Bits and Pieces

Say that again?

Forget about barflies imploring their bartenders for the meaning of life. Most Park City bartenders say the most frequent—and sometimes annoying—questions they get are more of the practical variety.

Park City’s Top Five Most-Asked Bartender Questions:

1. Where’s the bathroom?
2. Is this all I get? (referring to the petite-looking one-ounce shot barely covering the ice in the glass)
3. When is it going to start snowing?
4. When will it stop snowing?
5. Why do I need a membership? I just want a drink!

Fits to a “T”

One thing Park City has no shortage of, ever? Funny T-shirts.

Last winter’s Five Best-Selling T’s offered these slogans:

1. A shirt with the green circle of a beginner ski runs sign with the words “I Suck” underneath. (This shirt was bought mostly by visiting skiers who saw their buddy wipe out under the lift and rewarded him/her fittingly).
2. The shirt with the moose couple eyeing each other up and down, both thinking “Nice Rack.”
3. The “Cowboy Words of Wisdom” shirt that includes classic proverbs such as, “Always drink upstream from the herd.”
4. T-shirts and sweatshirts that display Park City’s name.
5. The shirt that declares, “This is your brain … This is you not using it,” with a mountain biker careening off a cliff.

What’s in a Name?
Business owners in Park City take their company names seriously—but that doesn’t mean the names themselves are somber.

Our Top Five Creative Favorites:
1. Knead A Massage (a massage studio).
2. Right Angle (picture framing).
3. Nacho Mama’s (a Mexican restaurant).
4. Chez Betty (a restaurant named after its fish-in-residence).
5. Blind Dog (a restaurant named after the owners’ visually-impaired pooch).
Honorable Mention: “R Uinta Eggs?” (a restaurant sadly now out of business.)