Salt Lake City’s Cool Factor Is Rising—and It Starts in These 3 Neighborhoods

The capital of Utah has been associated with the Mormon community since the establishment of a religious leader Bergham Young in 1847. Salt Lake Temple’s Gothic spares are still standing against the roam of modern office buildings that make a skyline, but the temple has been closed for renovation since December 2019. Most of the temple was first accessible to only members. When it reopens the next year, it will offer a public open house for the first time.

This change reflects widespread changes in Salt Lake City. The young adults are moving there relatively affordable property due to incomprehensible property, as well as an external adventure scene in hiking areas like nearby Sking and Park City and Brighton. By 2024, Utah is the least middle -aged in any state in the country.

This infusion of youth and the infusion of capital has led to a burst of creativity. On a recent visit, I spent time in the palaces that reflect the best.

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Downtown is one of the largest events in the state: Utah Fakhr Festival, which attracts up to 50,000 every June. Salt Lake City is one of the largest LGBT Q in the United States, and its seven City Council members identify LGBTQ. For a place that has long been considered conservatives, which looks like a change in the sea.

But then, “Salt Lake City has always offered surprise.” According to Santjilo, I joined the Whiskey and History Walking Tour in the city of Santino, where I found out that although Mormon faith famously preaches alcohol, Bergham Young has developed a whiskey called Valley Tan. “Our visit ended on the White Horse Spring and Kitchen, where we tasted the taste of the locally made whiskey and cider, which were presented with fresh skeptics from both the East and the Western beaches.

My favorite beverage of that day was another beverage of discouragement by Moron’s belief. La Barba has been frying the famous coffee in Capoto’s Market and Daily, which has been going on since 2012. Capoto was founded in 1997, and its shelves reflect the Greek and Italian heritage of the family. Owners Matt and Yelina Capoto imported the craftsman’s thing, tons of fish and oil directly from Italy. This place has become a neighborhood.

225 rooms of Asher Adams, autograph collectionFor, for, for,. Last year, opened at a carefully restored historical train depot, now the best place to live in the city. The original stained glass windows, coated roofs, and gold descriptions are all helpful in the atmosphere of glory in the early 20th century.

9 and 9th and Mayon District

The 9th and 9th are located in the southeast of the lower city, which is often overlooked on the map of Salt Lake City. I built a line for the Salt and Honeymor Makers market, where Cofonders Ashley Kollet and Nicole Chols mostly give space to local shopkeepers to sell handmade products. I picked up a laser kit map of the city through architect Catalin Bilithi, as well as stickers of the Collit. – In the pizza nunoFor, for, for,. I ordered the salute tied pieces and drunk with local honey. In the pie fight, just below the block, I chose a piece of Blueberry Lemon.

Both companies are close to “out of blue”For, for, for,.“Since its installation in 2022, a 23 -foot sculpture of a humpback wheel that has become a strange symbol in the area. Some locals claim that the statue is responsible for the record snowfall in the state only after its arrival.

In the west of 9 and ninth, the Mayon district is a set of 100 businesses, most of which are owned by women, spreading in 10 buildings. It was founded in 2015 by Salt Lake City’s ancestral Tessa Arnson and his cockpiece, Rocky Donati. Colorful walls, many female artists salute me at every turn. An artist, Brook Smart, reflects the district’s morals through which reflects women to lift each other. There is a house for shops, fitness studios and restaurants in Mun. Highlights include pantry products, where founder Michelle Kazarka whipped small batch, Earth friendly ballums and Isles, and normal ice cream, which was nominated for the residual bakery by the James Bayed Foundation in 2023 (and the first ice cream to get its approval in this category). Maun is increasing. Last year, Arnson launched a small group of short -term rent apartments.

Granwari District

Line for a music venue of all ages On Thursday evening, when I went, he was snatched around the block. This place, which can keep 200 people, hosts all the incoming artists. In the early 2000s, it was a launchpad for acts like Dear and Dashboard confession crime. When she was starting in 2018, Duja Billy performed there.

The surrounding district, one of the oldest palaces of Salt Lake, was once an industrial and manufacturing center. Today, as a playground for young adults, bribes, direct music locations, and, up to 2022, describe it as a playground with a 50 -room Evo Hotel. The first out of the three-year gear brand of this property-one-name-based Bellands pays tribute to the nearby attractions, such as the ceiling walls, in the floor-to-ceiling walls, such as the Snowy Bird Resort. This Campus is part of a complex called Salt Lake, which includes an indoor skate park and a 26,000 square feet bolding gym, which is established within the century old warehouses. There is also a huge shop that offers gear fare for all kinds of outdoor sports, which is a great completion of the adventures that are beyond the city.

On the way to the district, the Syrian tour attracted me to the Fisher Brown Company, which attracts beer enthusiasts with a dog -friendly hot courtyard with their 18 rotating taps, food trucks, and picnic tables. Fisher Beer, after wandering on a classic pusser, moved around the corner to the Woodbine Food Hall, where colorful grafts made well with their Korean fried chicken.

Not ready to say it one night, I headed towards the crown bar of the roofs of Evo, where I compatible around the firepat and toasted with beer from a local brave unit, the city in the foreground and at the distance with the mountains.

A version of this story first appeared in the June 2025 issue Travel + leisure Under the heading “Put it shaking it.