Dead Walmarts and gutted Kmarts sit across America as relics of a failed retail era. While most saw blight, Sky Zone founder Case Lawrence saw potential. His path from near financial collapse to building a global action-park brand reveals something deeper about Utah — a place where risk, reinvention, and a strange streak of creativity…
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Dead Walmarts and gutted Kmarts sit across America as relics of a failed retail era. While most saw blight, Sky Zone founder Case Lawrence saw potential. His path from near financial collapse to building a global action-park brand reveals something deeper about Utah — a place where risk, reinvention, and a strange streak of creativity collide.
Unlock the full story of how a bankrupt attorney turned a forgotten building model into one of Utah’s most unlikely entrepreneurial success stories.
Mondays are supposed to be the worst — alarms, commutes, and jobs that make you wonder if the weekend was just a fever dream. Yet sometimes, in the middle of all that dread, Monday feels oddly like a rescue mission. Could it actually be the best part of the week?
Sugar House is in the middle of a full-scale dining shift. Over the past two years, new openings, relocations, and rebrands have reshaped the neighborhood, bringing everything from shabu-shabu and Thai curries to steakhouse cocktails, food-hall energy, and century-old LA flavors. These additions are changing how locals eat, gather, and think about Sugar House as a dining destination.
At Grid City Beer Works, Drunken Kitchen brings a focused menu and steady heat. The space stays casual, the food carries the interest, and the pairing fits the neighborhood.
Salted Roots began as simple kitchen experiments and quickly grew into one of Utah’s most talked-about small-batch food brands. Founder Ivy Watrous has been cooking since childhood, blending bold flavors with careful technique. Today, her handcrafted salts and sugars are showing up in farmers markets, home kitchens, and even cocktail menus — each one shaped by personal stories, long hours, and a commitment to doing things the hard way when it matters.
