Cox admin spares Moab’s historic Woody’s Tavern, but Robert Gehrke argues Utah liquor policy is still broken

Unless the Utah Legislature changes its mindset on regulating liquor in Utah, future licensees will find themselves in a similar predicament.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Woody's Tavern, pictured Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, was saved from near-certain closure last week after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and the head of the state's liquor agency decided to drop an enforcement action over a technical violation.

Cox admin spares Moab’s historic Woody’s Tavern, but Robert Gehrke argues Utah liquor policy is still broken

Unless the Utah Legislature changes its mindset on regulating liquor in Utah, future licensees will find themselves in a similar predicament.

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