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Best of the Beehive – Ogden

By Best of the Beehive

Every year the list is different. We don’t do categories, we don’t fill in forms, we don’t count votes. We just pick our brains and everyone else’s for the coolest, newest and unexpected superlatives in the Beehive State. Every year we surprise ourselves and are delighted at the discoveries. You too will be surprised and delighted. And, no doubt, disgruntled. Because we left out one of your favorites. Let us know. 

things to do in ogdenBest New Beer Idea, Rooster’s B Street Taproom – Rooster’s laid the cornerstone for hip Ogden when they opened their brewpub on Historic 25th Street. After that, the cool places sprang up like houses on a Monopoly board. Now, they’re doing it again: With the opening of the B-Street Taproom, across the bridge from downtown Ogden, Rooster’s is breaking in another new concept. This one is, gasp, for adults only. The menu echoes downtown, the brew-friendly munchies of the original and the beer is made right there. 2325 B. Ave., Ogden, 801-689-2879, roostersbrewingco.com

Best Vegan Anything, Lavender Kitchen’s Brookie – Half brownie, half cookie, zero animal products, 100 percent delicious. Lavender Kitchen is disrupting Ogden’s food scene by churning out incredible, fully-vegan deliciousness on a daily basis. Check out their signature brookie or any one of their unbelievably vegan goods. We seriously can’t believe there’s no butter. 2276 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-628-1576, thelavkitchen.com

Best Hike Most People Don’t Do, Frary Peak on Antelope Isle. – Forget the legendary gnats. Ignore the lake stink. Antelope Island is one of the most beautiful places in Utah. The salt-shimmer of the shallow water, the views of the mainland, the sheer other-worldliness of its earthly landscape are best seen from the top of Mt. Frary. After a short but strenuous hike spend some time catching your breath and absorbing the wonder. utah.com/hiking/frary-peak

things to do in ogdenBest Piano, City Club Bar – All-Beatles all the time—that’s the theme of the City Club bar upstairs in Ogden. From the Fab Four of 1963 to the grizzled seers of their waning days, the faces of John, Paul, George and Ringo (which one was your crush?) are plastered all over the walls, ceiling and—most impressively—this hand painted piano. Yeah. Yeah, Yeah. Porter Block Building, 264 Historic 25th St., Ogden, 801-392-4447, thecityclubonline.net

Best Way to Indulge Your Prepper Obsession, Smith & Edwards – We know; Doomsday Preppers has got us on a paranoia binge as well. Luckily, Smith & Edwards is a wild place where you can buy insane amounts of prepper gear to make you feel better about the end of the world as we know it. Our advice? Literally just wander around the store—it’s seriously nutter butters. 3936 UT-126, Willard, 801-731-1120, smithandedwards.com

things to do in ogdenBest Ogden Original, Two Bit Klettersack- Take it from trail to office. This rugged pack has special space for your laptop and add-on camera pouch. ogdenmade.com

 

Jul 22
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Best of the Beehive – Logan

By Best of the Beehive

Every year the list is different. We don’t do categories, we don’t fill in forms, we don’t count votes. We just pick our brains and everyone else’s for the coolest, newest and unexpected superlatives in the Beehive State. Every year we surprise ourselves and are delighted at the discoveries. You too will be surprised and delighted. And, no doubt, disgruntled. Because we left out one of your favorites. Let us know. 

Best Kitty Fix, Cache Humane Society Cat Cabana – What if we told you that you could cuddle kittens and help a charity? The Cache Humane Society’s Cat Cabana lets visitors sign in to play and cuddle the kitties so they can socialize before finding their furever homes. Or, be an even cooler person and adopt one of these fluff balls for yourself. 2370 W. 200 North, Logan, 435-792-3920, cachehumane.org 

 

Best Sugar Rush, Temptation Cupcake – If you want one of the best cupcakes you’ve ever had, you need to head up to Logan ASAP. Known for their buttercream frostings, Temptation Cupcakes are so sinfully good, they put it in the name. Bring your gluten-free friends with you, their GF offerings are just as tasty as their regular flavors. 1010 N. Main St., Logan, 435-787-8272, temptationcupcake.com

Best Rejection, Pepperidge Farm Factory Cookies – All those Pepperidge Farm cookies you gaze longingly at in the store are manufactured up in their Richmond factory. But, when the cookies come off the line looking less than perfect, they end up in the on-site store where their loss is your gain. Bring the kiddos and buy rejected cookies still as good as their flawless counterparts. 901 US-91, Richmond, 435-258-2491

Best Pancake the Size of Your Head, Cinnamon Swirl at Herm’s – The only thing that could possibly make a great pancake better is more of it, and Herm’s has that down. Tucked away off a back road, Herm’s Inn is serving up pancakes the size of your head and then covering them with frosting, caramel and cinnamon sugar. It’s not a waffle, but we think Leslie Knope would approve. 1435 Canyon Rd., Logan, 435-792-4321, hermsinn.com

Best Glimpse of the Future, Martian Tomatoes. Yes. Martian Tomatoes. – You can’t grow tomatoes in outer space—little water, lots of CO2 and not much nitrogen. And there’s no take out on Mars. That’s a problem for future Mars inhabitants or explorers. They’re going to have to grow their own. USU biochemist Lance Seefeldt and botanist Bruce Bugbee have been trying to solve this future problem for 30 years. This year, NASA tapped them to start a $15 million, five-year project, Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space or CUBES. (Space types love their acronyms.) Caesar salad on Mars can’t be that far away.

Butcher’s Bunches – Liz Butcher has been jammin since 2010, starting in her own kitchen and selling at farmers’ markets and now distributing their jams and jellies nationwide—thousands of jars a year. Based on local fruit and partnering with other local food producers like Amano Choccolate and High West Whiskey. butchersbunches.com

For more of our Best of the Beehive winners click here. 

 

Jul 22
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Best of the Beehive – Salt Lake City

By Best of the Beehive

Every year the list is different. We don’t do categories, we don’t fill in forms, we don’t count votes. We just pick our brains and everyone else’s for the coolest, newest and unexpected superlatives in the Beehive State. Every year we surprise ourselves and are delighted at the discoveries. You too will be surprised and delighted. And, no doubt, disgruntled. Because we left out one of your favorites. Let us know.

Mountain West Cider – In a valiant effort to break the “cider barrier”—the U.S. idea that apple juice is a sweet drink for kids—Mountain West is making dry, European-style cider perfect for sipping on their new cider garten. 425 N. 400 West, 801-935-4147, mountainwestcider.com

Best Way to Seem Like a Civilized Human, Tabula Rasa – Remember paper before our forest-guzzling paperless society? It’s depressing to think how many reams businesses go through these days, but here’s what we’ve forgotten about: pretty paper. And the nearly lost graciousness of a handwritten note. Or engraved invitation. Tabula Rasa is the only place in town to procure that elusive but still necessary etiquette. 330 Trolley Square, SLC, tabularasastationers.com

Best Hiker, Todd Powelson, Parrot Whisperer – City Creek Canyon is one of Salt Lake’s treasures. But it’s not just the babbling brook, the wildlife, birds and changing foliage that make it so charming—it’s the people you run into. Like Todd Powelson, who hikes City Creek with his parrot in fine weather. Say hello to the hiker with the birdcage on his back. And say hello to Saffron, too.

Best Place for the Naturally Curly, Curl Co. Hair & Beauty Salon – For those who have issues with their hair, which either behaves, or behaves badly–step it forward. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done, dreamed or prayed for, those with naturally curly hair have to learn the rules and the issues. Big, dry, frizzy issues. From the team at Curl Co. Hair & Beauty Salon, you’ll get the right cut, learn the basics in curl care techniques and get steered towards the products especially made for your most-epic hair type. You can go full-on natural any day, any weather, with less effort than, well, swiping left on your current dating app. 777 E. Broadway, SLC, 801-359-4288, saltcitycurlco.com

Best Yoga Slumber Party, Schole yoga Can’t bend like a pretzel? – A little rusty on your Sanskrit? Nidra yoga is not about a skill level. You only need a willingness to cooperate and be quiet in a darkish room with other people. It’s been said that an hour of meditation is equals 40 hours of sleep–obviously, this is not your typical seventh-grade slumber party. Expect a calming voice, possibly singing bowls and, of course, patchouli. 824 S. 400 W. SLC, scholeyoga.com/studio

Best New Popup, Little City’s FLEET – FLEET is a new pop-up space in Salt Lake City’s Granary District. Its creators Michael Yount (Yo Coach!) and Tim Sullivan, have created gathering space out of what else? Shipping containers. They’ve taken a small stretch of asphalt on 400 West, along the edge of the old “Fleet” block between 800 and 900 South. Fleet Nights, a rotating set of local brewer tap takeovers, started last May and will continue throughout the summer. But Yount envisions much more than just beer (like that’s not enough). Stay tuned. littlecityinc.com

See all of our 2019 Best of the Beehive winners here.

Jul 22
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Vail Resorts to Acquire 17 Additional Ski Areas

By Adventures, Outdoors

Three things in life are certain: death, taxes and Vail Resorts acquiring more ski areas. The third item on the list reentered our orbit when Vail Resorts announced a merger agreement to acquire Peak Resorts, and subsequently assumed control of 17 ski areas across the United States. The resorts will be added to the Epic Pass for the upcoming 2019-2020 ski season following the deal’s closing this fall.

The 17 ski areas include Vermont’s Mount Snow, New York’s Hunter Mountain; New Hampshire’s Attitash Mountain Resort, Wildcat Mountain and Crotched Mountain; Pennsylvania’s Liberty Mountain Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort, Whitetail Resort, Jack Frost and Big Boulder; Ohio’s Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River Mountain; Missouri’s Hidden Valley and Snow Creek; and Indiana’s Paoli Peaks.

Though some of the new acquisitions are well-known staples of the New England ski landscape, many of the resorts in Peak Resorts’ portfolio are smaller areas near major metropolitan areas. It’s highly unlikely many Utah-based or intermountain-adjacent skiers will head to the Midwest to check out the relatively-modest slopes of Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, but there’s a high likelihood that skiers from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland and St. Louis will leverage their newly-local Epic Pass privileges with trips out west.

Undoubtedly, this is a boon to skiers who frequent the newly-acquired resorts who will enjoy an influx of resources to their local hills as well as more affordable access to the Utah’s famed powder. On the other hand, the same increased access will likely lead to more skier days at Park City Mountain. Your mileage will vary on the latter point depending on your point of reference. Vail Resorts is doubling down on their strategy of pre-selling as many skier days as possible to avoid the inevitable fluctuations in enthusiasm that correspond with unpredictable snowfall totals, as CEO Rob Katz articulated in public remarks to Parkites this spring. Local skiers who were miffed about unusually long lift lines last season, particularly at Canyons Base area, may not be as thrilled.

Vail Resorts is betting big on skier outreach in metropolitan markets as evidenced by the aggregate purchase price of $264 million for all Peaks Resorts common stock. Ski resort concentration—with all the fraught connotations it entails—continues at a relentless pace throughout the industry. Vail Resorts did mention in their accompanying press release they plan to, “retain the vast majority of each resort’s employees,” moving forward to lessen the specter of the corporate boogeyman coming to haunt smaller operations.

When the deal is done, skiers with full Epic Pass benefits will have access to a whopping 94 different ski areas. Choices for which ownership group to patronize are diminishing, but there will be no shortage of ski resorts to visit for those who hop on the Epic Pass train.

See all our outdoors coverage here.

Jul 22
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Shaking it up at the Grand’s Hotel Bars

By Eat & Drink

Shaken or Stirred? Have it your way. There are two ways to drink at Grand America. One is the classic hotel bar way—the Gibson Lounge has some of the glamorous décor implied by its Gay Nineties name, and it’s inhabited mostly by guests of the hotel or post-partyers from a hotel event—wedding guests with loosened ties who won’t go away or the one last cocktail conventioneer. Our bartender, Christopher Stephenson, is dressed in proper black and white, as if Bertie Wooster or Nick Charles had been the last gentleman he served. He garnishes your Grand Old-fashioned with an expertly simple orange zest. 

The other way is to join the party in the Lobby Bar. Open to the crossroads halls of the Grand’s mazeways, the Lobby Bar feels posh. Chairs are overstuffed and comfy, gathered into groups for easy conversation. The tall ceilings, grand piano and fireplace give the place the Continental feel it’s striving for and the servers pay attention and pamper you—maybe this is where Nora Charles hangs out. On the weekends, live jazz gives the room some rhythm, but not too loudly. They know they’re playing background music, though everyone applauds politely at the end of a number. Either way, you can order from the Grand’s menu to fuel the final effort towards home for the night.  

By the way, if you don’t know who Nick and Nora Charles or Bertie Wooster are, you deserve to drink sweet and sour mix. Look it up. 

555 S. Main St., SLC, 801-258-6000, grandamerica.com

 

 

Jul 22
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Beehives at the Salt Lake Hilton

By Eat & Drink

It used to be that Americans demanded, above all, consistency. Our mobile society, as it moved around the country, wanted the security of knowing they could get the same Big Mac in Maine that they could get in Arizona. We were brand loyal to gas stations, automobiles and hotels. That was then.

“Now people want differentiation,” says Abby Murtagh, general manager of Hilton Hotel Salt Lake City Center.

Turns out, travelers are demanding to know where they are. Cookie-cutter businesses have less appeal than unique ones. So the challenge is, how to change from one philosophy to another? How do you make a hotel that’s based its image on reliable sameness to one that is different from any other? How do you make a national brand into a local one?

Spencers for Steaks and Chops Executive Chef Sebastian Lowery.

Salt Lake Hilton’s Spencers for Steaks and Chops Executive Chef Sebastian Lowery decided the change should start in the kitchen. That’s why we are standing on the 3rd floor of Salt Lake’s downtown hotel watching the honeybees’ busyness around their hives—there are four of them flourishing on the roof outside the plate glass window. How did this come about?

“I wanted to start growing herbs and vegetables in the boxes around our patio,” says Lowery. “After I got corporate approval, I called Bug Farms to see if they could help me get started and help me with maintenance. They steered me to Sarah Duke—she takes care of our gardens now—and she introduced me to Craig Huntzinger of Bees Brothers. Together we came up with the plan to put hives on the roof. I don’t have time to run a hotel kitchen, tend a garden and keep bees, but with this team, it’s possible.”

And that means local will soon be on the plate at Spencers Steaks and Chops, in the cocktails at the bar and that VIP guests will be presented with Bees Brothers’ honey and bee-based products, like 3-oz. jars (acceptable to TSA) of honey from the Hilton.

As an example of how his kitchen will be using their new honey, Chef presents me with a honey-cinnamon ice cream cone. It’s delicious—perfectly creamy with all the complex sweetness of honey.

Lowery and Murtagh have more than local on their mind, though.

“The next generation is looking for businesses to be more globally responsible,” says Murtagh. “The Salt Lake Valley and the world needs bees,” says Lowery.

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Jul 22
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Why to Sign up for CPR Class

By City Watch

Not to make you nervous or anything, but more than 7,000 children in the United States fall victim to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year, often with nobody around who knows CPR, and if it ever happens to your kid, God forbid, Kathy Olson wants you to be prepared. You can learn exactly what to do in a local CPR class.

“We teach parents, grandparents and babysitters life-saving CPR skills and how to relieve foreign body obstructions,” says Olson, Intermountain Healthcare clinical education coordinator. Intermountain Healthcare’s classes, held at McKay Dee Hospital, Logan Regional Hospital and Primary Children’s Hospital, include Heart Saver CPR, which leads to CPR certification, and Family and Friends CPR, open to anyone who wants to learn.

In a CPR class, you’ll learn how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (what CPR actually stands for) on infants, children and adults through instructional videos and hands-on practice with trained instructors (using dummies, of course).

“It’s critical to learn CPR from trained professionals, because you can get severe injuries from incorrect hand placement or depth of chest compression,” says Olson, a registered nurse who has taught CPR courses over the past 17 years.

CPR class also covers how to recognize when someone goes into respiratory arrest (breathing is ineffective and rescue breathing is needed) and cardiac arrest (heart stops functioning properly and CPR is necessary), administering CPR solo or with a partner, breathing techniques and differences in administering CPR for different ages. “With infants, you’re just using two fingers; for children, you’re typically using one hand; and for adults, two hands to perform the chest compressions,” says Olson.

CPR on a model of an infant

A student in a Primary Children’s Hospital CPR class practices a chest compression for an infant, photo courtesy of Primary Children’s Hospital

Common causes for respiratory and cardiac arrest among children include poisoning, smoke inhalation, head trauma, electrical shock, severe asthma and allergic reactions.

“A respiratory or cardiac arrest can occur anywhere, anytime,” Olson says. “If it was your child it happened to, wouldn’t it be nice to know they lived out the rest of their life because you had the lifesaving skills to save them?” Again, not to scare you.

Visit intermountainhealthcare.org/classes to sign up (search for keyword CPR).

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Jul 19
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Are Multi-Gym Fitness Passes Worth it?

By Lifestyle

Workout routines get, well, routine and BORING. And for those seeking more options, there is a new game in the fitness world. Move aside memberships that limit you to one fitness facility, I mean, even if (and that’s a big IF) they can offer climbing, yoga, CrossFit, tai chi, a pool, a cafe and a weight room under one roof, what if you want to work out some where else? Maybe your yoga buddy has another spot?

Welcome to a “new” age of multi-class and facility passes. Its kinda like having an open gym relationship to a very wide range of gym and class options. Currently there are two of these passes on the market in Salt Lake—ClassPass and Freeplay. Let’s kick the tires on these two new, open-pass models.

ClassPass — Claiming to have the world’s most flexible membership, ClassPass is the largest currently operating in Utah. We can’t speak to the rest of the world but ClassPass offers a wide variety of classes (yoga, Pilates, boxing, spin…) with no strings attached an a nice 2-week free trial offer. ClassPass is accepted around the country and internationally as well. And like rating your Lyft driver, its participants rate their experience, giving you insights before you even sign up for a class. Reviewers rate according to their exertion level, the instructor, and the ohhh, snap—how sore (that day after burn) they were as well.

Do note: To cancel or pause your membership, there is no penalty, however, to get back in, there is a $79 reactivation fee. After scheduling with ClassPass, canceling within 12 hours of class time costs you $15, and if you miss class without canceling, it will result in a $20 fee. The cancelation fees seem pretty reasonable but be warned. Don’t flake on your pilates class, hmm could actually be motivation.

Freeplay: Another way to move off of that fitness plateau is by using Freeplay, a Utah company which offers all-access memberships to many gyms and classes in—you guessed it—Utah. Simply download their app and sign up, your Freeplay pass will allow you to “check in” at any of their partner gyms or studio locations. Exclusive deals are available to couples and families, and unlike most gym memberships, there are no enrollment or cancellation fees.

Offering both a “Rookie” and “Unlimited” pass, Freeplay’s options include adding a buddy once a month, contracts which are priced month-to-month, and you can add or remove additional members without impacting the group pricing rate.

To go here to learn more about SLC’s fitness news and highlights.

Jul 19
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Utah has a Place in Space

By Community

Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong took his one small step. (For a thrilling account of how it went down, or actually, up, see Apollo 11 which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on opening night.) As well as Cape Canaveral and Houston, Utah from the Space Dynamics Laboratory to the Green Beam, contributed to the giant leap for mankind, the moon landing, yeah that one, and other U.S. space endeavors.

Shooting Stars Space travel began when humans first looked up into the night sky. Utah offers access to more dark sky than anywhere else in the country and we’re  encouraging more, helping all the movers and shakers understand the value of dark skies and the problem of light pollution. Dark skies mean Utah’s a mecca for astro-photographers—David Lane and other astro-photographers flock to Bryce Canyon; the park holds regular astronomy and photography workshops. nps.gov/brca

Nerds Were First Space Dynamics Laboratory a nonprofit research corporation operated by USU, was founded in the era of pocket-protectors, just as U.S. Space programs really got off the ground. Since then, Space Dynamics Laboratory has created sensors for more than 400 payloads ranging from aircraft to rocket-borne experiments that traveled in the Space Shuttle and to the International Space Station.

The Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences at U.S.U. aims its famous “Green Beam,” a sophisticated LIDAR, or light laser, at the upper reaches of our atmosphere. CASS is figuring out how to determine what space weather is like because it can interfere with human space missions—like satellites, communications systems and GPS accuracy. Space weather is a result of solar storms.

The Airglow It sounds like a hippie’s acid dream, but airglow is a real thing being studied at—where else?—USU NASA chose the school’s Atmospheric Wave Experiment (aptly dubbed AWE) to study airglow from the International Space Station. USU physics professor Mike Taylor has studied atmospheric gravity waves for decades. He’s leading the project which will mount a camera on the ISS to capture airglow images, colorful light bands caused by planetary atmospheres to explore forces driving space weather. Lift-off: August 2022.

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Jul 17
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Best of the Beehive – West of SLC

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Every year the list is different. We don’t do categories, we don’t fill in forms, we don’t count votes. We just pick our brains and everyone else’s for the coolest, newest and unexpected superlatives in the Beehive State. Every year we surprise ourselves and are delighted at the discoveries. You too will be surprised and delighted. And, no doubt, disgruntled. Because we left out one of your favorites. Let us know. Go to saltlkemagazine.com and give us your two cents.

Camper Reparadise – Okay, Camper Reparadise doesn’t actually make these trailer homes—but they do RE-make them so their vintage charms shine like new. From refurbishing the kitchens to polishing the outside, the experts here make the old new again. Hit the road, Jack. camperrepearadise.com

 

Best Way to Bulk Up, Hello!Bulk Markets – Let’s be logical. It’s really astounding how little power we believe we actually have. A straw here, a bottle of shampoo, a disposable coffee lid there. If the sum of all that stuff we so casually use and dispose of were piled up on your bed, well, you couldn’t sleep there. Owner Jamaica Trinnaman (yes, of course she’s a woman) created Hello!Bulk Markets to kick back at the piles of trash which are polluting our world. Bring or buy reusable containers to weigh out just about everything you’d find at a grocery store: coffee beans, spices, laundry soap and gummy bears. 355 N. 500 West, SLC, 385-775-4191 hellobulkmarkets.com

Best Place to Buy a Hookah and a Pound of Lamb, Shahrazad Market – A complete Middle Eastern grocery, lifestyle store, caterer, delivery service and restaurant. The first thing you notice when you walk into this modest space is the head-filling exotic aroma. Spices are the soul of Middle Eastern cooking and at Shahrazad they’re sold by the pound, used in the cooking and permeate the atmosphere of the store. Breathe deep, have a seat and enjoy lunch before shopping for pristine halal meat and fresh-baked breads. 1616 W. 2100 South, SLC, 801-972-3468, shahrazadslc.com

 

Best Effort to Cross the Great Divide, The West Side Festival – The SLC prejudice against the West side of the city is so strong that some West side city leaders talk seriously about splitting the city. The West Side Festival organizers and participants want to heal the breach another way. The organization Restore North Temple and the River District Chamber combined forces to present the Westside Festival in June, bringing together artists, food, music and people to celebrate this mysteriously unappreciated part of our city. Watch out for a repeat next year: restorenorthtemple.com/westsidefestival

Best Reason to Skip the Swedish Meatballs, Walker Edison Furniture – A hidden gem for those on a home furnishing budget. Their ready-to-assemble furniture is sold by big-name retailers like Target and Amazon. And you know, they sell those cool fireplace TV consoles. The issue is with their returns—once built, pieces cannot be resold as new merchandise. With a fully loaded warehouse, the returned furnishings are steeply (make an offer) discounted. Just load it and go, no assembly guide or Allen wrench needed. 4350 W. 2100 South, SLC, 801-433-3008, walkeredison.com

Best Place to Get your Head Cut, Cutthroat Barbershop – Cutthroat owns its westside location with pride. Think of it like a graffitied junkyard chop shop only for hair. Despite his gruff exterior and the Sweeney Todd vibe of his shop’s name, owner Mike Canales is a real sweetie. 2851 S. Redwood Rd., West Valley City, 385-242-7523, cutthroatbarbershopslc.com

 

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