(Francisco Kjolseth  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  
Liquor-control commissioners vote and reveal their new director, Salvador Petilos during the Tuesday, June 26, 2012, early morning meeting at the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. (Francisco Kjolseth  |  Tribune file photo)  
Beer flowers at Wing Nutz in Sugar House in 2011. (Rick Egan  | The Salt Lake Tribune)   
“The scarcity of [liquor] licenses made it difficult for us to do business,” said Wing Nutz restaurant co-founder Will Owens, left, with associates Michael Faircloth, center, and Will Miller. “Not being able to sell everything a mainstream restaurant sells put us at a disadvantage.”