Salt Lake Tour 6/20-6/24

Well..... My wife and I took our youngest to new student orientation at University of Utah. I will say that if I could find a way to move out there, I would do it tomorrow. Salt Lake City is one of the nicest towns I've ever been to. Plenty to do outside and plenty of things to do at night with bars/restaurants.

We got in on 6/20. It was a long and brutal flight that included a 2hr on the tarmac stop in Houston with (3) screaming toddlers.... Anyway, we weren't in the mood for fine dining and took the closest thing to the hotel we could agree on: Redrock Brewing. The draft beers were OK (the standard Utah 4% stuff). I had their double IPA in a bottle and it was good. The food was your standard pub stuff and didn't merit pics. Worth a stop.


4% Pale Ale was OK.

Double IPA was WAY better.

We let the kid sleep some after the flight and hit the closest bar we could find: Beer Bar. This is a cool place with all the craft beers you can handle. A bunch of the 4% drafts, but also everything you want in bottles and cans. Neat little place right in the heart of downtown.

We had the University tour 6/21-6/22. We thought this would just be the kid solo, but they roped the parents into it. We ate some non descript stuff the school provided for lunch both days. They kept the students overnight on Thursday which allowed for me and the wife to do as we pleased. I wanted to check out the local BBQ since I'm a big fan. R&R was the top rated on Yelp and the closest to us so away we went....


The specials.

I had the burger.

Wife had the (2) meat special of pulled pork and brisket.

Sauces. None of the meats required this.

The people at this place understand good Southern BBQ. It was delicious. The only thing missing was legitimate sweet tea.

We needed to grab some beers after the BBQ so we hit Fisher Brewery. Our favorite brewery in Salt Lake. What a neat little place. We spoke with the owner at length. They don't distribute their products and can only get their swag and beers there. He wanted to create what he called a "neighborhood" brewery. They had food trucks outside and a crowd of people inside.


The pilsner on the left and the ESB on the right. Both were good.

The Fisher beer on the left (historical pilsner recipe) and the unfiltered pale ale on the right (easily the best 4% draft Utah beer of the entire trip).


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