The King of Union Station

With a vast and varied menu, Thirsty Lion Gastropub is an exercise in restraint we just didn’t have.

A beautiful little corner of Denver yields room for a beautiful new establishment and its already famously large patio and diverse menu. Even though my dinner-date and I dodged some pretty thick Rockies-game foot traffic, we found our way fairly easily and were seated promptly — a surprise considering how packed the place was. Further, by the time we’d casually downed our first Leinenkugel, our appetizers were hittin’ the table. Well, hello! With everything made in-house, it was no wonder the freshness kept coming. You ready?