Top things to do in Downtown Colorado Springs

I love Colorado Springs!

It’s not too big, not too small.

The town has great shops and delicious restaurants. It’s walkable and clean.

When my mom came to visit, we decided to spend a Day Downtown – enjoying the city, eating and getting pampered! I wanted to show her to all the best things to do downtown in one day.

We started the day at Loyal Coffee. This place is BEAUTIFUL and has GREAT coffee, and delicious food!! I loved the soft boiled egg on toast. (I now try to re-create this dish at home. Mine’s not as good)

Loyal coffee can get crowded, so you may have to take coffee to go.

Some other options for a delicious breakfast and coffee are OverEasy, King Chefs Diner, and Wild Goose Meeting House.

After breakfast and coffee, we got pampered at the Beauty Bar. The beauty bar is incredible inside. Super CLEAN, industrial-feel, with a friendly staff. They do hair, makeup, manicures and pedicures. Mom and I got our nails done and enjoyed the complimentary fruit infused water. They also have a bartender on staff to make you any drink your heart desires!

Next: shopping.

One of my favorite store in town is Terra Verde. This shop has a little of everything. Beautiful clothes, unique decor, lovely jewelry, good books (including MINE!), and gift ideas for any person you can imagine. They do complimentary gift wrapping too!

After Terra Verde, we stopped by Poor Richards. This is such a unique place – it’s three stores in one!  One part coffee shop/restaurant, one part bookstore, and one part toy store.

The bookstore is fun to browse because they have new and used books of all genres and for all ages. I purchased a copy Ferninand the Bull. My boys enjoyed the movie and I wanted them to have a copy of the book to read!

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Our next stop was Pikes Peak Lemonade. You must stop in and try a free sample of their delicious lemonade! We met the owner and bought some jalapeno lemonade to take home. It’s amazing!

For lunch, we visited Rabbit Hole. I love that you walk into what looks like a phone booth in the middle of the street, go down a staircase, and enter into what really feels like a “rabbit hole.” They serve lots of yummy ‘rabbit food.’ It’s on my list of BEST restaurants in Colorado Springs.

After lunch, we took time to visit the Pioneer Museum. I love this place and wrote more about it here.

We didn’t get to stay for dinner, because I had to get home to my boys, but if we did, I would have asked mom what she feels like eating.

If she said Mexican, I would have taken her to Sonterra Grill.

In the mood for Italian? Red Gravy

Burgers? Skirted Heifer

After dinner, I’d recommend we sneak into Brooklyn’s on Boulder for the experience of visiting a “Speakeasy.” You have to enter an indiscreet door, stand inside what feels like a large closet, knock on another door with a small window. Someone peeks through to ask “what you want.” When you let him know you’d like to go inside, he asks you to show your ID and then quickly escorts you in.

Inside this place is a VERY cool vibe. Get a drink or order an appetizer and imagine what life was like during the Prohibition era.

Doesn’t my day Downtown sound fun?! Do you see why I love this place?

If you’ve spend time in Colorado Springs, what do you like about it?

Again, here are a couple of shops to visit on your day downtown:

TERRA VERDE

208 N. Tejon

REDOUX CONSIGNMENT BOUTIQUE

119 E. Bijou

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