The 7 Best Things to do in Cottonwood Heights, Utah (UT)

Reviewed By enofile1 - Seattle, United States

I'm going to give this joint 5 stars because it is very unique for Utah. Ostensibly, I came to Hog Wallow to listen to a band called Groovenment out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, a white R&B band. I was the oldest cat in the place. Interestingly, the crowd made me feel as if I was in Jackson, Wyoming or Helena, Montana. There was some western, mountain vibe. No whiff of social Mormon rejection or Utah LDS subliminal weirdness existed amongst the crowd. The people in Hog Wallow all seem to know each other, and if this was Pacific Beach, they would be surfer dudes or dudettes. In Utah, I would guess snow boarders; young, attractive, with a stoner attitude. The girls could even dance, unique for white folks. I did wish I was 45 years younger. I wanted to dance, but it would look unseemly for a guy my age. Too bad, because my NYC, 125th Street and Lenox Ave, moves are still intact. My bartenderess, a biker chick wanna be, was cold and unfriendly, dismissive of my urban affect and my increasing age. She acted tough and smug, making me laugh, because I knew she would poop her pants with fear in the South Bronx or Bed Sty. Her drinks were weak, and it took ten cocktails to get any semblance of a buzz. Yet, I took her stocky boorishness in stride, the music was cooking, and the eye candy on the dance floor healthy for a dude my age. Food was decent, I enjoyed my brisket sandwich, and the drinks cheap at $5,00 a pop. I will return to Hog Wallow to listen to good music, to drink vodka at $5.00 a hit, and to imagine how much fun and trouble I would have 45 years ago in this bar. Hog Wallow is an anomaly in Utah.