Regular Joe's Guide

First visit: Feb 2026 I've been attempting to get on down to Pueblo at least once a month, to do some thrift digging and dining. As I've said here before, Pueblo is Colorado's little secret for the best food in the state. At least from a Regular Joe's Guide perspective. If you're a Michelin Star kinda person, then you're going to need to visit Denver or one of the fancy mountain resorts. You know that Michelin is a pay to play entity right? Wonder why Colorado Springs, much less Pueblo, do not have any starred restaurants? Because they refused to pay them. Doesn't matter to us, we're all about the real experience of eating in a city. You can have the fou fou. I did plenty of that in my business travel days. Never was impressed. All show, no substance. Pueblo is like a Midwest town dropped into Colorado. It's more like St. Joseph, Missouri than Colorado Springs. I've had Brues Alehouse circled for years, but just never found the right time to go....

First visit: Jan 2026 (Garden of the Gods) It was time for another meet with Dr. Boom, as our collective record businesses have been intersecting of late. Not too far from his homestead is Voodoo Brewing, one of the very few brewpubs here that is not from Colorado. I personally try to only support our locals, as they need all the help they can get, but the timing and the location suggested we should go here for lunch. I first became familiar with the Voodoo brand while in Baltimore, trying one of their beers at RJG favorite Max's Taphouse. This was when I had an office there from late 2016 through 2019. I also saw them in Pittsburgh during that same timeframe, which is where they are based. When they opened here, I thought it was quite curious. We certainly do not have a shortage of breweries or brewpubs here in Colorado Springs. I thought they were just branching out to a western location, and creating a new distribution center. I didn't realize they were a brewpub chain, not ...