A few weeks ago I went to Utah for work. June has been so busy, I’m just sorting through the photos now. I went on the trip with my coworkers Aimee and Ashanth. We worked a lot and didn’t have much free time, but I still have some cool shots and a few posts to share.
I flew out to Utah on the same night that I did the 25-mile UPAF bike ride. On the way out our flight was so delayed. Like 3 hours delayed. We were leaving at the time we should have been arriving. We landed in Salt Lake City, blearily found our rental car and drove up to Ogden, where we were staying. We finally got checked into our hotel at something like 2:00 a.m. And then we got up for work at 6:30 a.m. That was awesome.
My work was at Hill Air Force Base, where I was doing user interviews and observing user testing on an internal application that I designed. On base, the experience could not have been more opposite than our day-to-day work environment. Where in Chicago the office is totally casual, on base we had to dress in suits and heels and lock up our cell phones before entering secure facilities.
Anyway, enough about work. Our first night in Utah we were exhausted from only having had a few hours of sleep. Our hotel was on 24th Street in Ogden, Utah. Through our back parking lot was 25th Street, which is a historic stretch in Ogden. We were all tired, but we had to eat, so we decided to go just one block over and then call it an early night.
City Hall Park, Ogden, UT
City Hall Park, Ogden, UT
Historic 25th Street, Ogden, UT
We explored the little historic downtown stretch for a bit, and then settled on Roosters Brewing for dinner. This is a local brewpub with two locations, the Historic 25th Street being the original location.
Ashanth & Aimee
Roosters Brewing Co.
It was still nice and sunny out so we sat in a glassed-in outdoor dining room.
Flowers in a growler.
I tried a beer that they make called Polygamy Pale Ale and Ashanth tried a sampler of several of their beers. I think Aimee was too exhausted to go down the beer path!
For dinner I had a half salad and half pizza combo.
It was a steak fajita pizza!
I thought this was a great spot and would recommend it to anyone in the unlikely chance that they find themselves in Ogden, UT! I expected when travelling out there that we’d be eating at all chain restaurants, but we were able to search out smaller local places that were really great, although I think Subway did sneak it’s way in one time!
Aimee sent me a promotional email for 
Each table has two beer taps, one Bud Light and one something else. Ours was Bud Light and Stella. Some of the other tables had different kinds of Goose Island beers. The waitress gets you glasses and starts the meter and then you are free to help yourself to all the beer you want. There’s a computer with a screen that displays how many ounces of each beer that you have poured. It’s a pretty cool concept. Dangerous. We had so many people we were kind of all mingling in front of the table and the table was serving as our own private bar. I can imagine people sitting at the table and just drinking glass after glass without even the delay of wait staff going to get your drinks. Also, we wondered how many people had gotten totally bombed and put their mouths under the taps! I’m sure there’s the obvious reason for this, but just seeing how many ounces you’ve poured without a dollar amount attached is pretty useless. 72 ounces? No idea how much that bill is. 
