BBQ in Old Colorado City. Where to eat right now.
Front Range Barbeque temporarily closed its longtime Old Colorado City home at 2330 W Colorado Ave in 2025 and relocated to 2220 Academy Place. If you’re looking for BBQ in the OCC historic district right now, Stage Stop BBQ’s OCC cart is open Thursday through Sunday, 12p–9p, with the same wood-smoked menu we serve at every Stage Stop. This page covers where OCC BBQ stands today and how to find us.
A 25-year OCC institution. Wishing them well.
Front Range Barbeque opened on Colorado Avenue in 2000 and spent a quarter century becoming part of what Old Colorado City means. They smoked good BBQ at 2330 W Colorado Ave for as long as most of the neighborhood has had a westside zip code. In 2025 they temporarily closed the original storefront and relocated operations to 2220 Academy Place, a few blocks north.
We’re BBQ people. We hope they come back strong. For the latest from them directly, check frbbq.com. This page is for the question we keep getting in the meantime: where do you go for BBQ in OCC right now?
The westside cart. Thu–Sun, noon to nine.
Our Old Colorado City stop is a wood-fired trailer parked in the historic district on the westside. Same menu we serve at every Stage Stop: the 14-Hour Brisket on post oak, St. Louis Ribs on pecan, Pulled Pork, the Burnt-End Mac Bowl, and the sauce flight ($4) so you can taste Carolina Gold and Alabama White side by side. Sauce on the side by default. Always.
We’ve been a Colorado Springs family ranch since 1993. Chef Eve Natasha writes every recipe at every location and works the line at the flagship most Saturdays. No gas assist. No liquid smoke. Fourteen hours for brisket, six for ribs. The smoke does the work.
The OCC cart is walkable to the rest of the district — shops, coffee, the bookstore, a few good bars — and runs karaoke on Friday nights. Family-friendly during the day. It’s about a ten-minute drive from the Garden of the Gods south entrance, which makes it a clean stop after a morning of red rocks.
14-Hour Brisket
Post oak. Salt and pepper bark. Sliced to order. Sauce on the side. The thing we’d order if we were standing in our own line.
St. Louis Ribs
Pecan smoke, six hours, dry-rubbed. Bite-through, not fall-off. Half rack or whole.
Burnt-End Mac Bowl
Cubed brisket point, cheddar cream, smoked breadcrumbs. The bowl that gets photographed.
Pulled Pork
Twelve hours on apple wood. Plate, sandwich, or taco. The sleeper pick.
Sauce Flight — $4
Carolina Gold, Alabama White, plus the rotating fourth. Eve writes them. Eve tastes every batch.
We feed crowds too
Westside weddings, corporate lunches, graduation parties. Same smoke, dedicated van. Get a quote.
Other places to eat on the westside.
We want this page to actually be useful, not just a brand pitch. Old Colorado City has a real food scene that holds up on its own, and the answer to “where do I eat in OCC” isn’t always BBQ. A few honest picks from people who eat here on their nights off.
Cerberus Brewing Co.
A couple blocks east of the historic district. In-house pub food, a long taplist, and a good patio. We send people there on Mondays when our cart is closed.
The rest of the avenue
Colorado Avenue between 24th and 27th has a Mexican spot, a pizza place, two cocktail bars, and an ice cream window worth saving room for. The OCC walking loop is the meal as much as any single restaurant.
How to find the OCC cart.
Head into Old Colorado City on Colorado Avenue. Park anywhere on the avenue between 24th and 27th — street spots run the full strip, and there are public lots one block north on West Cucharras Street (off 24th, 25th, and 26th) — metered on weekdays, free on Sundays and holidays. We’re the wood-fired trailer with the line and the smoke. If you can’t see us, follow your nose.
- See the full menu — what’s on the line at every Stage Stop.
- OCC location page — hours, photos, what to expect.
- Catering — westside weddings, parties, office lunches.
- Open in Google Maps — one-tap directions.