The outdoor beer garden adjacent to Salt Lake City’s Mountain West Hard Cider — which for months operated in limbo because it didn’t qualify for a permanent liquor license from the state — has officially become a bar.
It took owners Jeff and Jennifer Carleton months of red tape and thousands of dollars in remodeling to get approval from the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for its new 21-and-older cider house and bar, called The Garten.
“But we’re happy about the outcome,” Jeff Carleton explained. “We’ve struggled with how to best use the space.