Let’s Go Eat and Drink

2026 Dining Awards with Jeremy Pugh

Executive Editor of Salt Lake Magazine, Discusses their Dining Awards, Notable Restaurants, and More! We Delve into Irish Cheese, and Guinness for a Patty's Day Themed Nibbles, and Sips. Bill Berates with Questions while Jimmy Splashes with News, and More!
Join us as we Snuff Out the Best Restaurants with the Investigative Lead, Jeremy Pugh, at Salt Lake Magazine. Sit Down, Sip Loud, to our Sound, or Crack One, Chug it, and Chuckle for our 2nd episode of 'Season 3'!

'She Kills Monsters' - CJ & James Naylor

We Speak with Carleigh-Jo Naylor, and James Naylor of MadKing Productions, a guerilla theater troupe in SLC Utah, to discuss their current show. We discuss 'She Kills Monsters', 'Drunken Shakespeare', and More!
 
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Drinkers with a Podcasting Problem!

Britton Welsch - Beehive Cheese

Not sure what Beehive Cheese see's in our podcast, but we are lucky to have them sponsor us! Britton Welsch is a GEM, and we are fortunate to have him on the show!
According to Britton's LinkedIn "Avid foodie, and farmer's market junkie. Beehive Cheese is my passion and gets me out of bed in the morning. I love telling stories, and making friends with cheese."
As the second generation of a family-owned company, Britton grew up at Beehive Cheese. He's watched his dad, and uncle build a creamery from scratch, using second hand equipment.
Laughably, Britton's dad and uncle only had 8 days of cheesemaking experience between the two of them. They took a giant leap and we’re still here 18 years later thriving. It was through this experience that Britton learned the values of hard work, trust, and being wise with resources.
At Beehive, Britton has always believed in supporting the community, treating employees with both compassion and respect, and having a good time making award-winning cheese.
Britton is so proud of Beehive's B-Corp certification. Most importantly, it gave Beehive a way to measure and assess the culture we’d already built from the ground up, and reveal blind spots. They did well on our audit, and learned that there is still more to be improved upon to truly use our business as a “force for good.”
As we see it, Britton has been living by a code, "As an artist of a consumable product, hands down the most rewarding aspect is making a product that brings people together to share joy." Which for that we couldn't be more proud to have them as a sponsor!

Literary Libations - Monkey Wrench Gang

This year, we mark 50 years of Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang—a countercultural classic that helped ignite the radical environmental movement. First published in 1975, the novel introduced the world to Bonnie, Doc, Seldom Seen Smith, and Hayduke—and dared readers to imagine sabotage as sacred duty.
There’s no one better suited to lead this conversation than legendary bookseller and rare book expert Ken Sanders—a close friend of Abbey, a fierce defender of the desert, and a long-time voice in the literary and ecological worlds of the American West.
Through wine, words, and wide-open questions, we’ll explore Abbey’s complicated legacy and enduring impact. Expect sharp insights, spirited debate, and a space to reflect on radical environmentalism in an era of climate emergency.

Kim Bowsher - CEO of Roosters Hospitality Group

Kim Bowsher and her family have a philosophy: “You can’t know where this yes is going to take you, but you say yes and it starts to line up.” She is currently Roosters Hospitality Group CEO, but she is much more than that. When she met with other Ogden business owners about local issues, she decided to do something about them. At 26 years old, she went to the mayor’s office to present a solution. That plan would eventually turn into the Ogden Downtown Alliance. Kim is a prominent figure in Ogden, Utah, known for her work with the Ogden Downtown Alliance and various other community organizations. She recently stepped down as Executive Director of the Ogden Downtown Alliance after nearly a decade of service, where she was instrumental in establishing the organization and driving its growth.
She was instrumental in establishing and growing the Farmers Market Ogden, which was named "Indie Ogden Best Project of the Year" and "Best Event". Besides her work with the Alliance, Bowsher has served on numerous community boards, including Visit Ogden, GOAL Foundation, Junior League of Ogden, and the Ogden Food Council. She also founded Ogden Young Professionals and served on the board of WomenMTB. She is currently. When Kim couldn’t find a company to work for that was busy with projects she was interested in, she started her own, kbENT. Which is a full scale marketing group.
Snag one, sip it, and smile! Another episode of the Lets Go Eat and Drink Show is here!

Violet Eatery - Myra & Troy Petersen

Violet’s story begins at another Violet in a bygone time. About 20 years ago, Myra and Troy Petersen met while they were both working at a restaurant named Violet in Santa Monica, California. She was a bartender and he was a server. After their first daughter was born, the family moved to Utah, where the Petersen's became involved in the industry locally as well as in the Utah food scene.
Troy Petersen, who grew up with the Caputo family and is a friend of Matt Caputo and the late Tony Caputo, worked at Caputo’s Market and Deli downtown and also helped open Caputo’s at 15th and 15th in about 2006. The family bounced between Los Angeles and Utah for a while, but eventually Myra and Troy Petersen decided that they wanted to raise their children in Utah, so they moved back for the final time in about 2012. Once the Petersen's were ready to open their own Violet in Utah, they contacted the restaurant’s previous owner, got his blessing to reuse the name, and went for it.
Find some bubbly, bust it open, and join us in celebrating one of Salt Lake City's finest 'Ma and Pa' restaurants!

Stuart Melling - Utah Food Writer

If you’ve google searched a menu for a restaurant in Utah, you likely can thank Stuart for the results! Stuart is the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC.  He’s a multiple-award winning journalist and has written in myopic detail about the Salt Lake City  dining scene for the better part of seventeen years. He’s worked extensively with multiple local publications from Visit Salt Lake to Salt Lake Magazine, and helping to consult on national TV.
Pause those credits, yep, that's Stuart! He’s also a former restaurant critic of more than five years, working for the Salt Lake Tribune. He appears largely fueled by a critical obsession with rice, alliteration and the use of big words I don't understand. What they're saying about Stuart: "Not inaccurate", "I thought he was older", "I don’t share his feelings". If you ever need to know where to eat, Gastronomic SLC is the ultimate resource! He started SLC Menu as somewhere to house all the hard-to-find menus he picked up during hid food writing travels. Through the archives you can find menus from the last fifteen years of the Salt Lake City dining scene.
https://gastronomicslc.com/   or   https://www.slcmenu.com/

Sam Miller & Mikey Davis - Remora

Your Oasis in the Great Basin is Coming Soon! https://www.remorabar.com/
Mikey and Sam have been concocting more than just Hurricane's and Perfect Storm's. These guys have been working hard, and planning something special to bring to the community.
They took residence over a heartbreakingly closed 'The Ruin' bar which was called 'Mutiny on Main'. Sam and Mikey know how to bring tricks, atmosphere, and presentation to your glass. They most certainly brought it to our show.
Fill one up. Sip it down, and enjoy another 'Lets Go Eat and Drink Show!'

Paul Scott - Behind the Whistle

On today's episode we speak with referee royalty in the MLS, NCAA community, Paul Scott!
 
Scott also serves as the referee coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, as well as Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football manager of refereeing and the National Premier Soccer League director of officials. In addition, he is an assessor for the Professional Referee Organization, and a US Soccer national instructor.
On the field, Scott was named 2014 Major League Soccer Assistant Referee of the Year and also worked both the 2013 MLS All-Star Match and the 2013 MLS Cup. During his MLS career, he officiated over 200 matches. Scott also has extensive collegiate experience, having worked championship matches at the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA levels. In February 2017 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Soccer Hall of Fame.