(Sean P. Means | The Salt Lake Tribune) The interior of what will be The Pearl, a new drinking establishment in Salt Lake City's Central 9th neighborhood. The Pearl received the only available bar license from Utah's Alcohol Beverage Control Commission in its meeting on Feb. 22, 2022.
Stefene is the Utah Eats reporter at the Tribune. For 13 years, she was the culture editor at St. Louis Magazine and is the former managing editor for stltoday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's website. She is glad to be back in her hometown.