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The State Room

The State Room

4.4(58 reviews)
0.3 mi•Downtown, Peoples Freeway
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I can't believe I'd never been here before after living in SLC for 10 years! Love love love this…read morevenue. It's small and intimate but not cramped at all. I love the historic feel of this place. There's seating!! If you get there early enough there's theater style seating in addition to the standing room space. I loved having the option to sit or stand. There are two bars - one upstairs and one downstairs. I never had to wait long for drinks and the service was great. They have some snacks as well. Parking is available in the paid lot next to the venue or along the street, but it can definitely be limited so be prepared for that.

Awesome venue! I loved the historic vibe of the place. It's smaller, intimate, but yet still roomy…read morethat we didn't feel on top of one another or overly crowded. We got to see Max Mcnown who without a doubt will be one of the next big stars in the coming years. The staff were friendly, the sound was great, and the place was clean. I'm certain when the lights are on you can really see its is in great shape, whereas other venues likely look awful when the lights turn on. The bathrooms were clean, the drinks were fairly priced. I would definitely come back and will keep an eye out for upcoming shows. Don't put your drinks on the stage, security is on it and will ask you to get it off right away. All good, my bad! Haha

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The State Room - Bob Marley Birthday Bash, from the upstairs bar

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Bob Marley Birthday Bash, from the upstairs bar

The Rail

The Rail

3.3(6 reviews)
1.8 mi•Fairpark
•$$$

Saw The Killers here at a private show as part of the excellent Omniture Summit 2010 in and…read moreobviously enjoyed the special access of the show. Without that influencing my rating too much (a free, private Killers show is obviously a 5 Star rating), the venue stands out on its own pretty well and exceeded my expectations. Pros -Size: this place is huge and has a wide open standing-room area in front of an elevated stage as well as a cat-walk like elevated area that rings the floor. Provides lots of good viewing angles with few obstructions from the stage. The House of Blues comparison is accurate as far as feel, but the venue is far deeper. A little bit bigger than the Fillmore in SF. -Sound: good sound and light production. I heard the Killers loud and clear (and for several hours after) and my mind was blown a few times by swell light effects. Cons -Drinking Situation: this is Utah so I didn't expect a first-rate drinking experience and got about what I expected. I think this place is 18+ most times, so the bars are all on the second floor which created bottle necks and inconvenience if you wanted to be front and center at the stage. To compound that is the Utah alcohol laws that meter out your liquor at 1 oz. pours, wine at 5 oz pours and dumb-down the % in the beer. This also makes for slow service, and at $9 a pop for cocktails you're paying big city prices for kid-table drinks. (Also think about this when ordering anything which rightly should have more than 1 oz of booze in it. A martini in Utah is not a good idea.) All in though, this is more a critique of Utah's drinking regulations and so I can't rightly hold it against The Rail for doing their best in that administrative climate. -Location: it's literally on the wrong side of the tracks. Not sure where the cool going-out areas in SLC are, but Rail did not seem to be near one of them. Most of the city was well East of this location and it took a bit of a special effort to get here.

I like my music venues a little smaller, older, grittier than this. Kind of reminded me of House of…read moreBlues in LA (sorta gimmicky, contrived). But that's not to say this is a terrible location. The sound was decent. The main floor is your basic general admission free-for all, and there were couches, tables in the upstairs, balcony-ish area (wraps all around the venue) that had a lounge-ish feel. Overall, this spot doesn't really take away from the music, but doesn't really add to it either.

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