The coffee is decent and the store is cute, which is why I give them any stars. They seem to forget they are in a real Train station with strict schedules. It takes almost always longer than 15 minutes to get a simple Americano . So I can't duck in and get a coffee between trains or I'll miss it .This isn't just due to show line service, which they have .It's also due just to inefficiency .I have been desperately waiting for my Americano to get made while 3 baristas are all just chatting or wiping off a counter . Now there is a little quick kiosk outside, which presumably could help this issue, but for a year now they have been even worse and are getting worse all the time .They used to be open at 7 .Now they are rarely open at 7 and not even by 7:30 . Even worse, are the attitudes of nearly every barista that works there .Just inquiring if I can get a coffee usually elicits this weird attitude, as though it's my fault they are late on opening again, and I'm stupid to ask for a coffee. Trying to get coffee here is a horrible way to start my morning on the way to work. Only get one here if you have plenty of...
Read moreThis place has amazing coffee, bakery items, and super friendly baristas. They have both iced and hot coffee drinks including lattes, french press, drip, pour over, nitro cold brew coffee on tap. They have a comfortable coffee bar to sit at where you can watch the baristas prepare drinks. There is also a sitting area outside with shade and tables with chairs where you can watch kids play with the water sprinklers during the summer. Or you can grab your coffee and hang out in Union Station itself.
They also make affogato using ice cream from the Milkbox ice cream shop next door. Affogato is a scoop of ice cream with a shot if espresso coffee poured on top. Pigtrain makes the best affogato in Colorado!
Pigtrain is one of the best coffee shops in Denver. They are inside Union Station where there are often events going on inside&outside. And there are other places to get food or drinks literately within 50 feet or 10 feet. Pigtrain is also fast, so if you are in a hurry then they got your back. Pigtrain has great coffee, great atmosphere and good people working there....
Read moreWe came to Pigtrain off the train on a 12-hour layover in Denver on our way back from SLC, as my wife wanted some coffee to recover from the red-eye flight in.
According to her, the coffee was delicious, perhaps the most flavorful coffee that she has had in a long time. Hints of honey and hazelnut (local) compliment the fresh coffee beans, and the presentation was quite attractive as well.
The public area where we consumed the beverage was less pleasant, unfortunately. As soon as we sat to enjoy the beverage, we were approached by a security guard who (politely I will note) informed me that I needed to remove my feet from the table and that my wife was not allowed to "lay down " (my wife had positioned herself horizontally along the couch to face me...) Not a big deal, but if I am paying upwards of $6 for a cup of coffee, I feel that the space to enjoy that coffee on my own terms (within reason) should...
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