The Journal · Cantina.
Every Stage Stop journal entry tagged Cantina. Methods, recipes, and BBQ history — written by the pitmasters running the cook.
4 entries
- StoryHistoryCantina
The Cantina renovation, summer 2024
Former auto repair shop on E. Pikes Peak Ave, asbestos abated 2023, sat empty 2 years. 9 weeks of evenings and weekends May-July 2024, while we still ran the original Mash Mechanix slot during the day. What we built ourselves, what we paid pros for, the $18k floor-pour surprise in week 5, soft-launch Aug 2 → hard launch Aug 9.
13 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha - StoryCantinaBreweries
From a trailer to a flagship: the Stage Stop story
One trailer outside Mash Mechanix on Pikes Peak Ave. became four locations and a sit-down Cantina flagship. The handshake deal, the Saturday we ran out at 1:14pm, and the team that made it.
13 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha - CantinaStoryService
Inside the Cantina: a Friday at the flagship
A first-person walk-through of the Stage Stop Cantina at 6620 Old Stage Rd. — the ranch since 1993, why the Cantina format, and what a Friday from 3pm pre-service to the late-night second brisket actually looks like.
14 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha - CantinaServiceStory
Inside a Saturday at the Cantina
3am brisket check, 11am door, 1pm rush, midnight close — what a Saturday at Stage Stop's flagship actually looks like, from the overnight smoker to last call.
14 min readBy Chef Eve Natasha