Restaurant in 9th and 9th gets a liquor license; damaged Garage on Beck to reopen soon

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.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ryan Hill, center, store manager for the Park City Club liquor store that serves as a warehouse for licensed bars and restaurants in the area, gives a tour to the liquor commission on Thursday, April 24, 2024. The roof collapsed at the state liquor store from the weight of snow last year. (Francisco Kjolseth/)

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