Alixel Cabrera

REPORT FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBER

Alixel Cabrera is a Report for America corps member and writes about communities on the west side of the Salt Lake Valley for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has reported on the economy, energy, food and culture for newspapers and websites in Venezuela and the U.S.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City's Blue Copper Coffee on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.

Is the coronavirus killing Utah’s coffee culture?

By Alixel Cabrera | October 30, 2020, 1:15 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Molly Kohrman, the owner of Brownies! Brownies! Brownies!, was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women's Business Center of Utah, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020.

Owner of Salt Lake City brownie bakery honored for helping other small businesses

By Alixel Cabrera | October 23, 2020, 7:49 p.m.

(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Warm honey is poured over fresh loukoumathes during Salt Lake City's annual Greek Festival. This year's festival was canceled due to COVID-19, so organizers are selling the sweet treat and other desserts to go on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 279 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City.

Go Greek at new Taylorsville eatery or one-day pastry festival

By Alixel Cabrera | October 15, 2020, 8:07 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) An empty dining room at Alamexo Mexican Kitchen in downtown Salt Lake City after the establishment announced the closure of dine-in service in mid-March. Owner/executive chef Matt Lake says the restaurant is now closed permanently as COVID-19 drags on.

Utah restaurants wait for a vaccine to reopen, but for hundreds of them, it already may be too late

By Alixel Cabrera | October 3, 2020, 9:00 p.m.

( Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo ) As pumpkin season began in 2015, Whole Foods in Sugar House had all shapes, sizes and colors.

Utah’s pumpkin frenzy is already peaking as October beckons

By Alixel Cabrera | September 25, 2020, 1:27 p.m.

(Photo courtesy of Utah Taste Off) Utah Taste Off selects a food item from four to six local vendors and packs them in a box with voting instructions.

Everyone’s a food critic with Utah Taste Off kits

By Alixel Cabrera | September 25, 2020, 1:26 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) A social distancing guideline sign at Salt Lake City's Ramen Bar in May.

8 ways to ‘mind your pandemic manners’ when dining at a Utah restaurant

By Alixel Cabrera | September 19, 2020, 6:00 p.m.

(Kathy Stephenson | Tribune file photo) If it’s deep-fried, then the Fry Me to The Moon food truck in Salt Lake City will serve it.

Utah food trucks surviving in the suburbs with meals to go

By Alixel Cabrera | September 12, 2020, 3:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cristina Olvera, owner of La Casa Del Tamal Mexican Restaurant, located inside the Azteca Bazaar in West Valley City, gets ready to start cooking.

Family-owned restaurants rely on their first-generation Utah children for social media success

By Alixel Cabrera | September 11, 2020, 12:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Streusel SLC cookies at their ComCom Kitchen store front.

Simplicity is the secret ingredient at Salt Lake City’s new Streusel bakery

By Alixel Cabrera | August 28, 2020, 8:21 p.m.