Salt Lake City Travel Blog

Howie Kendrick of the Salt Lake Bees (Image courtesy zaui, www.flickr.com) Salt Lake City began its relationship with this major league baseball team in 1915. Originally called the Sacramento Sacts, this team Pacific Coast League team relocated to San Francisco for one short year in 1914 before moving...

Tower Theater in Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City (Image courtesy of Edward Zuniga, Jr., www.flickr.com) Everyone in Salt Lake City has heard about Sundance -Robert Redford’s world-famous, independent film festival which takes place every January in Park City. But despite the Wasatch Mountains being home...

Living Traditions Festival (Image courtesy jerekeys, www.flickr.com). Mark your calendars for May 20th, 21st, and 22nd; these are the dates of the 26th annual Living Traditions Festival -Salt Lake City’s multicultural kickoff to summer.  This festival, held at Salt Lake City & County Building’s...

Snowbird Tram By the time April rolls around, most people put away their skis and start getting ready to wear shorts and mow the lawn. But with a base elevation of 7,760′, Snowbird most definitely does not.  In fact, today’s valley rainstorm has just added another 19 inches to the high Wasatch...

November is officially “Liquid Love” month at Ogden’s Roosters Pub. All month long you can enjoy $2 pints – all beers, all day, every day. Rootbeers are $1 each all month too! Try Roosters’ Junction City Chocolate Stout, a robust stout with a hint of roasted mocha flavor...

Although Utah’s liquor laws have relaxed in recent years, the laws are still so unusual and convoluted that even the state doesn’t understand what’s legal and what’s not. While Utah law limits the sale of beer to the public in containers of no more than 2 liters, this statute raised questions...

Utah has a long history of unusual and absurd liquor laws so brewing quality beer in Utah has always been a challenge.  Utah is a 3.2 state meaning that you can only purchase low-point beer in grocery stores and gas stations and in some bars and restaurants 3.2 is all you can consume. For visitors to...

To be quite honest Salt Lake City is rather lacking in the whole sports bar arena.  Maybe it is because Utah doesn’t have a slew of professional sports team or maybe Utah’s quirky liquor laws are to be blamed or maybe it is because we rather be out and about recreating ourselves than watching sports...

Some would think that Utah and beer wouldn’t necessarily mix due in part by the dominance of the Mormon Church and the state’s infamous conservative liquor laws. Ironically Utah is a breeding ground for locally produced creative and inventive styles of beer.  Visit a local brewpub to sample some...