Twenty-six bars and restaurants licensed at the May DABS meeting

Full-service restaurant licenses (beer, wine, liquor)

Fifty-three full service licenses were available coming into the May 2025 DABS meeting. The following businesses walked away successfully with newly minted licenses:

Sapa Sushi Bar & Grill, Salt Lake City
Braza Grill, Lehi
Sinaloa Downtown SLC, Salt Lake City
Grizz’s Bites & Brews, Moab
Sugar House Station, Salt Lake City
Side of Aloha, South Jordan
Saffron Valley, South Jordan
Peace on Earth Coffee, Riverton
HallPass, Salt Lake City
Monte at the Distillery, South Salt Lake City
HallPass, Salt Lake City
La Casa Del Tamal, Salt Lake City (expected July)
Taormina Ristorante Italiano, Salt Lake City (expected September)

Limited-service restaurant licenses (beer, wine)

Eleven names also grabbed a license in this more limited category as follows:

Dumplings Company, Millcreek, pictured top
Range Steakhouse, Nephi
Dali Crepes Exclusive, Cottonwood Heights
Wingers, Orem
Maru Handroll, Salt Lake City
Sugar House Pizza, Sugarhouse
The Bambino, Midvale
Fat Fish, West Valley City
Ombu HotPot 2, South Jordan
Cluck Truck, Salt Lake City
UT Craft Ramen, Sandy

Bar licenses

With eleven bar licenses remaining in the Utah inventory at the start of the meeting, two bars were approved. Both Chappell Brewing (South Salt Lake) and Sapa’s Next Door (Salt Lake City) can now operate as fully fledged bars.

Other items

Type 5 package agency licenses went to Chanela Farms (St George), Iron Gate Winery, (Cedar City), Home Range Brewing (Logan); this allows them to now sell their product direct to customers seven days a week. Beer-only restaurant licenses were also awarded to El Chile Verde Burrito (Stockton), and Kenny J’s BBQ (South Jordan).

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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.

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