(L–R) Jeff Polychronis and Peter Cole stand in Squatters, their first brewpub, which opened in downtown Salt Lake City on Sept. 5, 1989—just nine months after the first issue of SLUG hit the street.
Photo: John Barkiple
Squatters 25th Anniversary Party 09.04
Beer & Spirits
A brew pub in Salt Lake City? Impossible? Maybe in 1989 when Squatters opened its doors to a stunned city ready to share the dream. But with characteristic devotion to quality, Jeff Polychronis and Peter Cole defied convention and opened the first of Salt Lake’s many brew pubs — with a new Wasatch Brew Pub to open in Sugarhouse on the 15th.
