Dainty Wheaton, owner of Dainty’s Jamaican Kitchen, has moved her restaurant to 302 E. Platte Ave., formerly The Cupcake Girls. Since 2013, she operated her business at Fort Carson.
“I really loved the soldiers at Fort Carson. I’m going to miss the noon rush,” she said. “I know many of them will make a point of finding my new place downtown, though.”
Wheaton comes from a long line of Jamaican women restaurateurs dating back to her great-grandmother, so cooking for others is in her blood. She moved to Colorado Springs in 1998 and started a catering business in 2002, winning a fan club for her curry chicken and other Jamaican dishes.