The Bayou

Swung by on a Saturday night. Based on some of the below reviews, I think they've modernized their inventory tracking system since COVID--they have an app now which seemed to be up to date. They basically have the B. United catalog available as bottles, plus a well-curated draft list of around 50% Utah beers and 50% other <5% classics. Most of the good stuff you'll want from Utah (although no T.F. or Bewilder when I visited). Great import selection (including Xyauyus). Excellent food, reasonable prices. What's not to love?

Came here because of their extensive beer list, mostly bottles, and also to try alligator cheesecake (very good!). The food is highly recommended. The ambiance was nice, the noise level moderate. Our server was extremely friendly but the service was quite slow. The beer selection on paper was impressive but misleading. Servers have no way to easily check whether a bottle is actually available. Inventory tracking software is not being kept up with. Our server spent close to an hour finding out that two different bottles asked for were not in stock.. This was especially disappointing because we were eventually forced to settle for less interesting beers than hoped. The theoretical selection is great, about as good as you will see in Utah.

We came later in the evening, the place was quite crowded and a bit loud. Found a place at the bar. Decent taplist and lots of bottles. Managed to find some harder to get Utah beers. I guess this is as good as it gets in Utah.

This place has a nice vintage industrial ambiance. The beer list is huge, but I did not see any real rarities. I first sat at the bar and was basically ignored. It was a Monday night and not particularly busy. After finally getting a beer I moved to a table where the service was much better and friendlier. The jambalaya was very good, as were the two beers, both local and both surprisingly expensive. Other than the miserable treatment at the bar, this was a good stop.

Without question the best bar I visited in SLC. Huge list (they even have a phone app for fuck’s sake!) that easily destroys anything else in town in all three areas: local beer, out-of-state beer, and out-of-country beer. Lots of drafts and tons of bottles. No doubt some of the bottles might be a bit old, but given how much more common it is for people to order bottles in Utah due to the stupid 4% draft law, it’s probably not nearly as bad as most states. This should be among your first visits in SLC.

Easy walk from downtown. This is a fairly large space, long bar and tables around. Loads of beer coolers behind the bar support a large bottle list. Thirty taps as well. They have a modern LCD display for all taps, which rotates through other interesting stats as well (although this can be annoying when trying to select a beer). Of course all taps are 4% ABV -- other than the cider, which seems immune to the silly beer rules. I ended up with a bottled DIPA. Friendly service. Prices were about Utah-normal for the taps and "regular" bottles. Kinda crazy for some of the larger format bottles. I am not sure if this is Utah taxes kicking in or what is going on there.

Nice beer bar centrally located in Salt Lake City. Large, spacious, nice atmosphere. Loads of bottles, hundreds, but because it’s Utah and church=state here, only 4% taps. Prices typical. One of the best places in town.

Cajun food in Salt Lake City? Who knew? Anyway, a really nice place for beers. Excellent lighting in all the right places here. A wide selection of beers and decent food. The gumbo was excellent and the jambalaya was on par. They have a small lot for parking and some parking on the street that is free later in the evening. I absolutely loved it here.

A cajun themed bar and restaurant in Salt Lake City? Sounds interesting... Okay, so the place itself is actually kind of a typical bar/restaurant and (thankfully) doesn’t have kitschy decor or anything like that. The menu is certainly Nawlins inspired, though. Met up here with Dallas and Bonnie to begin our crawl through some of the breweries and also just the city in general.

Great beer list with maybe 30 drafts and a ton of bottles. Given the ABV limits on draft beers, mostly local, Utah/SLC stuff. Being from out of town, it seemed good to me and I had pours of the Red Rock Jr. IPA and The Annex Sour IPA before trying a taste of the Dangereux from 2 Row that Dallas ordered.

Friendly bartender and really good prices on most of the beers, though some of the special, imported, and significantly higher ABV stuff was pretty pricey.

A quite decent place located nearby the Courthouse. Really good selection of beers, good food and acceptable prices.