Welcome to historic Downtown Ogden!
Nestled along the Wasatch Mountains, Ogden is home to more than 200 locally owned and independent businesses. When you visit Ogden, expect award-winning shopping and dining, as well as world-class arts, culture and community events.
Ogden is well known for its close proximity to top-tier outdoor recreation. Hiking, biking, fishing, skiing, snowboarding and more are all minutes away from the heart of the downtown.
After you finish enjoying the outdoors, explore Ogden’s urban side. With the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) front runner, busses and free Ogden Trolley, there are endless ways to navigate the downtown and travel between Historic 25th Street, The Junction, Nine Rails Creative District and Washington Boulevard. Each of Downtown Ogden’s districts offer unique pieces of history, most notably in architecture, as well as shopping, dining, galleries and more.
As the Ogden Downtown Alliance, we strive to connect the community to locally owned and independent businesses. We aim to increase economic vitality and community vibrancy in the downtown through arts, events, placemaking and destination development. To learn more about how you can best experience Downtown Ogden, explore our site, follow us on social media, or come see for yourself! Visit any of Ogden’s award-winning restaurants, boutiques and galleries to see what makes this town one-of-a-kind.
More About Ogden
Ogden’s independent spirit began more than 150 years ago when the town was first settled. With the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, Downtown Ogden was changed forever. From the 1870s to World War II, Ogden was a major railroad town with nine rail system terminals. The business exchange and commerce from the railroad propelled Ogden to become the largest development north of Salt Lake City. The connection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rail lines rightfully earned Ogden the nickname, “Junction City.” Visitors from all over the world began to travel west. As traffic through Ogden increased, the town began to grow, enticing a diverse group of shop owners and developers. Much of that early architecture remains today, most notably, Historic 25th Street, which is nestled between Ogden’s Union Station and the breathtaking Wasatch Mountains.
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We Support Live Music
The Ogden Downtown Alliance is a proud supporter of local musicians. We have a number of different opportunities for performers including Music On The Plaza, Farmers Market Ogden, Harvest Moon Festival, Friday’s Live and other opportunites. Please click below and fill out and submit an application to be added to the list of performers that we use to fill live opportunities like Farmers Market Ogden, Harvest Moon and Music On The Plaza.
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It's American Craft Beer Week this week and we have 4 local breweries to get some tasty local beer from! Go support and drink local today 🍻
Come and support our Ogden Marathon Runners this Saturday at the Finish Line Festival! It will be at the Municipal Gardens from 7 am until 1 pm, there will be live music, vendors and a beer garden 🍻🏃♂️🏃♀️
Patio season is back in full swing with the heat wave this week! Before it cools back down this weekend take advantage of the sunshine and dine outside for lunch today 🌞
Here are some great options for patio dining downtown!
- @roostersbrewing and @roostersbstreet
- Table 25
- WB's
- UTOG Brewing
- Slackwater
- Ogden River Brewing
- Wimpy and Fritz
- Craftburger
Something unique about Historic 25th is that we're home to several incredible tattoo parlors, one of them being @legacy.tattoo.ogden. They are such a wonderful addition to H25, they have incredible artists that work for them, participate in all of our events and put out some beautiful ink! If you're looking to get a tattoo or piercing check out their page!
It's Bike Safety Day and Bike to Work Week! If you're planning on riding your bike this week you should head over to https://www.bikeutah.org/bike-month to see the safest way to enjoy your ride 🚲
A lot of local love goes into this cheese 🐮🧀
Beehive Cheese, one of our sponsors for 2022, has been locally owned and operated since 2005 and they have been making waves in the cheese world ever since. This Spring our team has gotten to visit Wade Family Farms and Beehive Cheese to see the start to finish process of local cheese making! Head over to our Facebook for the full story 🥛🧀
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Asian American culture has been a pillar of Ogden, and the State of Utah, since the beginning when Ogden was a RailRoad Town and Junction City. We want to spotlight some of the incredible businesses in our Downtown that are Asian American owned to show our support in honor of #APAHM! Tag your favorite Asian American or Pacific Islander owned business in our comments to drum up support for them this month!
Businesses in Downtown Ogden that you should support this month!
- Lee's Mongolian Grill
- Tona Sushi
- Pearl Milk Tea Club
- Thai Pho
- Bangkok Garden
- Laan Thai
- Yu's Maple Garden
- Tokyo Station
Make sure to check out our Asian American vendors at Farmers Market Ogden!
📸: @benjszack
New Vendor Spotlight!
High Contrast Roasting is a micro coffee roastery running under the Utah Department of Agriculture Cottage Kitchen program. This year will be their first year at Farmer's Market Ogden and we're so excited to have them there with us! ☕️
Have you seen the new Way Finding signs that went up last month? They're dotted all over the downtown and look amazing! Thank you @visitogden for your hard work on them 🙌❤
Did you know that May is National Bike and Bike Safety Month? Downtown Ogden has plenty of bike paths, racks and trails to get to the mountains. Our team loves to ride Ogden River Parkway to enjoy the scenery and to get out to places like @roostersbstreet and @ogdendinosaurpark. Next week is Bike to Work Week, so if you live and work close to the Downtown you should participate! For more about Bike Month visit @bikeleague 🚴♀️🚵
The Ogden Downtown Alliance/Eccles Art Center Plein Air Quick Draw Competition is open to all regional artists. The Quick Draw Competition will take place on Friday, June 3, 2022 during the Historic 25th Street Car Show! It's $25 to register for the general public and $10 for students. Best of Show wins $500 and the marketing/promotional image for future Historic 25th Street Car Shows.
If you're interested in participating or would like more information click the link in our bio to sign up.
Happy Mother’s Day from our team! We hope you got to spend today with your amazing mothers supporting local ❤️🌸
📸: @queenbeegiftery
Happy Cinco De Mayo Ogden! If you are going out tonight to get some Mexican food make sure that you support local 🇲🇽🌮
Some of our locally owned downtown Mexican restaurants include @wimpy_and_fritz @javiersmex @sonoragrillbar @rosascafe801 Juan Pablo’s and Taco Taco! Where is your favorite place to get Mexican food in Ogden?
Last week we headed to Hooper to visit Heather at @callunaflowerfarm! Heather has been growing flowers and selling them at Farmer's Market Ogden for 6 years now, she has several varieties of beautiful flowers but right now it's Tulip and Hyacinth season so we got to see those flowers starting to bloom. Along with flowers Heather also has beautiful eggs from her Easter Egger chickens and two sheep that cut her grass for her. She starts all of her seedlings inside of her barn, where she also keeps her cut and dried flowers for the market. It was so exciting to see the passion that goes behind the beautiful flowers that she brings to the market every year. She is also apart of the @utahflowerfarms, who's mission is to support amazing flower farmers like Heather. If you're looking for Mother's Day flowers please head on over to @callunaflowerfarm page to order yours today 🌷🐔
The Ogden Downtown Alliance strives to connect the community to locally owned and independent businesses. We aim to increase economic vitality and community vibrancy in Downtown Ogden through arts, events, placemaking and destination development.
