A Downtown Jaunt
Since I now live just 1.2 miles from downtown Colorado Springs I find it very convenient to shop and eat there. In the old days it seemed that I couldn’t be bothered with the downtown scene and truth be told - there wasn’t much there anyway.
A sort of renaissance has occurred there over the last decade or so as it has in many downtown areas across the country. More shops, restaurants, clubs, parks and niche businesses are located in the downtown areas these days.
Last weekend we had some time and a little money so we headed downtown to get a cup of coffee. We parked on Bijou near Tejon St. and since we were directly in front of Jamba Juice we decided to get one of those instead of a coffee. While waiting for our drinks we spied a kitchen store across the street. Hmm…we’re much more into kitchen things these days and I really could use a new set of knives!
After finishing the juice drinks (where I signed my credit card receipt with a crayon, yes a crayon…I guess the CC machine was down or it’s a new trendy thing) we headed over to Sparrow Hawk Cookware. Wow! They seem to have everything in this store. From knives and cutting boards to bean pots, crock pots, tea pots and more. Forgiving their severely inadequate website the store makes up for it with more things crammed in there than clowns in a car. Yet, it wasn’t overly difficult to shop.
We purchased a new rolling pin for our special homemade tortillas and a new paper towel holder for our new kitchen. Pleasantly, the prices seem to be competitive. I judged this by comparing some Chemex coffee filters priced at about $8 vs. $7 PLUS shipping online. Since I’m now so close the $5 shipping seems like overkill compared to the minuscule amount of gas I’ll use to drive downtown.
Sparrow Hawk Cookware is a great store. If you’ve got some time to kill and are shopping for kitchen stuff stop in.
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