Desert Edge Brewery 40 Year Anniversary

November 2012 marks our 40-year anniversary of first being the Pub, and now The Desert Edge Brewery at the Pub right here in Trolley Square. As a thank you to all our loyal customers we are hosting a celebration of sorts starting November 24 – November 30.

 

Anniversary events consist of contests, a reunion night for former employees and a week of retro prices on select beverage and menu items.

 

Follow this link (contest closed!) to take our trivia quiz and test your knowledge of long forgotten Pub details. The prize consists of gift certificates for dinner for two to the Desert Edge Brewery, Red Butte Café, Martine and Stella Grill. The winner will be chosen randomly and posted to the blog.

 

Send us your best Pub story that’s fit to print, with a prize for the best story.

1.     Leave a comment on this post and share your favorite story.

2.     Comments will close at 11:59 Saturday, November 30, 2012.

3.     The winning story will be posted on the blog.

4.     Entries must be left via the comment form on the blog at the bottom of this post. No stories emailed please.

 

We’d love to see any old Pub related pictures you may have. Send those to brews@xmission.com and we’ll post those on the blog as well.

 

We will be hosting a reunion night Saturday, December 1, 8:00 pm – midnight for former Pub employees. We’ll provide the beverages and appetizers. Optional, wear your vintage Pub apparel, including name tags.
 

 

Retro Price Week November 24 – November 30.

 

Pints                  3.00

Pitchers             8.00

 

Daily entrée choice for $6.00.
 

Saturday - any cold “Pub” half sandwich combo.

 

Sunday – any Mexican entrée

 

Monday – any Grilled Salad

 

Tuesday – any Grilled Sandwich

 

Wednesday – any Classic Salad

 

Thursday – Niçoise Pasta Salad

 

Friday – any hot “Pub” half sandwich combo

 

Please come down and celebrate with us for this momentous occasion! We can’t wait to see you and hear your stories!

UPDATE:
Thank You to everyone who came out this week to share our anniversary with us and thanks to everyone who participated in the trivia quiz! Here are the answers if you were scratching your head over a few of those questions.

1.The original 1972 menu consisted of one sandwich - what was it?
   c)Hot roast beef with mustard

2. What feature did the original downstairs not have?
   c)Cigarette machine

3. What draf beer was the most popular?
   a)Coors

4. What did a pitcher of beer cost?
   b)$1.85

5. Where did the main Pub doors leading out into the mall come from?
   c)a church

6. What was the first video game?
   c)Pong

7. What board game was popular in the early 70's and that we provided to our customers?
   d)Backgammon

8. What device was music first played on?
   b)Reel to Reel *only two people guessed that correctly!

9. A Band Played for six years on Sunday Nights. They were the:
   c)The Jordan River Uptown Band

10. When we changed the upstairs to the Upstairs a the Pub, we moved the kitchen to a space that was previously...
   c)Trolley Square restrooms

11. When we built the brewery we expaned into a space that was previously
   c)The 47 Samurai

12. Our first brewery was
   c)Peter Kruger

13. Which beer won the first Utah gold medal at the GABF?
   b)Happy Valley Hefeweisen

14. The Pub has been remodeled or expanded how many times?
   d)8

We had a 4 way tie for the prize and after a random drawing our winner is...Jon R! Congratulations!