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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.
After a brisk start to the year in January, it’s heartening to see yet another strong month of restaurant openings across the state. In this latest roundup of openings across Utah, the total for the last thirty days or so comes in at a smidge under the two dozen mark. If we keep that cadence … Read more
While it’s always fun to report on what’s brand spanking new, from time to time, I do like to take stock over what more established restaurants are up to. So here we go, the latest menu watch – hopefully some dining inspiration for you to make a timely revisit. Scion Cider Tuesday evenings (sometimes Wed) … Read more
If you’ve finally digested the twenty four course tasting menu that was last month’s roundup of every new opening in 2022, might I tempt you to dessert? Just one more wafer thin bite? Yep, that’s right, we’re back at it again, and looking at everything opening this January – as well as keeping a greedy … Read more
We’re gonna need a bigger boat. Maybe two. Clocking in at somewhere close to 20,000 words, and recapping the unveiling of more than 160 bars and restaurants that opened across Utah this year – I give you our end of year monster. Please do note that this Frankenstein is cobbled together from a variety of … Read more
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