It’s that time of year where the smell of fall is in the air—dancing around the outer edges of summer’s last days. Hints of color are starting to dot the mountains that surround Salt Lake. Brisk mountain mornings become warm late-summer afternoons which lead to chilly evenings made ideal by a fire. Fall in the … Read more
Two photographers and a graphic designer walked into a bar, got drunk and decided they should start their own distillery. Sounds like the beginning of a bad a joke but it’s basically how the idea for Beehive Distilling got started. “It wasn’t really that big of a stretch for us to start a distillery,” said … Read more
It’s rare for a restaurant to be an overwhelming success in its first year without a celebrity name or billionaire pockets backing the venture these days. Therein lies the mystery of R&R BBQ just off the freeway in downtown Salt Lake. If you’ve been living under a rock the past 15 months or so with … Read more
When the greatest snow on earth finally melts in Utah, everyone emerges from hibernation anxious to feel the warmth of the sun. Salt Lake City comes alive with people doing everything and anything outside. Eating is no exception. Dining outside is one of the best parts of summer in Salt Lake City. Nothing beats eating … Read more
Beginning Wednesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 13, 2014, attendees at the Park City Food & Wine Classic will come together in 33 different ways to increase their knowledge and enjoyment of food and wine. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the People’s Health Clinic, a nonprofit that provides healthcare for uninsured individuals and families in Utah’s … Read more
Generally speaking, people tend to want to have it all. This is especially true of many of those who have asked me for restaurant reocmmendations. A list of requirements often accompanies this request. The demands that usually top the list include that the restaurant should offer really good food at a reasonable price. People want … Read more
The stories of Ana Popovic and Cee Cee James are persuasive cases about music’s transcendental capacity as a universal language of communication. With careers gaining significant momentum recently, both women, who explore in their own ways the larger realm of blues and rock music, are bringing their super-kinetic performing styles to the opening night headliners’ stages … Read more
For the most upto date info on the SLC bar scene, see our sister site Gastronomic SLC and their list of the best SLC bars for 2018. The Salt Lake City bar scene is finally overflowing with places to drink. Several new bars just joined the scene while old favorites continue to be great standbys. … Read more
In the day and age where everyone has an opinion and a Yelp account, few things are universally loved. On that shortlist: puppies, unicorns, bacon, and Caymus vineyards. For wine geeks and wine posers, wine is as polarizing as geopolitics. But whether it’s an ample-nostriled sommelier or a drunken Napa wine trail blazer in a … Read more
Salt Lake City, surprisingly, has been a wellspring of third wave style coffee roasters in the past couple of years. Charming Beard appeared in 2012 and Blue Copper Coffee launched in 2013. The latest roaster to dip its toes in the water is Publik Coffee. Matt Bourgeois and Missy Greis, the owners of Publik, opened up … Read more