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Utah restaurant liquor licenses are still scarce, DABS board says, even after Legislature’s additions

An influx of 30 new restaurant licenses and 15 bar licenses will hit Utah in May, but the commission will not begin issuing them until later in the month.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) A glass of wine and plate of bread at a Salt Lake City restaurant in 2017. Utah's liquor commission warned restaurants at an April 27, 2023, meeting that it will be stringent with applications because of a scarcity of restaurant licenses, even with an influx of 30 extra licenses approved by the Utah Legislature that will become available in May 2023.