If recent DABS meetings weren’t worrying enough for would be bar owners, the August meeting writ large the reality of a distressing future. Entering the… Read More »Utah liquor licensing starting to turn the screw on local businesses
The headline news – at least according to out of state onlookers and column inches – is the return of mini bottles in the Beehive.… Read More »No new bars granted license – plus mini bottles return
As the clock ticks down to the June DABC meeting (sorry it’s DABS now folks) so the interest escalates around who exactly will snaffle up… Read More »Liquor license frenzy approaches – mark your calendars
Well there you have it. Two months into the year and bar licenses are pretty much toast. Want to open a bar in Utah? Come… Read More »Utah bar licenses exhausted until the Summer after DABC meeting
It sounds like the premise of a bad joke: fifteen bars walk into a… but no, this was the reality of January’s DABC meeting. One… Read More »Fifteen bars, one license, welcome to Utah
Get ready for a fraught 2022 folks. Following this months DABC meeting, Ben Winslow confirmed via this story that the Utah legislature seems unmoved by… Read More »Utah liquor license crisis set to worsen according to reports
Welcome back to our monthly roundup of all things perfectly potable. While ordinarily I’d start with a raised eyebrow and nod to the state’s bar… Read More »Restaurant liquor licenses starting to feel the pressure
Lets cut to the chase and dive right into the section of this month’s DABC meeting that everyone wants know about – bar licenses. Continuing… Read More »Fourteen bars battle for just three licenses at DABC meeting
September 2017 DABC meeting Tremonton Package Agency – Robert McLachlan appeared before the commission to explain a history of missing funds. Most recently the package… Read More »Tales from the DABC – September and October 2017