Get Your Coffee in a Caboose
The Happy Endings Caboose Cafe brings vintage charm and fresh flavors together at the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. Nestled inside a bright orange historic caboose, this one-of-a-kind cafe serves breakfast, lunch, cocktails, ice cream, and coffee daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Guests can enjoy made-to-order burgers, satisfying breakfast wraps, fresh salads, and patio-perfect cocktails, mocktails, and beer while soaking in the atmosphere of Colorado rail travel. Sweeten the day with $3 scoops of ice cream or sip on a handcrafted latte or cappuccino for just $5.
A delicious stop before or after your Royal Gorge adventure.
Now open daily, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.!
Happy Endings Caboose Information
403 Water St.
Canon City, CO 81212
719.276.4023
OPEN DAILY, 9AM – 4PM
The Happy Endings Caboose Cafe wasn’t always used as a daily destination for espresso, sandwiches, crepes, and gelato.
Originally built in 1924 as Caboose 1006 by the Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company for the Great Western Railway (GW Railway), it was a working railcar with side doors to load and unload baggage and could accommodate up to ten passengers. It was used until the 1970s for hauling passengers on freight trains.
In 1983, Al and Lynn Dunton purchased Caboose 1006 at auction after the original owner, GW Sugar Company, declared bankruptcy. It was used for three years on tourist trains on the GW Railway. In 1999, Caboose 1006 was sold to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. It found a new home in 2018, when a crane transported to its current location on 3rd Street between downtown Cañon City and the Arkansas River.
In 2019, the Great Western Caboose 1006 was beautifully restored and converted into a distinctive cafe, where visitors and locals enjoy their own “happy ending” to this railroad tale with a cup of gelato, a delicious panini, freshly roasted espresso, or coffee.
In 1983, Al and Lynn Dunton purchased Caboose 1006 at auction after the original owner, GW Sugar Company, declared bankruptcy. It was used for three years on tourist trains on the GW Railway. In 1999, Caboose 1006 was sold to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. It found a new home in 2018, when a crane transported to its current location on 3rd Street between downtown Cañon City and the Arkansas River.
In 2019, the Great Western Caboose 1006 was beautifully restored and converted into a distinctive cafe, where visitors and locals enjoy their own “happy ending” to this railroad tale with a cup of gelato, a delicious panini, freshly roasted espresso, or coffee.
