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Save the Date: September 10th and 11th, 2025
Nibble, nosh, sip, and celebrate Salt Lake’s cultural community with chef-driven, locally owned restaurants, craft beverages, and artisan purveyors. The 11th Annual Eat Drink SLC will take place over two days in the lush grounds of Tracy Aviary. Each night features different food and drink partners, and is accompanied by live music, dance, and other performing art.
Savor the Week, September 2025
Yes, there’s even more eating and drinking to do! For one week, we’re celebrating with special culinary experiences at the our partner restaurants throughout the valley. Stay tuned for details.
Our Mission
Eat Drink SLC raises awareness about Salt Lake’s finest culinary and cultural opportunities. Our vision is to engage patrons with the marriage of food and drink, and share stories about how it evolves, adapts, and innovates. Filled with tastes, art, people, and joy, Eat Drink is a welcoming, inclusive event for all the senses.
Eat Drink SLC is hosted by a partnership between Tracy Aviary, SB Dance, and Vine Lore. Tracy Aviary and SB Dance, both nonprofit organizations, represent, respectively, a place and an arts-maker that contribute to the unique character of our community. Vine Lore, a local beverage company, brings together the hospitality community and its portfolio of producers to create a true marriage of food and libation, celebrating SLC’s vibrant food and drink culture. 50% of proceeds is contributed to a third local nonprofit that works with underserved communities. This community beneficiary has included Women of the World, Neighborhood House, and Race Swami.
The 2024 beneficiary is New Roots SLC. An important program of the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City, which enables refugees and New Americans in Salt Lake County to celebrate their heritage and nourish themselves and their neighbors by planting strong roots in their new communities. Providing a community garden program to grow their own produce, a youth agriculture leadership program, a farm business program to learn the tools needed to run a farm business successfully, and program-facilitated farmers’ markets and other market opportunities for farmers to more easily access local sales opportunities.
By supporting place, arts-making, and community service, Eat Drink SLC’s mission is to honor the entire industry, from customers, business owners, managers, and servers to purveyors and agricultural workers. Since inception, Eat Drink has contributed over $100,000 to Salt Lake County nonprofits.
Onsale in June. The event sells out quickly. Join the email list for info about when tickets go onsale and special events.
• September 10 and 11, 2025 5-8pm
• Must be 21+ ID required
• Ticket includes signature glassware, all food and beverage, live entertainment, unforgettable experience
• Limit of four tickets per person
• Non-refundable
We do not offer reduced price tickets for people who do not drink alcohol. But there are lots of non-alcoholic options.
History
Eat Drink SLC began as a SB Dance fundraiser called Wine Theater Food (WTF, get it?) at the Rose Wagner Center. After moving to Tracy Aviary in 2014 and acquiring a new name, it grew into one of the region’s premier food and libation celebrations. Eat Drink’s success reflects the achievements of many local restauranteurs, distillers, breweries, and producers who collectively transformed Salt Lake into a regional culinary destination. Another key piece of our success are the dozens of family-owned wineries from around the world that provide an international context to the tastes forged here in Utah.
During the pandemic, net proceeds were directed to our restaurant partners. As the crisis diminished, Eat Drink returned as a two-day event in September and proceeds were again donated to local nonprofits. We are grateful for the hundreds of partners, sponsors, volunteers, and patrons that make this event possible. Cheers to the entire Eat Drink community!
Annual artwork
To recognize Eat Drink’s 10th anniversary, we began to commission an original artwork by local artists for each year’s event. We look forward to building a gallery of art that will celebrate another awesome side of the Salt Lake community.
