(COLORADO SPRINGS) — 23 businesses have closed in Downtown Colorado Springs this year, though some have been replaced with new businesses thanks to Downtown Development Authority (DDA) grants.
If you felt like a lot of transition happened in the Downtown area in 2024, you’d be correct. 23 businesses closed their doors this year and 29 others opened them. Some of the closures have been attributed to fires, financial strain, legal issues, lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more.
FOX21 News reached out to the Downtown Partnership for a full picture of the Downtown business scene, which provided some context for a lot of the closures as well as what new business replaced some of them.
Businesses that closed in 2024:
Studio 32 Discotheque (now Lulu’s Downtown)
Dirty Byrd (now Azteca Urbano)
Mood Tapas Bar (now T-Byrd’s Tacos)
UPS Store (closed due to fire)
Elev8 Glass Gallery (relocated to Platte Avenue)
Bingo Burger (closed due to Oct. 2024 fire)
Bell Brothers Brewing
Nova Nightclub (former Indvstry Video Bar, closed due to legal issues/not following liquor laws)
3E’s Comedy Club
Marco’s Pizza (now Gaia Masala Burger & Bar)
Brooklyn’s on Boulder (now Toodles Tea Room)
Ad A Design
Springs Orleans (new Mining Exchange Hotel concept coming in 2025 to replace it)
Lemon Lodge Ski Bar
The Perk
Red Swing Brewery (now Urban Animal Beer Co.)
The Well (non-profit that operated it decided not to continue)
Modo Salon (owner/operator moved to New York City)
Inefable by Fernando
Coralun Vintage
Water Works Car Wash
Wild Goose Meeting House
Shears Barbershop (now Superior Barbershop)
Expected Closings by year end:
China Town Restaurant
Munchies 719
The Downtown Partnership also addressed some temporary closures and relocations, such as ICONS, which recently reopened in a new space on Kiowa Street after a December 2023 fire damaged the previous location. Yobel/The Look Up Gallery was damaged in the same fire, though the Downtown Partnership said it reopened as a holiday pop-up which will reopen permanently in the pop-up space once improvements are complete.
Solar Roast Coffee has been temporarily closed due to damage from the same October 2024 fire that closed Bingo Burger, though the Downtown Partnership said it is expected to reopen in late winter or early spring of 2025.
Businesses that opened in 2024 (* indicates support from DDA grant):
Illegal Pete’s*
Louie Louie’s Piano Bar
Exponential Impact Downtown*
Kochi Boba & Mochi
Blk Mgk Coffee
Crooked Cue
Evergreen Restaurant*
Boucher Art + Stage
Dad’s Donuts
Cinchona Coffee
ONE Medical
Facial Aesthetics
Lulu’s Downtown*
Hank’s K9 Social Club
Soiree Bridal*
The Shoppe (Local Honey*, Idyll Manor, Kampp Goods Pottery)
Golden Hour
Comfort & Joy Cat Cafe*
Haole
Urban Animal Beer Co.
Monica’s Taco Shop
Gaia Masala Burger & Bar
Azteca Urbano
Night Ramen
Toodles Tea Room*
Brakeman’s Smashed Burger Bar
Superior Barbershop
Owambe African Restaurant & Lounge
Silver Linings Recovery
