Denver's Union Station has reopened after a 54 million dollar remodel, and the results are very impressive. In addition to a number of trendy restaurants, there is now an upscale hotel and a variety of retail shops located in the historic structure, including a small branch of the bookstore where I work. Plus, the old, long-gone Terminal Bar, the onetime hangout of Jack Kerouac, has reopened at the station as a yuppie watering hole, and the entire waiting room has been transformed into an upscale lounge. Whereas once people wandered around the place with bottles in paper sacks, they now saunter through with martini glasses, although no doubt paying a slightly higher price for their liquor. The only downside is that there are still only two trains a day arriving there. However, the city promises that in just two years, Union Station will be the city's transportation hub, so from now on you'd better leave those brown paper bag beverages at home.
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