Über Pleases Inner Ron Swanson; Elevation Beer Co.

E. COLFAX— The Über Sausage specializes in European sausages, and as Kathleen St. John says, it's "just fussy enough to be interesting, but with plenty of uncomplicated meat-love to please anyone’s inner Ron Swanson (the mustachioed resident he-man of Parks And Recreation). The next time Swanson takes over your tummy, the Über dudes have it covered." [A.V. Club]

16TH ST. MALL— There's another mobile vendor on the 16th Street Mall these days: Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies — spreading the "Aloha Spirit." [Eaterwire]

PONCHA SPRINGS— Elevation Beer Co., a 15-barrel brewhouse, is now open. Co-founder Xandy Bustamante tells First Drafts that the brewery is focusing on "big barrel-aged and specialty beers." [First Drafts/DP]

COFFEE WIRE— Sure, there's plenty of growler programs when it comes to beer, but coffee and tea? Caribou Coffee, which has 11 Colorado locations, now has a 64 oz. growlers for iced tea, still tea, juices and cold press coffee. [Eaterwire]