seasonal american · $$$ · since 2014
Mercantile
Half provisions counter, half dining room, on the north end of the hall
Alex Seidel opened this in 2014 when Union Station reopened, splitting it between a market counter at the front and a dining room behind. Sage Hospitality has since taken ownership and reworked it, with Alex Grenier running the kitchen alongside Seidel; the name shortened to simply Mercantile along the way. Seasonal American cooking that leans on Colorado producers, served through lunch, happy hour and dinner six days a week. Closed Sundays, which surprises people who assume a train station restaurant never shuts.
Why go. The most grown-up lunch inside Union Station, with a counter you can raid on the way out.
Sit at the front counter for lunch rather than the dining room, and buy bread or cheese on the way out; it is shut Sundays.
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