The Utah DABS oversees the sale and distribution of liquor and alcoholic products across the state. When there’s news from monthly DABS meetings, or updates to Utah’s legislation affecting liquor law – you can read all about it here.
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Here’s all the latest news with the DABS involved:
No sooner than I declare January’s liquor news a damp squib – Ben Winslow over at FOX13 drops this spicy preview of what we might… Read More »Proposed Utah liquor law tweaks offer short term bar license fix
After the storied DABS voyage that was 2022, and a particularly choppy end of the year, January’s DABS meeting offered calmer waters; surely a portent… Read More »January’s DABS meeting a quiet one
Hat tip to the St George News publication for this one – an intriguing little bit of news that almost passed me by – delivery… Read More »Newly proposed bill would make home delivery of beer legal in Utah
Mark February 17th through 19th very boldly on your calendar. If you didn’t already know, those are the official dates for the massive NBA All… Read More »NBA All Star games will mean 115,000 visitors and a new temporary liquor store for SLC
Well that was a head scratcher. Maybe someone was passing around the egg nog, but the final DABS meetup of 2022 left this curious onlooker… Read More »Final Utah DABS meeting of 2022 proves an intriguing one
November’s DABS meeting wrapped up this Tuesday morning, and confirmed what was writ large last month; full service restaurant liquor licenses are about to splutter… Read More »Utah restaurants on notice as liquor licenses dry up
If you’ve been following along with morbid curiosity this year, you’re no doubt aware of the storied drought of bar licenses in Utah. Want to… Read More »Utah’s full service restaurant licenses could run dry soon
After last month’s DABS meeting you might recall I posed this not entirely rhetorical conundrum. When tasked with managing Utah’s most precious of resources –… Read More »Zero bars granted license at Utah’s September DABS meeting
After consultation with the DABS this story has been revised as of September 27th. As of this date the “wine of the month club” legislation… Read More »New curated wine collection launches in Utah
If recent DABS meetings weren’t worrying enough for would be bar owners, the August meeting writ large the reality of a distressing future. Entering the… Read More »Utah liquor licensing starting to turn the screw on local businesses
The headline news – at least according to out of state onlookers and column inches – is the return of mini bottles in the Beehive.… Read More »No new bars granted license – plus mini bottles return
Yesterday saw the momentous day of reckoning that we’ve been previewing since March. With the myriad updates to Utah’s liquor laws now in effect for… Read More »Eight new bars approved at June alcohol meeting
You might recall we recently recapped all the updates to Utah’s liquor laws that came into force this June. You might also recall the headline… Read More »Which hard seltzers are now legal in Utah grocery stores?
It’s been a rollercoaster year regarding liquor laws, but then isn’t it always in Utah? In the omnibus liquor bill for 2022 the headline news… Read More »A reminder on those Utah liquor law changes – now in effect as of June 1st
As the clock ticks down to the June DABC meeting (sorry it’s DABS now folks) so the interest escalates around who exactly will snaffle up… Read More »Liquor license frenzy approaches – mark your calendars
RoHa brewing in Salt Lake City was the solitary business rewarded with blink and miss it bar license at this months DABC meeting. The bar… Read More »Single Utah bar crowned at April DABC meeting
After the damp squib that was 2022’s liquor legislation, it was a surprise to discover that two bar licenses ended up being dangled before covetous… Read More »Two liquor licenses snapped up at March DABC meeting
It’s been a rollercoaster year regarding liquor law (see all our coverage here), culminating in a tumultuous past three months of legislative intrigue; well the… Read More »Liquor law updates are here – what you need to know
Sad news the this week, as a staple of the city’s food scene announced their imminent closure. South East Asian Market (422 E 900 S)… Read More »South East Asian market to call it quits after 23 years
Well there you have it. Two months into the year and bar licenses are pretty much toast. Want to open a bar in Utah? Come… Read More »Utah bar licenses exhausted until the Summer after DABC meeting