![]() ![]() PLAY: Ski in the winter, hike in the summer in the nearby peaks.Ĭheck out the Great Salt Lake, especially Antelope Island, in the middle of the lake. There are also several well-respected bed and breakfasts. Broadway ) is affordable ($92-$179 for most rooms) and in its 100th year of operation. ) offers one of the most luxurious stays in town. 200 South ) does it right - charming rooms in a 90-year-old former bank building, complimentary massages and wine in the lobby from 5 to 6 p.m., and if you want it, a goldfish for your room. STAY: It’s a chain, but Hotel Monaco (15 W. the only bar I’ve seen with a strip of frost across it to keep your glass cool) or brewpubs Squatters (147 W. South Temple ) aren’t fancy but have what many consider the best Mexican food in town.ĭrink beer at the Beerhive (128 S. ![]() 900 South ), both with fresh and daring bistro-style menus. But there’s been an influx of people the last few years, and it has made Salt Lake City a lot more diverse.”ĭINE: Salt Lake City cuisine has come miles in a relatively short time, and that’s clearer nowhere more than Pago (878 S. ![]() “It used to feel like we were in a time warp. “When I was a kid, this was a tough place to live, in part because I’m not a Mormon,” said Lund, a supermarket manager. They also don’t stop people like Salt Lake City native Jim Lund, 62, from drinking it - a Moab Scorpion Ale on that early Saturday evening. Bottled beer can be high in alcohol, but beer on tap still can’t exceed a measly 4 percent (that makes Utah brewers the rare breed that takes pride in crafting tasty low-alcohol beer my favorite was Desert Edge’s Utah Pale Ale).īut these hurdles don’t stop new bars from opening, like the Beerhive, where the drinkers filled almost every stool at 6 p.m. Needless to say, trying to explain it to intoxicated people from out of town was like pulling teeth.” But you can have two beers or a beer and a glass of wine. You couldn’t - and still can’t - have two cocktails in front of you at once. But you couldn’t order a beer without food. “And you could sit in the dining room and drink wine or a cocktail, but you had to order food. Let an expert explain the old days: “You could sit at the bar with a beer and not order food,” Josh West, a Red Rock bartender, told me. ![]() Banishing those laws can only help win over those - and there are plenty of them - who see Salt Lake City as a bump in the road on the way to the slopes. It also made clear that the liquor laws hampered the state’s ability to become a serious tourist destination. “More people, more mix, more religions, different points of view. “More of everything came in,” said Roderick, the Mormon stockbroker. The city was forced to literally open itself to a world of people, ideas and cultures. Many say the city’s evolution sped up when it hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. Pago, at Ninth and Ninth, boasts rare Spanish wines and a local-centric menu that included memorably succulent lamb ravioli the night I showed up.Īs in many Western towns, Salt Lake City isn’t always so friendly to foot traffic, but these neighborhoods get it right amid the restaurants, the coffee shops and independent movie theaters. The intersections people rave about - Third and Third, Ninth and Ninth - are still inching their way toward major-league status, but they have their moments. The air is clean, and the people unhurried as they move below the majestic peaks to both the east and west (the eastern Wasatch Range are “the big ones” when locals give directions). The real draw of this place, however, remains that, at heart, it is a crisp mountain town. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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