When seeking out options for private events in Colorado Springs, there are few choices more clandestine than heading underground.
Urban Egg has rolled out Urban Underground, a new subsurface venue in downtown Colorado Springs that offers private event and dining space for groups with up to 50 people, founder Randy Price said.
Available by reservation only, Urban Underground is located under Urban Egg at 28B S. Tejon St., inside the basement space of the historic Dern Building, built in 1911 on downtown’s main strip.
Urban Underground offers a “polished space” for moderately sized groups day and night, offering dining, a full bar and an upscale lounge complete with TVs, poker and billiards tables, Price said. Urban Underground includes options for full-service buffets or seated meals, as well as bar packages.
Urban Underground at Urban Egg in downtown Colorado Springs offers seated dining options for private events.
“This is a great addition to downtown,” Price said.
Price said he wanted to utilize the unique space underneath the Dern building, which he also owns. He remodeled the building in late 2023 to early 2024 and moved Urban Egg from its original location on the north side of the building to the south side, where the former Sonterra Innovative Southwest Grill was located before it closed in 2019.
Urban Underground at Urban Egg in downtown Colorado Springs also offers buffet-style dining options for private events.
“We’d used this space when Sonterra was there; when we did the remodel for Urban Egg, we wanted to … transform it. It’s 100% unique to the building, so (Urban Underground) won’t be offered at other Urban Egg locations,” Price said. “It’s perfect for events like birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, work events, March Madness and Super Bowl parties.”
Urban Underground joins other underground or hidden restaurants, bars and event spaces downtown. They include The Rabbit Hole at 101 N. Tejon St.; Bloom Ultra Lounge and Shrunken Head Tiki Bar, both at 114 N. Tejon, essentially underneath Crooked Cue; Bar Thirty 3 at 18 S. Nevada Ave., including a smaller bar in an upstairs lobby and a larger underground cocktail bar; and The Archives Underground Libations, underneath Colorado Craft at 15 S. Tejon.
A popular breakfast and lunchtime eatery that is part of Price’s Rocky Mountain Restaurant Group, Urban Egg has three other Colorado Springs locations, three in Denver and locations in Fort Collins, Johnstown and Kansas City, Mo.
People can inquire about Urban Underground online at urbanegg.com/private-events.
