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Some of this I've asked in other threads but I want to bring all my questions here.

1) Best coffee house(s) in Park City and SLC.
2) Best restaurants in PC and SLC by genre. Price isn't an issue. Also, please let me know if there are dress codes.
3) Best Bars/Clubs in PC and SLC--we don't want a dive. We want a solid place with good looking girls for my friend. Also, let me know if there are dress codes. I am not getting dressed up with a button down or jacket or anything. Nice jeans and a polo or t-shirt is my style. Are any places open later than others and hot spots?
4) Best spots to buy beer/liquor in PC and SLC. Also, what are the beer/liquor laws again?
5) Clothing-wise, how do we have to account for the weather this time of year?
 
Light jacket plan for pants and shorts. Weather here is bipolar right now.

I hear publix in Salt Lake is the best coffee.

Park city has a place called the montage at deer valley, probably the best food in Utah from what I hear. They have a restaurant called bourbon and burgers, people say its the best burger they have ever eaten. The bourbon seems up your alley.
 
It's going to be colder than normal. Forecast has lots of rain while you are which may mean snow in park city.

Clothes choices are tough. I would say jackets, hoodies, long sleeve shirts, even a coat.
A couple pairs of shorts and short sleeved, shirts.

Down south at the parks should be a bit warmer. Watch out for flash floods. Serious.
 
The most common local coffee place you'll run into is Beans & Brews. Nothing wrong with them.

I'm really not very familiar with PC restaurants. If I were to go to PC I'd hit up the High West Distillery.

In SLC, if you want one of the best mole restaurants anywhere, Red Iguana. If you're looking for non-mole Mexican then this is just a pretty good solid place to eat.

Takashi and Sapa are two of the best sushi places in SLC. Takashi is probably technically a little better than Sapa, but Sapa has more character and is by far the better place for hanging out and having some drinks.

Proper Burger has interesting hamburgers and they run a micro-brewery and pub next-door. You can hang out at the pub and get them to carry your burgers over from Proper Burger. Plus they have a shuffleboard table (but it's not very long). Love me some shuffleboard.

I'm not a club goer so I have no idea on clubs.

Hopefully some other people chime in.
 
I think the three best coffee places in SLC are publik, blue copper coffee and la barba coffee.

There are plenty of good bars. Poplar bar is not a dive bar but more relaxed a good place to mingle and meet people, it will be crowded. I really like twist, it is a cool looking bar that is a nice bar. Bodega is an okay place to grab a drink and people come and go a lot so you can meet people there. They have a fancier speak easy in the basement at bodega. All those are open until 2 last call is 1 and you'll be fine dressed how you normally do.

You can go to any liquor stores but check hours on the website they are all a little different but generally they are open 10 am to 9pm Monday through Saturday. I buy beer and liquor directly from distilleries and breweries but that is kind of complicated. Don't go to the Downton SLC liquor store on a weekend or really anytime. It is a mad house and a **** hole.

Park City has lots of great bars on main St. I think you will like most of them.

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Liquor laws...

I could spend the rest of the night on this ****.

1) There is no beer anywhere in Utah greater than 4%abv on tap.

2) Micro breweries can sell their own bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv on-site. And they can even refrigerate it.

3) Most restaurants sell bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv.

4) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, you can't order a double cocktail, as in you can't get a double jack and coke. But funny enough, you can order a jack and coke and get a shot of jack as a "side-car" with your jack and coke.

5) You can not have more than two drinks per person at any time (used to be 1). So if you are with a group and you walk up to the bar and order drinks for everyone they will either need to deliver them to each person or you will need to get enough people up to the bar to make it so that there are no more than 2 drinks per person. Same thing with ordering a pitcher of beer. One person cannot order a pitcher, you need at least two people to get a pitcher.

6) You can get pretty much anything at the state run liquor stores. But none of it is refrigerated, and they don't sell anything at all except booze. No soft drinks, no limes, no ice, just alcohol.

7) I mentioned they can't sell you a double...but there's a loophole. Any mixed drink can only have 1oz of the primary hard liquor in it, but they can add other liquor as "flavoring" so locals will order stuff like long island ice teas and at the right kind of place with the right kind of bartender you might get upwards of 4oz of liquor in your drink.
 
Bulletproof said:
Liquor laws...

I could spend the rest of the night on this ****.

1) There is no beer anywhere in Utah greater than 4%abv on tap.

2) Micro breweries can sell their own bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv on-site. And they can even refrigerate it.

3) Most restaurants sell bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv.

4) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, you can't order a double cocktail, as in you can't get a double jack and coke. But funny enough, you can order a jack and coke and get a shot of jack as a "side-car" with your jack and coke.

5) You can not have more than two drinks per person at any time (used to be 1). So if you are with a group and you walk up to the bar and order drinks for everyone they will either need to deliver them to each person or you will need to get enough people up to the bar to make it so that there are no more than 2 drinks per person. Same thing with ordering a pitcher of beer. One person cannot order a pitcher, you need at least two people to get a pitcher.

6) You can get pretty much anything at the state run liquor stores. But none of it is refrigerated, and they don't sell anything at all except booze. No soft drinks, no limes, no ice, just alcohol.

7) I mentioned they can't sell you a double...but there's a loophole. Any mixed drink can only have 1oz of the primary hard liquor in it, but they can add other liquor as "flavoring" so locals will order stuff like long island ice teas and at the right kind of place with the right kind of bartender you might get upwards of 4oz of liquor in your drink.
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They got rid of the side car thing. You can get a 1.5 shot in your drink now though. Also the flavoring thing is great. Only some bars/bar tenders do that.
 
LOL .. half way through the game, Wes was like "Man, the whole vibe of this trip is gone".



Wonder what he's thinking now?!?! Hahaha..



Cy - you gonna join him in Utah?!?!
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Don they close after like 5pm or some ****? I remember it being something weird.
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The one closest to me closes at 10pm.

The state liquor store is awesome, to be honest. I mean if I could pay less at independent liquor stores, sign me up. But if not, I'm pretty happy with the state run liquor stores. They have a stupid good selection. They have a consistent mark-up, even if it's high. They get the super premium stuff in and they sell it for the same mark-up, which makes Utah a good place to get your super premium collectible liquor at list price + Utah's standard markup.
 
Bulletproof said:
Liquor laws...

I could spend the rest of the night on this ****.

1) There is no beer anywhere in Utah greater than 4%abv on tap.

2) Micro breweries can sell their own bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv on-site. And they can even refrigerate it.

3) Most restaurants sell bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv.

4) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, you can't order a double cocktail, as in you can't get a double jack and coke. But funny enough, you can order a jack and coke and get a shot of jack as a "side-car" with your jack and coke.

5) You can not have more than two drinks per person at any time (used to be 1). So if you are with a group and you walk up to the bar and order drinks for everyone they will either need to deliver them to each person or you will need to get enough people up to the bar to make it so that there are no more than 2 drinks per person. Same thing with ordering a pitcher of beer. One person cannot order a pitcher, you need at least two people to get a pitcher.

6) You can get pretty much anything at the state run liquor stores. But none of it is refrigerated, and they don't sell anything at all except booze. No soft drinks, no limes, no ice, just alcohol.

7) I mentioned they can't sell you a double...but there's a loophole. Any mixed drink can only have 1oz of the primary hard liquor in it, but they can add other liquor as "flavoring" so locals will order stuff like long island ice teas and at the right kind of place with the right kind of bartender you might get upwards of 4oz of liquor in your drink.
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It's like a whole different world.
 
Bulletproof said:
Liquor laws...

I could spend the rest of the night on this ****.

1) There is no beer anywhere in Utah greater than 4%abv on tap.

2) Micro breweries can sell their own bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv on-site. And they can even refrigerate it.

3) Most restaurants sell bottled beer that is greater than 4%abv.

4) Someone correct me if I'm wrong, you can't order a double cocktail, as in you can't get a double jack and coke. But funny enough, you can order a jack and coke and get a shot of jack as a "side-car" with your jack and coke.

5) You can not have more than two drinks per person at any time (used to be 1). So if you are with a group and you walk up to the bar and order drinks for everyone they will either need to deliver them to each person or you will need to get enough people up to the bar to make it so that there are no more than 2 drinks per person. Same thing with ordering a pitcher of beer. One person cannot order a pitcher, you need at least two people to get a pitcher.

6) You can get pretty much anything at the state run liquor stores. But none of it is refrigerated, and they don't sell anything at all except booze. No soft drinks, no limes, no ice, just alcohol.

7) I mentioned they can't sell you a double...but there's a loophole. Any mixed drink can only have 1oz of the primary hard liquor in it, but they can add other liquor as "flavoring" so locals will order stuff like long island ice teas and at the right kind of place with the right kind of bartender you might get upwards of 4oz of liquor in your drink.
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To add, if you go to a restaurant, you can't just sit and have a drink. You have to order something off the food menu. Look for the 21 and over places like The Bayou and Whiskeystreet and you can drink without having to eat.
 
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