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Where to eat in Colorado Springs, CO
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A few places to eat in Colorado Springs
- Oro Italian · 0.1 miles
123 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs - La Baguette Cafe and Espresso Bar Bakery · 0.1 miles
117 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs - Seeds Community Cafe · 0.1 miles
109 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs - Pho King Wing Vietnamese · 0.1 miles
19 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs - Awi Sushi Sushi · 0.1 miles
9 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs
The closest few by distance from central Colorado Springs, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Colorado Springs.
The food scene in Colorado Springs
Open listings put 308 places to eat within 2 miles of central Colorado Springs, 141 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (21), Mexican (20) and bakery (14). 21 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Colorado Springs is Jamaican, Hawaiian and ramen — types that are listed here at 7 to 12 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 21 Mexican 20 Bakery 14 Burgers 13 Sandwiches 12 American 12 Coffee 12 Breakfast & brunch 11 Sushi 8 Italian 8
The food in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs eats like a mountain military town, which is exactly what it is — five major installations, the Air Force Academy, and a population that turns over regularly. That has left it with more range than a city this size usually has and less of a single tradition.
It shares Colorado's green chile culture with Denver, and Pueblo — the source of the state's own chile variety — is only forty miles south.
What to eat in Colorado Springs
- Pueblo green chile — From the Arkansas Valley just south. Thinner and hotter than the New Mexican style.
- Smothered burritos — Green chile poured over, eaten with a fork.
- Korean food — A substantial community tied to the military presence, and better than the city's size suggests.
- Brewery and mountain-town food — Substantial, unfussy, and built for people who have been outside all day.
- Bison and game — Locally available and on more menus here than most places.
Where to look
- Old Colorado City and downtown — Most of the independent kitchens.
- Academy Boulevard — Korean, Vietnamese and Mexican along the corridor.
Neighbourhoods and regional dishes, not restaurant recommendations. We have not eaten in Colorado Springs, and a page claiming the best taco in a city it has never visited is worth nothing. Savor Scout reads menus and reviews when you search, and shows why it picked what it picked.
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Mexican food, Korean food, burgers, barbecue — what separates a good one from an average one, and what to order.
Colorado Springs has a population of about 439,886. Enough choice to argue about for twenty minutes, which is usually what happens. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Colorado Springs, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Colorado Springs is a little thinner on options than average
Colorado Springs sits in El Paso County, where the Census counts 484 full-service restaurants, 538 limited-service places, 190 cafés and snack bars and 91 bars — 1,303 places to eat or drink in all. Colorado Springs makes up about 60% of the county's population.
That is 17.8 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Colorado Springs
- Castle Rock, CO — about 37 miles away
- Pueblo, CO — about 42 miles away
- Parker, CO — about 47 miles away
- Centennial, CO — about 52 miles away
- Littleton, CO — about 55 miles away
- Lakewood, CO — about 62 miles away
Campuses in and near Colorado Springs
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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