Steve Jones has been talking with fellow chip shop owners back in his native England about his latest ventures in Colorado Springs: Codswallop, the Old Colorado City chippy that opened in May, and The Brit Pub, which opens this weekend, Friday, Oct. 24, to be exact. “Do the Americans really like it?” they want to know about what seems like a novel concept to them.
While the question is yet to be definitely answered, Jones and his British Food Group team are giving the Yanks a lot to love in the new downtown Brit Pub. Credit it to this country’s history, the shared language or cultural crossovers through the centuries, but we Americans have maintained a collective fascination with most things British. At least when we want to — we’ll take the Beatles, Stones and all the long list of musical icons; they can keep the monarchy and tea.
What we need more of on this side of the Atlantic — and in the shadow of Pikes Peak — according to Jones and his British Food Group co-owners is more pub culture…