{"id":1317383,"date":"2019-12-23T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T22:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991959"},"modified":"2019-12-23T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T22:56:27","slug":"rifle-gets-even-sweeter-with-new-sweet-coloradough-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rifle-gets-even-sweeter-with-new-sweet-coloradough-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Rifle gets even sweeter with new Sweet Coloradough location"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Customers hang-out at the new Sweet Coloradough location in downtown Rifle on Friday morning.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

When Aaron and Anne Badolato moved from the Denver area to Glenwood Springs, the financial planner and registered nurse realized something was missing.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018There are no doughnut shops,’\u201d Anne Badolato recalled her husband saying. \u201cSo, that\u2019s how it began.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2014, Aaron and Anne Badolato opened Sweet Coloradough at 2430 S. Glen Ave. in Glenwood Springs.<\/p>\n

Additionally, this past weekend, Sweet Coloradough celebrated its Rifle location\u2019s grand opening.<\/p>\n

Located at 234 Railroad Ave., Sweet Coloradough\u2019s Rifle shop serves handcrafted doughnuts, coffee and breakfast burritos between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. exclusively on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat hopefully will increase,\u201d Anne Badolato said. \u201cWe like to start slow to see how everything goes and see what the response is.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Badolato, during Sweet Coloradough\u2019s busier stretches, the mom and pop doughnut shop sometimes prepares between 2,000 and 10,000 donuts daily.<\/p>\n

When over 40,000 people viewed Sweet Coloradough\u2019s Facebook post promoting its grand opening in Rifle, Badolato, admitted being a little concerned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, my god,’\u201d Anne Badolato laughed.<\/p>\n

Luckily, not everyone showed up at once Friday morning.<\/p>\n

Instead, consistent crowds throughout Friday and Saturday made for an opening weekend Badolato described as going \u201cvery smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt never felt really super crowded in there,\u201d Anne Badolato said. \u201cEveryone was so happy for us to be there and so nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Sweet Coloradough in Rifle, customers may choose from an assortment of sweet treats ranging from traditional, lightly sweetened cake doughnuts to eight-hour fritters and 11-layer \u201ccroughnuts\u201d known for their crispy, flakey croissant texture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re doing our cake donuts, we\u2019re literally making the cake batter that you\u2019d make a cake out of,\u201d Anne Badolato said. \u201cThe yeast doughnuts, I call those my \u2018pillows of love.\u2019 They are so soft and the dough is fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Located in the heart of Rifle, Anne Badolato said she was looking forward to watching Sweet Coloradough grow even more in the local community.<\/p>\n

Additionally, with the exception of being closed on Tuesdays, Sweet Coloradough\u2019s Glenwood Springs location remains open between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Customers hang-out at the new Sweet Coloradough location in downtown Rifle on Friday morning.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent When Aaron and Anne Badolato moved from the Denver area to Glenwood Springs, the financial planner and registered nurse realized something was missing. \u201c\u2018There are no doughnut shops,’\u201d Anne Badolato recalled her husband saying. \u201cSo, that\u2019s how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 07:50:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}