Union 15's Don't Have A Cow pizza has just about everything but the cow with a load of fresh veggies on top.
Some say that pizza goes with wine. Some say beer. I’m firmly on both sides of this argument. Want to run a taste test? Let’s head for the South End and check out Union 15, the appealing pizzeria that opened last summer in Colonial Gardens.
Colonial Gardens, the historic beer garden on the fringe of Iroquois Park, nearly fell to the wrecker’s ball after it closed in 2003. But it’s bouncing back, clean and bright and maybe better than ever. Union 15 joins El Taco Luchador, the first eatery in the renovated facility.
Biscuit Belly is reportedly coming this summer, and the remaining space – behind the original white pillars of the old Colonial Gardens structure – has “Carl’s Bar” written on its plywood-clad windows, perhaps an homage to Carl Frederick Senning, the German immigrant who developed the property as beer garden and petting zoo in 1902.
The 21st century Colonial Gardens was developed by Underhill Associates, the same development company that built the popular Westport Village. With its four trim white buildings surrounding an open plaza, Colonial Gardens appears set to become a popular dining, drinking and music venue in coming months. You’ll want to go there. Why wait? You can catch a pizza and more, and something good to wash it down, at Union 15 right now.
Like the other restaurant buildings that frame the Colonial Gardens plaza, Union 15 is a large, open space with high ceilings and large floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on the common area. Dozens of lights pop like stars in the open ceiling high above. Bluish gray walls are painted with offbeat slogans such as “Power in the Union,” a salute to the restaurant’s name, based on Kentucky’s entry as 15th state in the union.
A large bar stretches across the back of the room, and its 50 draft beer taps need most of that space. ...
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Union 15
Colonial Gardens
816 W. Kenwood Drive
653-7494
http://eatunion15.com
https://facebook.com/union15southend
https://instagram.com/eatunion15
Robin Garr's rating: 84 points.
Noise level: We dropped by for an early Saturday lunch and found an empty, quiet room. Come back on a busy evening, and it may not be so easy to converse. (Average sound level was 71dB, the level of quiet normal conversation.)
Accessibility: The entrance on the parking lot side is not accessible, requiring three steps up. The door from the central plaza offers a level entrance, though, and the restrooms are accessible.
