Order a Colorado draft at the same windows that once sold train tickets, then take it out to the plaza and watch LoDo walk by.
Terminal Bar occupies the restored ticketing office inside the Great Hall of Denver Union Station, at 1701 Wynkoop Street in LoDo. The current bar opened in June 2014 when the station reopened after its renovation, reviving a name that once belonged to a workingman's joint in the same railyard neighborhood. The team kept the original ticket windows and now pours beer through them, swapping fares for pints.
This is a place that does double duty as a transit hub bar and a destination beer hall. It rewards a drinker who wants a wide tap list, a grand room, and an easy patio without booking ahead. It is a weak fit for anyone after a low-lit cocktail den or a quiet corner.
The room
The setting is the draw. The bar sits inside the Great Hall under the station's vaulted ceiling, with the period-correct ticket booths framing the taps and a 1930s palette of brass, dark wood and leather. Westword files it under LoDo bars and clubs, and the space reads exactly that grand on a first visit. Seating spills onto Wynkoop Plaza out front, which turns into the better seat on a warm Denver evening.
The drinks
The list runs beer-forward and Colorado-heavy. Expect a long rotating draft board built around local breweries, plus canned and bottled options and a workmanlike cocktail and wine list for the non-beer crowd. Prices land in walk-up beer-hall territory, not destination-cocktail territory, which fits a room full of commuters and tourists. Order a local IPA or lager and post up at the marble counter, or grab a can to go for the patio. Skip the expectation of a deep mixed-drink program; the kitchen and the taps are the headline here.
Food runs to shareable bar plates and a strong pretzel-and-board lineup that holds up next to the beer. The setup makes it an easy first or last stop when a train or a Rockies game bookends the night. The pours stay generous and the staff move quickly even when the hall is three deep.
The crowd and vibe
The crowd is a true mix, which is the charm and the catch. Commuters off the A Line from the airport, tourists photographing the hall, downtown workers after the whistle and pre-game Rockies fans all cycle through. Visit Denver lists it among the station's anchor venues, and the foot traffic backs that up. Google and Yelp reviewers, across hundreds of entries, praise the room and the patio and flag the obvious trade-off: it gets loud and busy at peak hours, and it leans more transit lounge than neighborhood local when a crowd rolls in.
Who it is for
It is for a wide-net beer drinker who wants atmosphere and a tap list in one stop. It is for a meet-up before a train, a game or dinner along Wynkoop. Skip it if you want an intimate, low-volume cocktail room. For more in the genre, see Denver's craft beer bars guide.
Best time to go
An early weekday evening or a sunny afternoon on the plaza beats a packed weekend night, when the hall fills with through-traffic. The bar keeps long daily hours rather than a show schedule, so a midweek drink is easy to time. For the wider picture, start with our Denver bar guide, the best bars in Denver, and the LoDo neighbourhood roundup.
Sources: Terminal Bar official site (2026); Denver Union Station venue page; Westword location listing; Visit Denver; Yelp (n=472). No aggregate rating shown: no single verified rating and count.
