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...]
Spirits of Ogden: Ogden’s Distilleries Welcome You
Ogden didn’t start out like most other towns in Utah. In fact, it was once a little rough around the edges. Okay, maybe a lot rough. It’s rumored that Al Capone once said he wouldn't dare walk the streets of Ogden, Utah for fear of his life. While Ogden is not that town anymore, the gritty and innovative spirit that built this town is still present. You can find it at Union … [Read more...]
Dancing Moose Farm: Ogden Valley’s Premier Agritourism Destination
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...]
Burn Your Tongue: Utah’s King of Hot Sauce
Roger Damptz is on a mission to spice up your palette. The owner of Burn Your Tongue – SSS (Simply Spicy Stuff), Roger offers more than 700 hot sauce varieties for sale, and he can tell you about every single one. This self-designated chilehead has curated the biggest hot sauce selection in Utah, with current locations in Ogden and Logan, and more on the way. Roger was first … [Read more...]
Staycationing in Ogden: With its Rich History and Gritty Spirit, Ogden is “The Other Utah”
Whether you want to avoid the lines at the airport, or you don’t enjoy long car rides, a staycation is a perfect way to relax your mind, body, and wallet, all while getting that vacation experience you so desperately deserve. You should take your vacation days. You earned them, after all. And there is no better place to staycation in Utah than in Ogden! I know what you may … [Read more...]
10 Good Reasons to Head North to the Ogden Music Festival 2021 this Labor Day Weekend
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...]
A Tour of Bars, Breweries, Speakeasies, and Pubs in Ogden
Ogden is overflowing with amazing bars, breweries speakeasies, and pubs When it comes to fall, I am a fan of spirits, and no, I don’t mean the ghost tour kind. Which I highly recommend, by the way. I mean the amazing libations, cocktails and drinks you can find in Ogden. With Ogden’s rich history of speakeasies and hidden drinks, it is the perfect spot to find that amazing … [Read more...]
Angered Over COVID Mask Requirements Customers Assault Small Businesses in Eden, Utah
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
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
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...]