A restaurant in Salt Lake City’s 9th and 9th neighborhood is now able to serve alcohol — but, due to a license scarcity, no bars received licenses during the Utah liquor commission’s monthly meeting Thursday.
Lola, a Mexican restaurant at 856 E. 900 South, received its liquor license, but none of the three bars on Thursday’s agenda got theirs. Tara Thue, chairperson of the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services’ (DABS) liquor commission, said the board would likely have one bar license available before their next meeting on May 30.
The meeting did provide a couple of updates, however.
Cade Meier, deputy director of the DABS, said the new state liquor store being built at Edison Street and 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City — to replace the liquor store at 205 W. 400 South — is on track to open in early summer.
“Everything is going well, we’re excited about the plans and the future for the new building and where it’s going to be,” Meier said.