Little America Patio, Pie & Beer at Hyatt SLC, New Merchants at The Gateway

The Coffee Shop at Little America Hotel has reopened for al fresco dining. Enjoy Pie & Beer at Hyatt SLC on the 24th. Two new food and drink establishments recently opened at The Gateway.

Ted Scheffler

July 12, 2024

The Coffee Shop Patio Reopens

With our current warm weather, the folks at Little America Hotel have reopened The Coffee Shop patio for al fresco dining. In honor of its reopening, the restaurant has introduced a new summer menu with mouthwatering bites and an expanded cocktail/mocktail selection. Available to enjoy on the reimagined patio or indoors, the summer menu includes: Grilled Flatiron Steak served with mashed potatoes and Chimichurri, Steak Nachos with house made queso and freshly fried tortilla chips, Pork and Vegetable Potstickers, Blueberry Gin & Tonic made with Hendrick’s Gin, Grove Ginger Highball made with Seedlip Grove-42 (non-alcoholic spirit). In addition The Coffee Shop has introduced new summer desserts, including Raspberry Pie, Peach Cobbler, and Chocolate & Pistachio Tartufo.

Pie & Beer at Hyatt SLC

For Pioneer Day on July 24, The Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City is featuring a limited time ‘Pie and Beer Day’ special available at both the Contribution Cocktail Lounge, an attractive downtown gathering spot to mix, mingle and engage in good conversation, and the on property restaurant The Salt Republic, only on July 24th.

The Pie Special ($6) will be Wild Berry Pie made with a lemon crust and Chantilly. The Beer Special is Uinta Brewing Company Alpen Weizen Mountain Berry Rush ($8).

New Gateway Merchants

The Gateway has a couple of new food & drink merchants to add to their already delectable roster.

According to our friends at The Gateway, “The former sports bar ‘Bout Time has re-opened as The Bruce Scottish Pub. A full-service sports pub, the name is a tribute to William Ray Bruce (local restaurateur, lost too young to cancer), a descendent of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. The menu blends with traditional pub fare with Scottish culinary classics, such as Bangers and Mash, Cullen Skink, and Scotch Pies. Novices and connoisseurs will be delighted by the robust whiskey selection, in addition to many beers on tap.”

“The boba tea craze comes to The Gateway with the opening of the third Pearl Milk Tea Club location and the first in Salt Lake City. Offering a variety of flavors and styles that can be mixed, the sky’s the limit on how customers can enjoy their boba drink. No two Pearl Milk experiences are alike as delicious, new combinations are created daily.”

“We are excited by the re-concepting of the former ‘Bout Time and to welcome Hawaii Fluid Art and Pearl Milk Tea Club,” says Julissa Breslin, The Gateway’s director of marketing. “Businesses are recognizing that The Gateway has become a desirable place for them thanks to Vestar fulfilling its vision to create a dynamic, community-focused destination. They have opened just in time to take advantage of all the visitors our summer events attract.”

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Ted Scheffler

Originally trained as an anthropologist, Ted Scheffler is a seasoned food, wine, and travel writer based in Utah. He loves cooking, skiing, music, and reading, and spends an inordinate amount of time tending to his ever-growing herd of guitars and amplifiers. Ted is also the author of the Utah Bites newsletter, which is published in partnership with Utah Stories. Before moving to Utah, Ted lived in New York City, and numerous states in the US, as well as in various countries overseas, Spain, Japan, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. He earned a Master’s Degree in Anthropology from the Graduate Faculty of The New School for Social Research.

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