An exceptionally brisk August DABS meeting wrapped at the practically unheard time of 10.40 a.m. this week; in no small part due to the streamlined… Read More »Two new bars licensed in Utah, plus upcoming rare liquor draw
After kicking off with a warm welcome to new DABS chair Tara Thue (taking over from Juliette Tennert), the majority of July’s DABS meeting was… Read More »Four new Utah bars awarded licenses at July’s DABS meeting
A frenzied brisket fueled week in Austin (more on that soon) prevented me recapping May’s DABS meeting sadly (actually I’m not that sad). So here’s… Read More »The latest Utah bars and restaurants to receive liquor licenses
The headline news from April’s DABS meeting – the likely exhaustion of even more liquor license types. The writing has been on the wall for… Read More »Liqour licenses continue to dwindle at April’s DABS meeting
Bookending the March DABS meeting, some fairly surprising news with DABS staff confirming three rare as tantalum, bar licenses would be up for the taking… Read More »Three surprise bar licenses granted In March DABS meeting
Welcome back aboard the good ship new and notable, and frankly, what’s been a relative calm sea. The pace of openings over the past month… Read More »Rooftop cocktails, African cuisine and a food hall – new restaurant highlights for March
With all the headlines decrying a departing NBA’s labeling of Utah as boring – today’s DABS meeting left one feeling a better phrase might have… Read More »February’s DABS liquor meeting points to a challenging year ahead for Utah
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
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
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
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
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
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
While food prices might be soaring – 12% in some categories according to the Des News – at least there isn’t an industry wing shortage… Read More »Superbowl Sunday specials in Utah
It sounds like the premise of a bad joke: fifteen bars walk into a… but no, this was the reality of January’s DABC meeting. One… Read More »Fifteen bars, one license, welcome to Utah
Get ready for a fraught 2022 folks. Following this months DABC meeting, Ben Winslow confirmed via this story that the Utah legislature seems unmoved by… Read More »Utah liquor license crisis set to worsen according to reports
Welcome back to our monthly roundup of all things perfectly potable. While ordinarily I’d start with a raised eyebrow and nod to the state’s bar… Read More »Restaurant liquor licenses starting to feel the pressure
Lets cut to the chase and dive right into the section of this month’s DABC meeting that everyone wants know about – bar licenses. Continuing… Read More »Fourteen bars battle for just three licenses at DABC meeting
As is increasingly common at DABC meetings, wrangles over Utah’s exceptionally limited inventory of bar licenses dominated proceedings during the August meetup. For those following… Read More »Lack of bar licenses continues to dominate DABC meetups