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WORDS Continued from page 10 nine favorite donuts. #1 was Lamar’s and #2 Seattle’s Top Pot.
Numbers 8 & 9 were Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts.
cial needs adults, located in the Emporium open Monday thru
Thursday – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - with a light menu, and both Across Powers Boulevard from the
indoor and outdoor seating. The Emporium is a very appealing Costco (Powers and Barnes), the
antique and artifacts shop with an ever-changing venue. Best 125,000 square foot, 20-acre POW-
Buddies has also just formed a relationship with Castle Pine’s ERS POINTE shopping center has
DUKE’s Restaurant where they will provide handmade wheat/ begun to open its first new shops.
rye flour dinner rolls which will replace Duke’s signature pret- The 30,000 square foot anchor,
zel bread.
SPROUTS FARMERS MAR-
KET joined by the 5,612 square
COLORADO SPRINGS – It is open and well worth a try, I � foot LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE (1st Springs – 4th Colo-
did. The new DOG HAUS lo- rado store) led the race with late May openings. Right behind
cated in the shops behind the them are TOKYO JOE’S and
Loaf & Jug on Northgate (by
ZOE’S KITCHEN (also open-
ing at Castle Rock’s Promenade).
Next to arrive will be TUESDAY
MORNING, BENTLEY’S
PET STUFF and THE MELT. �
� About to start construction is a new tenant to Colorado Springs,
Bass Pro), the DOG HAUS of- BLAZE PIZZA. The 5-year-old California chain brings a fast
fers a variety of hot dogs, brats, baked pizza to your table in three minutes due to their special
Polish kielbasa, and other sau-
� high temperature ovens. It will probably take you longer to
sages as well as mini-hamburgers, all served on Hawaiian Buns choose from the 40 available toppings.
with your choice of a couple of dozen beers on tap. Very tasty
and different from the run of the mill hamburger franchises.
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If you like using the MAVERIK
gas station/convenience store by
the Castle Rock Theatre, the Utah- THE SIGHTS
based chain will be opening the first OF SUMMER
of two planned Colorado Springs
locations this fall. The first location
is Constitution and Peterson Road
(Cimarron Hills), and the second
will be at Fillmore and El Paso Streets. The 5,500 square-foot
stores are twice the size of the typical 7-11 and in addition to
fuel, have sandwiches, burritos, Cinnabon kiosks and other pre-
pared food. Started in 1928 as a two-pump gas station in Afton,
Wyoming, the Salt Lake headquarted company is the largest
independent fuel marketer in the Intermountain West with 270
locations in 10 western states, and you can expect to see more
openings in our area.

The 81 year old, Texas-based SHIPLEY
DONUTS chain is making plans to open the
first two of four planned Colorado Springs
locations in 2018. With 280 franchised
stores in six southern states, Shipley’s
plans to make Colorado their next target
state. Colorado franchise, Carpo Com-
pany, which
also operates
Colorado Jersey Mike and Bush
Chicken stores, plans to either
bring in a sub-franchisee or go it Babies abound in early summer---and some become
alone. Similar to the open kitchen orphans. Local animal rehabber Sarah Heckathorn is
at Krispy Kreme, you can watch raising Swift, Nimble and Carson—along with a whole
the entire donut making process slew of raccoon babies.
�
at Shipley’s. The Daily Meal ranks Shipley as #3 of their top
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