Beef Jerky Experience

You will find this place in the heart of Manitou Springs. There is metered street parking and commercial lots within a reasonably walking distance from here. This is a small local business that has a wide selection of jerky. They have beef jerky, kangaroo jerky, shark jerky, bison jerky, venison jerky, ostrich jerky, turkey jerky and many others. Some of them come in different flavors such as Cajun, spicy.... And different aviation's such as slim Jim, bagged, and flat. The inside of the shop is very clean and well organized. I was very impressed.Shannon was awesome. She was very helpful and making my selection and gave here unbiased opinion. I also t thought that she was the owner of the place by the way she spoke about it. I ended up getting a couple of the exotic jerkies. But to be honest, I cannot taste much of a difference from regular jerky with a few exceptions. I guess to me jerky is jerky. It was still good though. If you are in downtown Manitou Springs, I highly recommend checking this place out. You will find it in the middle of the main strip and you will not be disappointed.

Don't waste your money here. I got some elk jerky, 2 varieties of beef jerky, pheasant/pork stick, turkey jerky strip, pheasant/pork stick, pork/venison strip and venison stick. Every single flavor had a weird texture and little to no actual flavor other than salt. The "pepper" beef jerky didn't really have much actual pepper flavor. The elk jerky tasted fishy.The jerky itself is from Tennessee and had a very manufactured texture and taste.The guy at the cash register was really nice and the pit bull with him was a sweetheart. I'd give them 5 stars if possible.

I didn't come here for myself but came here to pick something up for someone else so unsure about the product itself. Was closed the first time at around 12:00pm on Sunday and didn't have time to wait so couldn't buy it then and had to come back a few hours later. Very weird encounter while being rung up, dude was sitting down at the cash register then tossed my bags on the counter then said "you can take a bag if I you want". Maybe these type of manners and customer service is normal here and I'm looking too deep, but I have never encountered this type of ringing up so it threw us off and is the type of thing that doesn't really wanna make me come back.

First time going into the shop and the older cashier lady was very rude. It ruined our experience and we will definitely not go back. There are other jerky spots on the strip with more options and much better customer service.