Salt Lake City Pub Wins Over ‘Green Gurus’
While the Green Pig Pub has its tall bar stools, beer on tap and a prime location in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, the bar is unlike any of its other neighbors.
In fact, 90 percent of its materials are from the soon-to-be-torn-down Port O’Call. From its 16-foot passive solar windows to its recycled equipment and furniture, the new pub is certainly deserving of praise from Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker’s “green gurus,” who all welcomed the new bar to the downtown scene.
The press and the public are loving the pub as well. The Salt Lake Tribune calls it a light and airy space that’s a “stark shift from [its] predecessor, a drab, windowless piano bar.”
“All the employees here are required to recycle. We recycle cans and cardboard and such. A lot of the building materials have been recycled,” Owner Bridget Gordon told Fox 13 (see video below).
Not only does the bar recycle religiously, but it also works with local farmers to recycle kitchen food waste. Being completely green was Gordon’s main goal when opening the new pub. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Vicki Bennett, Becker’s director of sustainability, says the Green Pig should have no problem qualifying as an “E2″ business, a title awarded for energy efficiency and recycling.
Despite the current economic recession, the bar is doing well and is, according to Becker, what downtown Salt Lake City is really all about.
