Gastronomic Salt Lake City

There’s a certain je ne sais quoi about home-cooked food. No matter the continent it hails from, it’s always self-evident, instantly recognizable. These comfort foods all share an indelible fingerprint, a salve for a day gone South. Just watched your cellphone slide from your hand – a slow-motion dive to an inevitable concrete floor –… 

Craft By Proper The last pint has been poured at this Sugar House bar. Notable for being the only bar in Utah (at least that I am aware of) that poured Utah-only beers – June 20th was the last night. The closure comes barely a month after neighboring bar Quarters confirmed its closure; the two… 

A quick heads up that Eat Drink SLC – the Summer’s premier food festival – is selling fast. If you’ve enjoyed the event in the past or have always intended to check it out, now’s the time to buy tickets. If you fall into that latter camp, expect two nights of unlimited food tasting from… 

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Another relatively small roster of license applicants at this months meeting. Again, it’s worth noting that no particularly license type is in short supply right now. The main talking points are Cosmica, Talisman Brewing, and Grid City. The latter in South Salt Lake is home to the much loved Drunken Kitchen. The Taiwanese eatery has…