Salt Lake City, Utah

Mobile Bar / Servers

In Salt Lake City: This is the most expensive surprise in the region, and the list is honest about it: there is one bar service business here, and the four entries labeled beneath the listings are retail outlets, not services. They cannot staff a bar, pour, or hold a permit for you. In Utah the couple cannot hold the permit either. A state DABS Single Event Permit, which is what a cash bar or a hosted bar with alcohol included in the price of admission requires, is issued only to bona fide corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, incorporated associations, churches and political organizations that have existed for at least one year before the date of application. Local consent and local permits must be in hand before you apply, the initial fee is $125, and an application filed fewer than seven business days before the event will not be considered. The practical consequence is simple: your bar runs through a licensed venue or a licensed caterer, or it does not run. A thin bar shelf is a market fact here, not a gap in the list, and a modest bar or none at all is an unremarkable local choice. No alcoholic beverages are allowed in any Salt Lake City park.

1 listing · checked August 2026

• COPA Bar Service (Alcohol) — Salt Lake City · copabarservice.com · (801) 829-1964

Buying the beer, wine and spirits yourself

These are retail sources, not event services — nobody here staffs your bar. Where your venue allows it, buying the alcohol yourself and hiring a licensed bartender to serve it is usually the cheapest way to do this line. The rules vary by state, by county and by venue, so confirm what yours permits — and whether your setup needs its own permit — before you count on the saving.

• Big Four Distributing Co — Provo · big4distributing.com · (801) 373-2085
• Boozetique — Salt Lake City · boozetiqueslc.com · (801) 363-3939
• Flora/Fauna Wines — Salt Lake City · florafaunawines.com · (801) 647-1745
• Red Rock Brewing Company Beer Store — Salt Lake City · redrockbrewing.com/red-rock-beer-store · (801) 521-7446

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