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Ryan Lowder is a chef and restaurateur located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Inspired by a an apprenticeship under Mother’s Bistro’s Lisa SchroederLower formally trained at the Culinary Institute of America in New York, which in turn led an externship at Restaurant Jean-Georges and ultimately, a full-time position at the 3-star Michelin restaurant.
Lowder went on to cook abroad in Barcelona and Columbia before retuning to NYC and the Mario Batali group, before launching his own successful Catalan restaurant.
Lowder ultimately returned to Utah and opened the now iconic Copper Onion in 2010. The success of the flagship restaurant led to Plum Alley, Copper Common, Copper Kitchen and The Daily.
In recent times Lowder has begun offering hospitality consultancy services under the Plowshare Partners outfit.
Ascent Kitchen For those last few of you, belligerently clinging to new year resolutions – or those just arterially kaput from yet another fried chicken sandwich – check out this new healthy option with a trio of locations across the valley. The business moves seamlessly into the former Pulp Lifestyle spots (Downtown, Liberty Park, Sandy), … Read more
In the movie world, sequels are often greeted with more skepticism than optimism; for every Godfather II there’s far too many a Blues Brothers 2000. When I took an hour to sit down with Ryan Lowder (impresario of the likes of Copper Onion, The Daily etc) this week it was to talk about the recent … Read more
The headline news out of the October DABC meeting was the increasing pressure on the state’s current inventory of bar licenses. Before the meeting only one license was available for the entire state; though a second did become available during the course of proceedings with Button Down Bar forced to forfeit their license due to … Read more
DABC news Making the headlines across the land this month was Social Axe’s return to the commission, seeking to secure a recreational beer license for their axe throwing business. You might recall that due to recent legislative changes (HB453 section 32B-6-702) the qualifying list of activities for this particular license type was updated to be specifically … Read more