One of the trends that I’m
starting to notice in Salt Lake is that some bars and restaurants are paying
local breweries to make house beers for them. Iggies has a couple house beers and as I discovered last
night, so does the Green Pig.
The Green Pig )
is a nice sports and music bar in down town Salt Lake (31 East 400 South). It is one of the newer bars in Salt Lake
started up by the former owners of Port O’ Call – a very popular bar in Salt
Lake that was the victim of Eminent Domain with the construction of the new
Federal courthouse.
In the interest of full
disclosure – I don’t know the owners of The Green Pig but I do have friends
that are in a funk bank, The Vision, and they perform at The Green
Pig frequently.
I was there last night with
friends and my wife enjoying the open jam – electric blues night. Highly recommended. I’m hoping to be back on Friday (August
3) when The Vision will be performing again.
Last night, I sampled the chips
& salsa, the hot wings, a Reuben soup, and the Green Pig Pilsner. The chips are traditional homemade
tortilla chips (much thicker than something you would typically buy in a store)
and were quite tasty. The salsa,
however, was mostly chopped tomatoes.
While the tomatoes were fresh and very good, it takes more than chopped
tomatoes to make a salsa fresca. My
opinion, it could have used some cilantro, onions, and peppers.
