Happy Endings Caboose Cafe — Restaurant in Cañon City

Went to this place during the summer when a festival was going on and they had brats, nachos, chicken strips and some other food. My wife ordered the nachos, which came with multi-colored chips and some meat. They were so disgusting, she could not finish them. It did not taste anything like nachos. For me, I ordered a brat and it came on an overly cooked, hard & crunchy bun. Hard crunchy buns are disgusting as it takes away from the brat because your mouth is watering from how dry and hard the bun is. I also was hungry and the brat itself had no flavor and was still nasty by itself. Even with a lot of ketchup, I still could not finish the brat. For my kids, I ordered the chicken strips. They were too breaded and had very little to no seasoning. They were very bland.

Even if you're very hungry, this is not the place to be. The price for the food is over priced and the quality you get is subpar at best. You'd have better flavor eating bar food. My wife and I were so disgusted with this place, we will never go back.

Edit I waited three months because I have other things to do than write reviews. I just had time to finally...

My friend and I are big fans of cafes and we spotted this on google maps as we were searching for places for lunch.

We are not local and were shell-shocked at the prices this place charged for food. In a city that has an average per capita income of $27,000 per year [source: census.gov], how does a business charge $22 for a sandwich and chips or $16 for a burrito? An average citizen here has to work 2 hours to afford a meal here.

The food was bland and the chicken was dry. I could not believe how little flavor everything had. The mocha tasted just like milk and was not good. It would be one thing if the food and drinks were tasty, but this was such a disappointing experience.

The staff was friendly and the trains looked cool. We were the only patrons on Tuesday just after 12, so we did not experience the long wait times mentioned by other peers. I would recommend coming for the atmosphere and maybe souvenirs, but...

There were pros and cons but I am giving this place five stars. Pros were that the Bloody Mary was delicious and the Southwest wrap was delicious. Another pro is the atmosphere. Eating in a nice air conditioned caboose was fun. A con was that in the caboose there are no napkins and no salt and pepper shakers. The waiter never did come back and check on me after they brought my food. Luckily, I had a napkin in my purse. I had received my Bloody Mary first and it did not have bacon like the menu specified. So, when they brought my food, I did ask for a piece of bacon and they brought it after questioning me, but I had taken a picture of the menu and showed them where it said garnished with bacon. :) It wasn't until after that that I realized I didn't have a napkin. And I didn't want to get up and walk back over into the other caboose to ask for one since I realized I had one...