Colorado Springs Grand Opening Info (Updated October 2019)

The owner of the Black Forest Chew-Chew food truck is planning to renovate the former Descar’s Roadhouse restaurant at Shoup & Black Forest Rd and open a bistro in early 2020. The rotating menu will feature food truck favorites in addition to all-new items.

Bread & Butter aims to open a neighborhood grocery store in downtown Colorado Springs, stocking it with local produce, meats and cheeses, frozen foods, prepared foods, and pantry staples.

Denver-area chain Parry’s Pizzeria and Bar will open two locations in Colorado Springs, with the first slated to open in late January 2020 on the north side of Interquest Parkway near Great Wolf Lodge.  A second located is targeted for the Powers & Barnes area in early 2020.

Till Kitchen has announced plans to relocate to the Broadmoor area, while opening a new concept at their current location at Powers and Briargate: “a family-friendly, open-air dining experience and entertainment complex, featuring pickleball courts, bowling, shuffleboard, a high-tech beer wall and plenty of outdoor games.”

Nekter Juice Bar plans to open four to five locations in Colorado Springs in 2020, with the first two locations planned for North Academy and Broadmoor areas. Other potential locations include Interquest & Voyager and downtown.

Workshop offering hands-on classes making custom home decor like wood signs and chunky knit blankets. The official grand opening is Saturday, October 5th, and you can find out more about their giveaways and other special grand opening events here.

Soap makery offering plant-based soaps, scrubs, bath bombs, lotions, and hair, face, and beard products will open in the same shopping center as Colorado Rib and Chop House and Skirted Heifer on the Springs’ northside intersection of Dublin and Powers.

A King Buffet will be taking the former space of Country Buffet near The Citadel Mall.

Pho #1 will be opening next to Zoe’s Kitchen on the southwest corner of Powers and Barnes.  The projected opening date or contact info is unknown.

Ross will close their store at Academy and Union and move to a new location in the shopping center on the northwest side of Academy and Austin Bluffs (in the same shopping center as King Soopers).

Mangosteen, serving Thai street food, will be opening in the former Taco Bueno building on Voyager Parkway, next to Chick-fil-A.  This restaurant is owned by the same person as NaRai Thai Restaurant and NaRai Siam Cuisine.

Black Forest’s R&R Coffee Cafe is opening a second location inside the same building as the Tri-Lakes YMCA.

A Starbucks may go in at Platte and Murray, taking the place of the Conoco gas station, though it is very early in the planning stages.

Short Stop will be re-opening in a new location near Powers and Palmer Park in late August.

The downtown train depot that formerly housed Giuseppe’s restaurant is slated to reopen in late 2019 with three new restaurants (burger bar, sandwich shop, and steakhouse).  An official name for the venue has not been announced.

Sweet Elizabeth’s Organics Bakery will be relocating to the east side of Centennial, north of Garden of the Gods, in the same shopping center as Marigold Cafe and Bakery.

Local deli Wooglin’s will be closing their location near Colorado College on November 16th (as construction begins for the new arena) and will open a location in the old Boriello Brother’s Pizza building at Barnes & Oro Blanco in early December.  (Wooglin’s plans to reopen a Colorado College location in 2021.)

Gripstone, a climbing and fitness center, is under construction on the east side of Powers, just south of Dublin.

Haazen Dazs is now open at The Promenade Shops at Briargate, next to Chicos on the west side of the shopping center.

No opening date has been projected for this location.

Panera will open a new location between the Chick-fil-A and Circle K on the southeast corner of Powers and Dublin.

Jax will open a Colorado Springs location in the old Il Vicino spot on South Tejon in fall of this year.

Update: Now officially open as of September 30th, 2019! Downtown favorite Loyal Coffee is opening a second location in the former Cafe Velo location on the north side.

Colorado’s first Slim Chickens will open in 2019 in Aurora, and a franchisee is working on a plan to open a Colorado Springs location as well.

A reader reported that a fourth Heart of Jerusalem location will open somewhere in the Interquest area.

Saladworks, which serves made-to-order salads and sandwiches, will open in the former Starbucks at Broadmoor Towne Center.

The official grand opening for the Calhan library is slated for Monday, November 4th, according to the library’s Facebook page.

Denver-based chain is targeting the Springs for 2-3 locations in 2020-2021, though they don’t have any locations or a franchisee committed yet.

Colorado Springs’ seventh Dutch Bros will be located between the Taco Bell and Dion’s Pizza at the Powers and Dublin intersection.  This location is slated to open on September 26th. Another Dutch Bros is nearing completion in the former Taco Bueno building on N. Academy.  This location will have an indoor seating area and is planning to open October 11th. The Gazette has also reported that two more locations are planned for 4420 Edison Ave (Platte and Murray) and the northeast corner of Academy and Maizeland.

Serving breakfast, green chili, and Korean fusion food in addition to coffee, C&C Coffee and Kitchen near Bass Pro Shop anticipates opening on August 27th.  They have an existing location in Castle Rock.

New fast-casual seafood concept to open in the former Denny’s restaurant at Bijou and I-25.

Pueblo-based coffee cafe and roasterie Solar Roast will open a location in downtown Colorado Springs this spring, next to Bingo Burger.

Twelve-screen, dine-in movie theater and entertainment complex, with a larger food and drink menu than typical theaters.  Roadhouse will also be joined by a Vasa Fitness.

This Hawaiian poke bowl chain is planning to open two new locations in Colorado Springs: one at 4707 N Academy Blvd. and another at 9 South Tejon St.

Official rand opening is scheduled for Friday, February 15th, with giveaways, samples, and other surprises.

Boutique hotel with “80 beds in a mix of 27 private rooms, seven suites and six shared dorms”, according to the Gazette.

These new music venues will be housed in the building that was once Blue Star restaurant.  The Orion is designed to hold up to 850 people, and The Side Door will be a smaller space.

Construction is projected to begin in April 2019.

Construction has begun but no structure is visible as of late January 2019.

Update: The Raising Canes at Powers & Barnes is slated to open November 7th. The first Raising Cane’s, at N. Academy and Agora Pt., is now open.  A second location is under construction on the southwest corner of Powers and Barnes, and a third location will be going in on Garden of the Gods Rd., in the building that formerly housed Taco Bueno.

Huge shopping and entertainment store, with clothing and sporting goods for sale as well as a ferris wheel, aquarium, arcade games, and more.

Will be house in the old Sports Authority store.

Will be in the old Sports Authority store.

A reader reported that extensive backfill is needed due to the swamp conditions of the land.

I haven’t heard any news on this in awhile – wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t work out.

Looks like this one is probably not happening – The Melt closed its other Colorado stores in summer 2018 (source).

This dog-friendly restaurant should be opening mid-October 2019, in the site that formerly housed My Big Fat Greek Restaurant.