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Pig & A Jelly Jar, a Popular Local Eatery, Attempts to Raise Hourly Wages

March 31, 2022 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Mandatory 18% hospitality fee at popular eatery ruffles feathers.  Utah-owned 360 Degrees Restaurant Group (Pig & A Jelly Jar, Pig Kitchen, WB’s Eatery), is among the first in the state to embrace a no-tip, “hospitality included” (HI) model. Just as other metropolitan restaurateurs in the U.S. who adopted it were going back to traditional tipping in the wake of the … [Read more...]

History of Ogden’s 25th Street: Overcoming a Bad Rap

November 13, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

New businesses are popping up on Ogden’s Historic 25th Street, adding more dining and shopping to its thriving three downtown blocks — Brookey Bakes, Alaskan Gold Connection, Table Twenty Five, and Historic Street Market are a few popular newcomers. No Frills Diner, relocating from 12th Street, is also expected later this month.Historic 25th Street, aka Notorious Two Bit Street … [Read more...]

Dancing Moose Farm: Ogden Valley’s Premier Agritourism Destination

October 12, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Quietly and steadily since the mid-1990s, a barren field has been cultivated for sustainability and converted into a farm along the South Fork of the Ogden River. Four yurts, a straw bale home, beehives, grazing cows and ducks, and an Earthship-style chicken coop now sit on the seventeen-and-a-half-acre agricultural cooperative, Dancing Moose Farm.   It’s a dream unfolding … [Read more...]

10 Good Reasons to Head North to the Ogden Music Festival 2021 this Labor Day Weekend

September 2, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

When Reba Nissen attended the first Ogden Music Festival in 2009 she fell in love with it. Until then, she’d been traveling eight hours to Colorado for a music festival every year. ”When I realized I could create that same sense of community and connection in my own town I was all in,” she said. Nissen joined OFOAM (Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music) festival founder Michelle … [Read more...]

Angered Over COVID Mask Requirements Customers Assault Small Businesses in Eden, Utah

August 13, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Customers are not “masking” their hostility toward business owners In-person attacks towards small businesses in Eden, Utah — an idyllic, quiet town, as the name suggests — have been an almost daily occurrence over the past year from both locals and out-of-state visitors seeking dining and shopping in the popular Ogden Valley tourist destination. Angered over mask … [Read more...]

More Development Projects Coming to Ogden

July 26, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Ogden is booming. While trying to preserve the past and move forward into the future several development projects are planned and are underway. There are three major development projects coming to Ogden: Wonder Block, Encircle House, and Dumke Arts Plaza. Wonder Block  The Wonder Block, just south of Historic 25th Street on 26th and Grant, is a five-acre redevelopment plan … [Read more...]

Riverbend Bridges: Tacos & Beer in Ogden

July 26, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

There are two things a city should never be lacking and that’s good tacos and beer. Although Ogden has some great taco carts and breweries, options are a little more sparse outside the non-historic district.  Ogden’s new Riverbend development project, currently in construction along Ogden River between 18th and 20th streets west of Washington Boulevard, recently became home … [Read more...]

Ogden’s Historic Buildings Stand The Test Of Time

April 17, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Who doesn’t like to go back and see the place where they grew up?” said Ogden social entrepreneur and developer Thaine Fischer. “If it's relatively unchanged and beautiful it gives us a sense of pride and security.”  Vacant, demolished or neglected old buildings with boarded-up windows will quickly crumble. And nobody wants blight in their city. Thankfully, some key … [Read more...]

Re-Making Ogden: MAKE Ogden Master Plan Sees Future and Preserves Past

February 16, 2021 by Deann Armes Leave a Comment

Whether you see it as charming or “gritty,” Ogdenites are proud of their town and have preferred to keep the sweetness of Ogden-life one of Utah’s biggest secrets. But despite efforts by locals to stay hushed and humorously embrace the stigma from its past, newcomers are discovering the endearingly scruffy beauty of Ogden, vacant lots and all. The revitalization of … [Read more...]

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