: Bruno Mars Concert @ Falcon Stadium, USAFA (will sell out)
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🥾 Wildlife, Views & Almost No Crowds
Just 12 miles southwest of Colorado Springs on Highway 115, Aiken Canyon Preserve sits quietly off the road. This 1,621-acre Nature Conservancy preserve protects one of the last intact foothill ecosystems along Colorado's Front Range, and the 4-mile loop trail takes you through grasslands, sandstone outcrops, wooded canyons, and sweeping views toward Pikes Peak.
Wildlife here is the real draw. More than 100 bird species have been recorded at the canyon, including golden eagles, prairie falcons, and red-tailed hawks soaring above the rim. Elk, mule deer, and coyotes roam the meadows below. Spring and early summer bring wildflowers. It is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you haven't been here before.
Getting there: Off Hwy 115, approx. 12 miles southwest of COS. Small gravel lot at the trailhead. Free. Open sunrise to sunset. nature.org | trailsandopenspaces.org
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