With T-Day just around the corner, this month’s DABS get-together arrived a little earlier on the calendar this week. As one might expect, the docket was minimal, with the following brief roster of names all grabbing a new liquor license.
Full-service restaurant licenses (beer, wine, liquor)
Going into the meeting the state of Utah had a relatively healthy 77 licenses available in this category. The following ten businesses all left the meeting with a newly minted one in hand. Note: dates listed are for those businesses with a projected opening down the road.
- Yoko Taco, Salt Lake City
- Yoko Ramen, Salt Lake City
- The Williams Main Street Grill, Magna
- Nacho House, North Salt Lake
- The Social, Provo
- Ganesh Indian Cuisine, Park City
- Le Depot, Park City, December
- Squatters Corner Pub, West Valley City, December
- Hearth and Hill, Salt Lake City, January 2025
- Purple Sky Winery, Pleasant View, January 2025
Limited-service restaurant licenses (beer, wine)
Six new businesses secured this type. No mention of the remaining license inventory, but then this is a category that very rarely – if ever – encounters scarcity issues.
- Union Patisserie, Park City
- Adylinna’s Mexican Food, Ogden
- The Nordic Yurt, Midway
- Kim Korean House & Sushi Bar, Clearfield
- Mumbai House Cuisine of India, Tooele
- Stacked Sandwich Co, Park City
Bar licenses
With four full bar licenses on offer, only one applicant was on the list for November. Club Try-Angles (SLC) then happily bagged an all-new bar license. Due to population increases, one more will be added to the pool next month, again making for a quartet in December.
Other news
An extended closure request was granted to Campfire Lounge (ACME / upcoming Remora) who have been on extended hiatus since April this year; the Sugar House bar has received a series of extensions while revamping the 2100 S building. A reminder – those in possession of a bar license risk forfeiture of their license should they close for a continued period of 10 days or more without prior commission consent.
In turn, several commissioners expressed concern about how similar extensions might be handled in the future – specifically with the number of available bar licenses in such a short reply. Three different commissioners all weighed in, indicating they might apply a stricter hand to long extensions in the future.
Lastly, both Thieves Guild Cidery (SLC) and Chanela Farms (St George) received winery and Type 5 package agency licenses,
Purchase a subscription
Subscribe to our paid newsletter for $5 and help keep our stories free of automated advertising
Subscribe NowOther useful links
- Free newsletter – signup and receive our weekly newsletter for free
- Food talk group – chew the fat with other like-minded Utah foodies over on Facebook.
- Best of SLC 2024 – what you can’t miss in the Beehive right now.
Hi, I’m Stuart, nice to meet you! I’m the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC. I’m a multiple-award winning journalist and have written in myopic detail about the Salt Lake City dining scene for the better part of seventeen years.
I’ve worked extensively with multiple local publications from Visit Salt Lake to Salt Lake Magazine, not least helped to consult on national TV. Pause those credits, yep, that’s me! I’m also a former restaurant critic of more than five years, working for the Salt Lake Tribune. I’m largely fueled by a critical obsession with rice, alliteration and the use of big words I don’t understand. What they’re saying about me: “Not inaccurate”, “I thought he was older”, “I don’t share his feelings”.
Want to know more? This is why I am the way I am.
This article may contain content provided by one of our paid partners. These are some of the best businesses in Utah. For a list of all our current and past relationships see our partnership history page.