Relatively quiet DABS meeting bookends May

May’s DABS meeting might have sported the shortest list of liquor license applications I’ve seen in all my years of following along. It should be noted that this isn’t for a lack of license inventory; the state is well covered in that regard. Entering the May meeting, the state still had 28 bar licenses available, as well as 60 full-service restaurant licenses. Seven applicants sought the green light during the meeting, with the following seven all approved:

Bar licenses

• Tannin Bar, Park City
• The Crooked Cue Sports Bar and Grill, Ogden
• The Colony Club, Park City

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

• Coral Cliffs Entertainment Center, Hurricane
• Culinary Dropout, Salt Lake City
• Puerto Vallarta Restaurant, Cedar City

Limited-service restaurant licenses (beer, wine)

• Hidden Peak Provisions, Midway

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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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