Liquor license frenzy approaches – mark your calendars
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 all those delicious bar licenses …
Fenice
Fenice is a restaurant located in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City. It is the work of Jeff and Lisa Ward, the owners of Park City’s well regarded Silver Star Cafe.
Fenice opened in the Fall of 2021 and moved into the space formerly home to Fireside On Regent. The long thin space offers both counter and table seating. The open kitchen that faces the long counter seating area is anchored by the same wood fired oven that powered much of Fireside’s menu.
You can see Fenice’s menu here, and as you’d expect from the oven, there’s plenty of pizza options. Supporting those are a mix of Mediterranean fare, with pasta and heart entrees making a strong showing.
Here are all the times we’ve mentioned Fenice on the website:
Utah bar licenses exhausted until the Summer after DABC meeting
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 back in May, because that’s …
Fifteen bars, one license, welcome to 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 singular bar license, fifteen business …
More than 195 new Utah restaurants – how many have you tried?
Despite the ever present threat of Covid this year, the food and drink scene in Utah has boomed unlike any other I can remember in recent memory. The following list …
Local Utah foodie business seeks help to go national
If you haven’t yet seen this one, consider contributing some seasonal cheer (see: cash) for a fabulous local producer. Created by Matt Caputo – always a staunch supporter of local …
Utah liquor license crisis set to worsen according to reports
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 the perilous state of Utah’s …
Ready for elegant dine-in? Fenice is ready for you
One mark of the change in food culture during this most recent, nearing-the-end (we hope? maybe? soon??) stage of the pandemic is that diners are opting more often for the …
Mythical Utah bar license spotted in the wild, then gobbled up
DABC commissioners gathered this week to debate the outcome of an unexpectedly available bar license – which at this point are right up there with unicorns in terms of improbability. …
Restaurant liquor licenses starting to feel the pressure
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 license crunch (there are presently …
Utah fund offers up million dollar restaurant prize
Ever fancied yourself a would be Danny Meyer, a food tycoon extraordinaire in the making? Maybe you’ve got the details to the next big thing stashed away in your brain …
More than 25 new Utah restaurants to keep an eye on
The time is once again upon us my hungry friend. That’s right, it’s our routine recap of everything new and noteworthy. O.k. I know the headline says restaurants but in …
Fourteen bars battle for just three licenses at DABC meeting
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 from the previous August meetup, …
More than four dozen new food spots around Utah to check out
It’s been quite the busy few months in restaurant world. Despite my own frenzied hand waving and chicken little-esque chirps of the sky is falling – a galaxy of starry …
The latest liquor news you don’t want to miss
In his first meeting taking the reigns from former chairman John T. Nielsen, commissioner Thomas Jacobson ran a briskly paced meeting that sped through the docket at an enjoyable pace. …
New restaurant openings for July – what’s hot
Chicken Shack The Vegas-invasion continues with the recent opening of this Salt Lake fried chicken shop. Launching in Sin City back in 2005 the chain now has multiple locations, this …