Get your gourmand on
Extraordinary Ingredients Gourmet Pantry
If you love to cook, you're in for a special treat. Make that hundreds of special treats. Extraordinary Ingredients Gourmet Pantry, 612 North Tejon (next to The Art Bank) opens its doors on Saturday, November 14. The aromas from more than 300 specialty ingredients from 25 countries are sure to tickle your olfactory fancy.
Owner Kerri Olivier has teamed with Nigh Imports to offer a retail outlet for fresh, pure and exotic ingredients such as bamboo rice, heirloom beans, and, pomegranate reduction. Locally grown micro greens, dried fruits and tomatoes, seeds and nuts, spices and herbs, grains, vanilla and cocoa, salts and peppercorns and so much more will stimulate your culinary explorations. Many of the products have not previously been available at retail.
Nigh Imports serves as a wholesale provider to numerous independent restaurants in Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder. For nearly a decade, chefs at The Margarita, Nosh, The Blue Star, The Cliff House, Craftwood Inn, Mackenzie's Chop House, Jake and Telly's, the El Paso Club, Cravings and The Picnic Basket have created exceptional dishes with ingredients from Nigh. And now you can, too!
Olivier promises fair, accessible pricing and product sizes with unique, environmentally sensitive packaging. Even if you're not the chef, you're sure to find fabulous gift ideas for those in your life who do cook.
Wondering what can you do with black truffle powder, Spanish saffron, or maybe even fennel pollen? Extraordinary Ingredients will be hosting a series of "Conversations with the Chef" later this fall. To access the schedule in coming weeks, visit the store, go online to www.extraordinaryingredients.com, or watch for updates in this newsletter.
Grand opening specials include 10 percent discounts when you bring in a receipt from the local restaurants listed above and product give-aways. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Want to know more? Contact Kerri at (719) 473-8270. |
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'Tis the Season
ESM's Festival of Trees Benefit
November 20-22, get in the holiday spirit with Ecumenical Social Ministries' (ESM) Festival of Trees at the Doubletree Hotel and World Arena. The three-day event features trees, wreaths, tablescapes and garlands decorated by members of the business and faith communities, individuals and other organizations.
Friday evening kicks off the Festival with a Jingle Bell Gala that includes a sit-down dinner, entertainment and live auction of select trees. Cost: $125 per person.
Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., respectively, the public can view and purchase items, enjoy seasonal treats, live entertainment, children's activities, and have photos taken with Santa. Cost: $6 adults, $3 children. Bring two cans of food to donate and receive $1 off adult admission.
ESM was established in 1982 by eight Downtown churches as an outreach to low-income and homeless populations. Its numerous programs promote self-sufficiency through education and resources. For more information, call (719) 228-6795, email festivaloftrees@ecusocmin.org or visit www.ecusocmin.org/festivaloftrees. |
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Can you guess?
Downtown Puzzler
The adage "everything old is new again" applies beautifully to this Downtown venue. Know what and where it is? |
Read all about it
Annual Report available
If you missed the annual Mayor's Breakfast in late October, copies of the 2009 Downtown Partnership Annual Report are now available for pick-up at our offices, 111 S. Tejon Street, Suite 309. For more information, call (719) 886-0088. |
Only Downtown
Give the gift of Downtown
Haven't yet landed on that "perfect" gift idea? Let your recipient decide with a Downtown Gift Card good at more than 100  merchants. Ideal for that persnickety fashionista, as stocking stuffers, or a holiday thank-you to employees. The Downtown Gift Card c an be purchased online at www.downtown80903.com or at the Downtown Partnership office, 111 South Tejon St., Ste. 309. For more information, call (719) 886-0088. |
Making it better
Colorado Avenue bridgework scheduled
TLM Constructors will conduct preventative maintenance on the Colorado Avenue viaduct, between Sierra Madre and I-25, in the coming months. Median and sidewalks will receive a concrete deck sealer, and a two-part epoxy overlay will go on the street surface. At times single lane closures will occur between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. If multiple lanes need to be closed, message boards will notify travelers five to seven days in advance.
Construction activity may be sporadic, as product placement must meet temperature restrictions.
TLM will also conduct pigeon abatement some time this year.
Railings and streetlights along the viaduct will be repainted in 2010, under a separate contract. A grant will enable replacement of light fixtures with energy- and cost-saving LED lights. For more information on the bridgework, contact City engineer Cam McNair by email to CMcNair@springsgov.com. |
Puzzled no more
We've got answers
This month's puzzler showcases Tre Luna Downtown Event Center at 123 E. Pikes Peak Avenue. Looking for space to host a holiday party, wedding, or other special event? Tre Luna ("Three Moons" in Italian) offers old world elegance in an urban setting. Featuring 16-feet-tall copper stamped ceilings, mahogany wood floors, historical murals and more, your event will be the one remembered.
For more information, visit www.treluna.biz or call (719) 634-5333 |
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"A little bit of everything"
Unique at the Peak
Diane Bauer is on a mission to bring affordable shopping to
Downtown. The former owner of a specialty shop near New York's Lake George and more recently a thrift shop on Platte Avenue, Bauer brings "a little bit of everything" to her newest venture, Unique at the Peak, at 101 N. Tejon. (You'll actually enter on Kiowa, near the entrance to The Metropolitan.)
In store you'll discover just that-a little bit of everything. Jewelry, accessories, women's clothing, leather jackets, and handmade cotton tops from Katmandu are here. Also available are Native American items, kids' toys and more 10,000 "albums" of collectible music-priced at just $2 each. T-shirts, tapestries, recycled denim handbags and military memorabilia call this fun shop home, too. Many items are less than $20.
Find something special for yourself or for someone on your gift list. Unique at the Peak's hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call (719) 448-5088. |
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"Coming This Holiday Season"
Holiday Lites
The Greater Downtown Colorado Springs Business Improvement District is funding the expansion of the Downtown "twinkle lights" along Tejon Street from Bijou to Pikes Peak. The lights will now adourn the trees from Platte Avenue all the way to Pikes Peak Avenue! In addition the holiday decorations are going up, look for them to be turned on the week of Thanksgiving.
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But please send it early!
The Downtown Partnership e-newsletter is sent out on or near the 15th of each month. If you have news or events to publicize, please keep that date in mind and submit your materials by the first of the month. If your event falls on a date during the first two weeks of a month, you'll want to contact us by the first of the preceding month. For example, a September 10th event should be publicized in our August15th newsletter... so we'd need to have your information by August 1. Questions? Contact Terri at 886-0088. |
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