The bars and restaurants licensed at September’s Utah DABS meeting

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

Eight full-service licenses were doled out this month. Given the relatively healthy balance of overall licenses now available (due to recent years’ tweaking of population/license ratios), no information was given on the precise number. As of July, though, it hovered a little over the 70 mark. The following businesses received one this month:

• Spitz, St. George (street cart doner pictured top)
• Full House Asian Bistro, Park City
• Arigato Sushi, West Jordan
• Smokin’ Bones BBQ, Bountiful
• Parcerito Parrilla Colombiana, South Jordan
• Villa del Sol, Taylorsville
• Wasatch Mountain Lodge, Brighton
• Johnny Mac’s Sports Bar & Grill, Cedar City

Limited-service restaurant license (beer, wine)

With three more businesses receiving this more limited license type:

• Hot Pot X, Ogden
• Arteesian, Moab
• Banana Blossom Thai Cuisine, St. George

Bar licenses

29 bar licenses were available in the state coming into the meeting, with only two applicants applying for one; both were successful :

• The Revival Pub, Milford
• Lagoon Corporation Inc., Farmington

Other items

Mountain Mikes Pizza (Saratoga Springs) and Happy Camper Deli (West Jordan) both received beer-only restaurant licenses, while Mount Naomi Winery (Hyde Park) was issued a duo of winery manufacturing license and Type 5 package agency license.

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