Amanda’s guidebook
Palmer Lake Eats and Treats
Great places to eat, drink, and enjoy the local scene.
This is our favorite place in town! The Trap has an ever changing seasonal menu with breakfast and lunch daily and dinner Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Their food is always made fresh and delicious! On the weekends enjoy drinks and great live music! This is where we go to dance and have a fun time with locals!
45 locals recommend
Speedtrap
84-2 CO-105This is our favorite place in town! The Trap has an ever changing seasonal menu with breakfast and lunch daily and dinner Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Their food is always made fresh and delicious! On the weekends enjoy drinks and great live music! This is where we go to dance and have a fun time with locals!
This is our amazing pizza joint! It has everything from salads, lasagna and speciality pizza's that are to die for! We love going here for a good Italian atmosphere with a good selection of wines.
33 locals recommend
Bella Panini
4 CO-105This is our amazing pizza joint! It has everything from salads, lasagna and speciality pizza's that are to die for! We love going here for a good Italian atmosphere with a good selection of wines.
If you love schnitzel, sausage, and german beer, this is the place to go! We love coming here, chilling on the porch with our friends and taking in the view of the lake. Their food is AWESOME!! My favorite thing is the gyro and the handmade chips with parmesan sprinkled on top! Oh and the german pretzels with cheese.. YUMMY!!!!! They have lots of good eats to choose from and a family friendly atmosphere! This is also the place to rent paddle boards to use on the lake!
6 locals recommend
The Stube
292 Colorado 105If you love schnitzel, sausage, and german beer, this is the place to go! We love coming here, chilling on the porch with our friends and taking in the view of the lake. Their food is AWESOME!! My favorite thing is the gyro and the handmade chips with parmesan sprinkled on top! Oh and the german pretzels with cheese.. YUMMY!!!!! They have lots of good eats to choose from and a family friendly atmosphere! This is also the place to rent paddle boards to use on the lake!
If you want a true bar atmosphere with the best hot wings this side of the Palmer Divide, this is your joint! They offer big ol' slabs of meat you can grill yourself, burgers, bloodies, and some good whiskey! This is where we go on the weekends to catch up with our friends and blow off stress from the work week!
39 locals recommend
O’Malley’s
104 CO-105If you want a true bar atmosphere with the best hot wings this side of the Palmer Divide, this is your joint! They offer big ol' slabs of meat you can grill yourself, burgers, bloodies, and some good whiskey! This is where we go on the weekends to catch up with our friends and blow off stress from the work week!
Rock House Ice Cream
24 CO-105Yummy Ice cream and treats
Monument Eats and Treats
Monument is just a hop, skip and a jump away! So if you need a grocery store, liquor store or a bank, this is the place to go. Only about 8 minute drive to the cute and artistic historic down town area. If you go across the highway you can get to the Walmart, Kingsoopers, and an Urgent Care. Pretty much anything you need!
This new delicious restaurant just open up by some good friends of ours. This place has three different options of bowls, hot & brothy, chilled & saucy, and a fresh & leafy! Great prices, fast service, and yummy additions to add to your bowl! It is definitely our new favorite noodle bar in town! When you go in, you can check out the 2 large 10ft tables and wood bar by the window we made and crafted for them! Keep it local!
Ramen Chops Noodle Bar
491 CO-105This new delicious restaurant just open up by some good friends of ours. This place has three different options of bowls, hot & brothy, chilled & saucy, and a fresh & leafy! Great prices, fast service, and yummy additions to add to your bowl! It is definitely our new favorite noodle bar in town! When you go in, you can check out the 2 large 10ft tables and wood bar by the window we made and crafted for them! Keep it local!
This cute little Bistro is a great place to have a healthy meal and coffee. While watching people walk by in Historic Monument. Right next to many shops and art studios!
27 locals recommend
The Bistro on 2nd
65 2nd StThis cute little Bistro is a great place to have a healthy meal and coffee. While watching people walk by in Historic Monument. Right next to many shops and art studios!
If you are feeling some homestyle cooking this is the place to eat. Diner style and great prices!
27 locals recommend
Rosie's Diner
411 CO-105If you are feeling some homestyle cooking this is the place to eat. Diner style and great prices!
Feeling like some good finger lickin BBQ? Check out this little whole in the wall joint. It's right when you get into Monument before I-25 in the shopping area near the Wells fargo!
11 locals recommend
Broken Bones BBQ
481 E Hwy 105Feeling like some good finger lickin BBQ? Check out this little whole in the wall joint. It's right when you get into Monument before I-25 in the shopping area near the Wells fargo!
This place has awesome sushi with full service Hibachi tables! Great for the whole family and quite the production!
Fuji Mountain
16064 Jackson Creek PkwyThis place has awesome sushi with full service Hibachi tables! Great for the whole family and quite the production!
Craving Mexican? This place is great! Jackson Creek Parkway area has LOTS of restaurants to choose from!
6 locals recommend
Don Tequila Mexican Grill & Cantina
15910 Jackson Creek PkwyCraving Mexican? This place is great! Jackson Creek Parkway area has LOTS of restaurants to choose from!
Safeway
626 E Hwy 105This is the closest grocery store to Palmer Lake.
Just incase an accident happens! We have the best Urgent care in town!
Centura Health Urgent Care Tri-Lakes
17230 Jackson Creek PkwyJust incase an accident happens! We have the best Urgent care in town!
Walmart Supercenter
16218 Jackson Creek PkwyIf you can't resist!
Best grocery store in town, if you are willing to drive an extra 8 minutes!
35 locals recommend
King Soopers
1070 Baptist RdBest grocery store in town, if you are willing to drive an extra 8 minutes!
This isn't your backwoods moonshine, this is high class, delicious moonshine. One of our favorites places to drink! With a great Colorado inspired atmosphere and many different choices in flavored moonshine and mixed drinks, this is a great place to spend an afternoon hanging out and drinking up some sunshine!
14 locals recommend
3 Hundred Days Distilling
279 Beacon Lite RoadThis isn't your backwoods moonshine, this is high class, delicious moonshine. One of our favorites places to drink! With a great Colorado inspired atmosphere and many different choices in flavored moonshine and mixed drinks, this is a great place to spend an afternoon hanging out and drinking up some sunshine!
Love beer? We sure do! This place has put Monument on the Brewery map! When you walk in, you are consumed by the yummy hops smell and a great atmosphere! They have a huge outside seating area and usually a few food trucks outside to get a little treat while you drink! We love coming here after a long hard day of work. Just drink responsibly, they are strong beers!! CHEERS!
46 locals recommend
Pikes Peak Brewing Company
1756 Lake Woodmoor DrLove beer? We sure do! This place has put Monument on the Brewery map! When you walk in, you are consumed by the yummy hops smell and a great atmosphere! They have a huge outside seating area and usually a few food trucks outside to get a little treat while you drink! We love coming here after a long hard day of work. Just drink responsibly, they are strong beers!! CHEERS!
The Ice Cave Cider House
174 Washington StBest cider in town!
Fun things to do in Colorado Springs
We are so lucky to live in colorful Colorado! Here are a list of my favorite sights to see and adventures to go on!
You can't visit CO Springs without seeing Garden of the Gods! It sticks true to its name! This breath taking place is full of natural rock formations, easy hiking trails and routes you can drive through. It's STUNNING! About 35 minute drive! Don't forget your camera for this trip!
1169 locals recommend
Garden of the Gods Club and Resort
3320 Mesa RdYou can't visit CO Springs without seeing Garden of the Gods! It sticks true to its name! This breath taking place is full of natural rock formations, easy hiking trails and routes you can drive through. It's STUNNING! About 35 minute drive! Don't forget your camera for this trip!
Want to take a subterranean adventure? This is a COOL place to go! They give tours of the caves and tell the stories of discovery! Bring a light sweater, it can be cool and breezy underground! Get ready to explore stalagmites and stalactites, you may even find a treasure on the way!
464 locals recommend
Cave of the Winds Mountain Park
100 Cave of the Winds RdWant to take a subterranean adventure? This is a COOL place to go! They give tours of the caves and tell the stories of discovery! Bring a light sweater, it can be cool and breezy underground! Get ready to explore stalagmites and stalactites, you may even find a treasure on the way!
The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are a group of relocated Anasazi ruins cliff dwellings and museums located just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on U.S. Highway 24 in Manitou Springs. The Anasazi Museum was established and the cliff dwellings built starting in 1904, and were opened to the public in 1907.
288 locals recommend
Manitou Cliff Dwellings
10 Cliff RdThe Manitou Cliff Dwellings are a group of relocated Anasazi ruins cliff dwellings and museums located just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on U.S. Highway 24 in Manitou Springs. The Anasazi Museum was established and the cliff dwellings built starting in 1904, and were opened to the public in 1907.
Love to shop? This little eclectic town offers an array of restaurants, art shops and retail shops! Awesome place to spend the day!
649 locals recommend
Manitou Springs
Love to shop? This little eclectic town offers an array of restaurants, art shops and retail shops! Awesome place to spend the day!
If you are up to a physical challenge with breath taking views at the top, the Incline is an experience. The Manitou Springs Incline, also known as the Manitou Incline, is a popular hiking trail rising above Manitou Springs, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. The trail is the remains of a former 3 ft narrow gauge funicular railway whose tracks washed out during a rock slide in 1990.
Trailhead: Barr Trail
Sight: Pikes Peak
228 locals recommend
The Incline
The InclineIf you are up to a physical challenge with breath taking views at the top, the Incline is an experience. The Manitou Springs Incline, also known as the Manitou Incline, is a popular hiking trail rising above Manitou Springs, Colorado, near Colorado Springs. The trail is the remains of a former 3 ft narrow gauge funicular railway whose tracks washed out during a rock slide in 1990.
Trailhead: Barr Trail
Sight: Pikes Peak
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center
1 Olympic PlazaWestern Museum of Mining and Industry
225 North Gate BlvdNational Museum of World War II Aviation
775 Aviation WayManitou Art Center
513 Manitou AveManitou Springs Penny Arcade
930 Manitou AveGREAT Zoo exhibit that is constantly adding attractions and events! Highly recommend for children and families!
569 locals recommend
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
4250 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo RdGREAT Zoo exhibit that is constantly adding attractions and events! Highly recommend for children and families!