nonprofit art space · since 2019
Union Hall
Free nonprofit gallery for emerging Denver artists, hidden inside the Coloradan
Union Hall is a nonprofit exhibition space on the ground floor of the Coloradan tower directly beside the Union Station tracks; you go through the doors by Sweetgreen and Kaffe Landskap and find it down the hall. It exists to give emerging Colorado artists and curators paid, professional shows, including the Rough Gems program for first-time curators, and the work is often installation-heavy and stranger than what the commercial galleries on Wazee hang. Admission is free, hours are Wednesday to Saturday noon to 6, and it goes dark for a week or two between shows, so check the site before walking over. Parking is in the Coloradan garage (entrance at 18th and Wewatta) or metered on the street.
Why go. Twenty free minutes of what young Denver artists are actually making.
Openings are the night to go; otherwise pair a Saturday visit with lunch on Wewatta and a walk over the 18th Street bridge to the river.
A short walk from Union Hall
Kaffe Landskap
$$Swedish fika at the corner of the Coloradan, trains going past the windows
LoDo · 1750 Wewatta Street
Mercantile
$$$Half provisions counter, half dining room, on the north end of the hall
LoDo · 1701 Wynkoop Street
Snooze, an A.M. Eatery
$$Pancake flights and a queue, right where the trains come in
LoDo · 1701 Wynkoop Street
Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar
$$Asheville biscuits, fried chicken and bourbon across the street from Union Station.
LoDo · 1650 Wewatta St
Olive & Finch
$$Counter-service breakfast, salads and layer cake inside the station
LoDo · 1701 Wynkoop Street
Whole Foods Market Union Station
$$Two-level flagship grocery a block off the train hall, with hot bar and taproom
LoDo · 1701 Wewatta Street