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Best Of Menu
Shuga's

702 S. Cascade Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO
Downtown
328-1412
shugas.com

Tags: Bar/Club, Coffee/Tea, Café/Sandwich, Best Of, Menu

Restaurant Details

Best Of 2012: Neighborhood Restaurant: Central

Owners Alexius Weston and Kurt Bunch love the Shuga's neighborhood so much that they got married right outside the restaurant's front door, in the median on Cascade. (It's the same median they walked for seven years when they lived down the street.) They know their neighbors well and have a devoted following of regulars who crave menu items such as the Brazilian coconut shrimp soup, lavender martini and lemon ginger tea. "It's so nice to serve people that you know," Weston says. "You know their name and what they want to eat or drink." To which Bunch adds, "And if they don't come in, you get kind of worried. Where are they? Are they OK?" Together, they've seen kids grow up, and couples fall in love. Weston says she likes to pause and take a step back sometimes to take it all in: "It's like life happening right in front of you." — Darcie Mankell

Bites 2013: Spicy Brazilian Coconut Shrimp

As prawn baths go, this one's epic. It's got peanut buttery, starchy sweetness, coconut milk smoothness, a mild ginger bite, medium jalapeño burn and a touch of cilantro influence. It's almost like a Thai dish doing a sexy samba dance. But it's more like the best damn thing in the world at that moment you're mopping it up with fat bread wedges, eyes rolled back, groaning like a mad fool. ($4 cup/$7 bowl)

Click here for Shuga's Applesauce Cake Recipe!

Price: $

Daily Carnivore Soup

meat
7.00
Aracelli Nicoise

in-house smoked salmon, egg, potato, red onion, capers, kalamata olives, mixed greens, tomato, lemon caper vinaigrette
9.00
Sautéed Mushrooms And Bleu Cheese
Per Piece: 3.00
Snacker Board

salami, prosciutto, olives, herbed goat cheese, manchego, pesto, assorted bread, crackers
12.00
Mediterranean Fare & Soup

choice cup of soup & small mediterranean fare
11.00