Oldgringo wrote:WildBill wrote:Jaguar wrote:I once had a three hour layover in Salt Lake City, so I figured I'd go find the bar and have a drink in between flights. After walking around looking for a bar for like 30 minutes I finally asked a security guy where's a bar at? He looked at me and said, "you're in Utah, son" and walked off, like somehow that explains it. Took me a while to figure it out.
Your visit was probably prior to 2002. I was told me that one of the conditions of rewarding the 2002 winter Olympics to Utah was that they would have to allow bars at the Salt Lake City airport and reduce the restrictions in other venues surrounding the game. I can't personally vouch for that, but I had a layover in Salt Lake last summer and I was impressed with the quality of food in the restaurants [both served alcohol].
Yes to alcohol in SLC. The state stores showed up on my GPS and were reasonably priced. Speaking of SLC, Temple Square is maybe the most serene place we've ever visited.
Yeah, that was in the 80's when I wasn't offended when someone called me "son". I didn't know they have them now, maybe I can quit rejecting layovers at SLC now.
