The wine list focuses on small family producers of natural wines who use organic or biodynamic farming and no chemicals, with the exception of a tiny bit of sulfur as a preservative, depending on the grape and the region. The building, formerly a dog wash, was stripped to the studs and has new floors, skylights, and a garage door that, come spring, will roll open for seating on the 14-seat patio out front. “When I saw it, I said, ‘Don’t sell this - I’ll find a home for it!’” Evans said. Evans got the century-old bar from the late Utah Jazz center and restaurateur Mark Eaton, who imported it from Milan for a restaurant project that didn’t come to fruition. a thank-you gift from years ago from a winemaker friend. On the wall, Evans has mounted two 110-year-old grenache gris vines from the vineyards of Gibson Ranch in Mendocino, Calif.
Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Two grape vines, each 110 years old, are mounted on the wall at Casot wine bar in the 15th & 15th neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Feb. It’s not just the name that’s been in storage for a few years, waiting for its right place and right time. “It just stuck with me, and I thought, ‘I’m going to name something after this at some point.’” “What I loved about that idea was it was a shelter among the vines, a place to gather and enjoy company and break bread,” he said. The casot is a storage space for tools, and it’s where workers gather for lunch, to get out of the sun or rain, or to gather and talk.Įvans encountered those buildings about seven years ago, when he was touring vineyards. The name comes from Italy’s Piedmont region, for the little stone building at the center of every vineyard. That community feeling is in keeping with Evans’ inspiration for Casot. On really busy nights - there have been times when Casot is so packed, they have had to turn people away - the crowd ranges in age from 20s to 60s, often including a group of neighbors with a standing date who play board games together. So far, that approach has worked to attract a wide mix of people. And they can co-exist in the same space,” Evans said.
“You can come in and buy a $5 Carlsberg beer and have a chill experience, and not feel like you have to buy a $13 glass of wine, but the next table might share a $150 bottle of wine. Open Sunday through Thursday, 5-11 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m.-midnight.
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