More than a dozen new liquor licenses were issued in the March DABS meeting

Bar licenses

Only two applicants appeared on this month’s docket for a highly coveted bar license; this is notable considering the 12 currently available in the state. The following two names both received their license without fuss:

• Settlers Lounge, Salt Lake City
• Fiddler’s, Sugar House

Also noteworthy was the surrendering of liquor licenses by Lupessa, Hallpass, and Neptune’s Palace – all three located in The Gateway. The Trib’s Kolbie Peterson had a little more info on this one after speaking to the DABS spokesperson Michelle Schmitt – you can read that here.

Full-service liquor license (beer, wine, liquor)

57 full-service licenses were available entering the March meeting, with the following seven names all receiving their license:

• Maria’s Mexican Restaurant, Ogden
• Los 2 Compadres, Pleasant Grove
• Ocotillo Prime Lena y Mar, American Fork
• Baby’s Bagels, Salt Lake City (pictured top)
• Baan Thai Cuisine & Bar, Riverton
• Boondock’s Food & Fun, Kaysville
• Cilantree, Farmington

Limited-service license (beer, wine)

Four names walked away successfully here too:

• Steve’s Black Sabbath BBQ, Ogden
• Cafe Seoul, Murray
• Jack’s Wood Fired Oven, Logan
• Slackwater, Provo

Other items

Strap Tank Brewery (St George) secured a brewery manufacture license alongside a Type 5 package agency license with Mountain Meadery (Grantsville) grabbing a similar duo as well. Finally, Dendric Estate (Marion) received a Type 5 package agency license.

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Stuart Melling

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”.

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