The Best of the Beehive issue of Salt Lake magazine is an annual celebration of the people, places and things that make Utah great. For the 2024 Best of the Beehive, Salt Lake magazine presents our favorite reasons to love living in the Beehive State. From unique, artistic marketplaces to unparalleled outdoor musical experiences and everything in between, what makes this place special is the people, the things they create and the places they play. Consider The Best of the Beehive a guide for the next year to find new experiences and share the love.
Contained within the pages of Salt Lake magazine’s July/August issue are 75+ places and things to eat, see and do around the state, and we are sharing the stories of the people who make it all possible. Among the 2024 Best of the Beehive honorees and special mentions:
Andrew McLean (author, Chuting Gallery)
Beehive Distilling
Best Friends Roadhouse & Mercantile
Bijan Ghai (Urban Hill)
Black Desert Resort
Bryton Sampson (Dick n Dixie’s Trivia Night)
Colorado River and Trail Expeditions (CRATE)
The Elite Hall (Hyrum)
The Fox Market
The Garment Clinic—
D’fifth Rose
Silver Reef
John Knoblock (Trails Utah)
Let’s Go Eat Drink SLC Show
Lovebound Library
Lucky Slice Pizza
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum (Utah State University)
Ogden Farmers Market
Publik Coffee
Red Mountain Resort
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company
Sand Hollow State Park
Selkirk Red Rock Open
Sentierre Resort
The Smith’s Produce Run (Smith’s Ballpark)
Snow Canyon State Park
Sweet Streets
Topaz Museum
Tuacahn
Tulie Bakery
Utah Dept. of Natural Resources Map & Bookstore
Utah Wildlife Federation and Chris Peterson (artist, Utah Wildlife Walls)
Veyo Pie
VIVA Chicken
Western River Expeditions