POSTED // Sep 19,2012 - As we sit outside on a bar patio in downtown Salt Lake City in mid-July, Ron’s wedding band keeps a rhythm as he taps his fingers against his glass of Diet Coke.

POSTED // Sep 13,2012 - In 1997, at the tail end of the East Coast/West Coast rap rivalry that consumed the mid-’90s, a little-known Minnesota crew named Atmosphere released their first album, a word-of-mouth effort titled Overcast!

POSTED // Sep 13,2012 - I’m not sure what it is about this spot, but if Derek Zoolander were in SLC for a night and he were looking for a club that was filled with really, really ridiculously good-looking people,

POSTED // Sep 6,2012 - More than likely, you're at the oldest LGBT saloon this side of the Wasatch...

POSTED // Aug 30,2012 - With a little spit shine and elbow grease, the Lumpy’s crew has transformed the former Club Allure into the brand-spankin’-new Lumpy’s South (8925 Harrison St. [300 West], Sandy).

POSTED // Aug 23,2012 - If you’re one of those people who wants to “rock and roll all night and party every day,” then Club 90 (9065 S. Monroe St. [150 West]) is your jam. This place is huge—it’

POSTED // Aug 16,2012 - I’m not sure what it is, but there’s something about Saturdays at Circle Lounge (328 S. State) that makes me want to attempt to break the world record for most fist pumps—employing the “Jersey Roll”—in one night.

POSTED // Aug 9,2012 - A martini has three ingredients, just three—gin, vermouth and a garnish. So why the hell can’t anyone agree on how to make the King of Cocktails? The issue has been debated at length, but

POSTED // Aug 2,2012 - Though I do have friends in low places, like in that real popular song, I’ll admit I don’t know much about country music. Nevertheless, I somehow found myself at The Westerner (3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley City)

POSTED // Jul 26,2012 - I’ll admit that I’ve drunk in some pretty decent sheds before, but The Woodshed (60 E. 800 South) is by far the nicest of the bunch. It has a great patio, it’s much bigger than the average drinkin’ shed