Shuga’s Restaurant & Bar

As snow begins to dust the top of pikes peak, food fancies take a turn for the warm comfort of steaming soup concoctions, be they made with chilies, shrimp, noodles or pumpkin.
When the first snows dust the top of Pikes Peak, and I try to remember to grab a light coat for evenings out, my food fancies take an abrupt, yet expected turn. Not toward the fresh donuts available on the Peak, because that’s rather year-round in my case. When Labor Day has come and gone, I turn to my old friend — soup.
Because soup, actually, rarely grows old. The usually warm (exception: gazpacho) and spoon-eaten (exception: chopsticks) dish is made in almost every culture and can therefore be a passport to experience the flavors of the world. In the changing-of-the-day variety, soup also gives you insight into a restaurant’s kitchen philosophy and talents — and for a price-per-serving almost any wallet can afford.
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The holidays are often kid-centered, but Shuga’s reveals a few great reasons that being an adult with mature tastes is great this time of year.

Whenever I want to convince out-of-towners that Colorado Springs is cooler than our reputation might suggest, I take them to Shuga’s.