Bookending the March DABS meeting, some fairly surprising news with DABS staff confirming three rare as tantalum, bar licenses would be up for the taking… Read More »Three surprise bar licenses granted In March DABS meeting
After the storied DABS voyage that was 2022, and a particularly choppy end of the year, January’s DABS meeting offered calmer waters; surely a portent… Read More »January’s DABS meeting a quiet one
Well that was a head scratcher. Maybe someone was passing around the egg nog, but the final DABS meetup of 2022 left this curious onlooker… Read More »Final Utah DABS meeting of 2022 proves an intriguing one
After last month’s DABS meeting you might recall I posed this not entirely rhetorical conundrum. When tasked with managing Utah’s most precious of resources –… Read More »Zero bars granted license at Utah’s September DABS meeting
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
According to the folks over at the Downtown Alliance, that’s the number of pies and slices set to fly off the proverbial shelves at this… Read More »Pie N Beer day returns with 9,000 slices o’ pie
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
Ever fancied yourself a would be Danny Meyer, a food tycoon extraordinaire in the making? Maybe you’ve got the details to the next big thing… Read More »Utah fund offers up million dollar restaurant prize
You might recall way back in the before times (June 2019 to be precise) Taqueria 27 dipped their toes into the exclusive tequila waters by… Read More »Exclusive reposado now pouring at Taqueria 27
Liquor legislation looms large Trying saying that after a double. This year’s legislative session has now kicked off and will run until March 5th. On… Read More »How might this years legislation affect what’s in your glass?
Stop In Utah deals continue New deals continue to pop up on the Shop In Utah program funded by the state. If my severely hazy… Read More »Score a great restaurant bargain before this program ends
Restaurant closures First up, a quick look at this month’s restaurant casualties; remember we’re keeping a running tally of all the Covid-crushed businesses here too.… Read More »A sneak peak at new restaurants, sad closures and menu updates
Boo!Stillery Tonight’s the night (Friday October 18th) for Slug Mag’s Boo!stillery festival. This brand new event is a halloween-themed spin on SLUG Mag’s regular Brewstillery… Read More »Food and drink events to check out now – five of the best
Halloween food and drink Looking for some grown up fun, frights and, um frolics, this Halloween? Check out the following Halloween-themed specials at local bars… Read More »Spooky food and drink specials plus other not to miss menu updates
Cocktail contest shakedown This Sunday, more than twenty of SLC’s best restaurants will go head to head to be crowned the winner of Salt Lake… Read More »Cocktails, BBQ, sake, feasts aplenty – five fab food events