Like its well-known sibling, the "Zion Curtain," the ceiling will prevent patrons standing on the theater's sweeping balconies from seeing alcoholic drinks being mixed and poured inside the 40-seat restaurant in the Grand Lobb
Monday, October 17, 2016
First 'Zion Curtain,' now 'Zion Ceiling' -- New Eccles Theater will have a first under quirky Utah liquor law
Like its well-known sibling, the "Zion Curtain," the ceiling will prevent patrons standing on the theater's sweeping balconies from seeing alcoholic drinks being mixed and poured inside the 40-seat restaurant in the Grand Lobb
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I don’t know anything about the Zion Curtain rule in Utah but I am surprised by it. I never thought there could be a law about how you couldn’t see where the alcohol is being poured and prepped for people. I don’t know much about the Mormon faith but I am curious to know why people can’t see it? Mormon’s don’t normally drink but I didn’t know that some also believed in not seeing it too. I do agree with some critics that this article says about how it is unfair to new restaurants that have to build around this law when the buildings built and opened before this law was issued don’t have to worry about it. Why not make it universal now that it is official? That is a lot of money new companies have to put in, in order to satisfy this rule. Is it worth starting a new restaurant if you have to put in thousands of dollars to cover the alcohol area?
What an odd rule. When I looked it up the idea of the Zion curtain is to prevent more drinking because alcohol is in sight. In my opinion its just another bit of ridiculous legislator, or moral where there should be government. It seems like its also in place so those who don't drink alcohol don't feel offended by those who do, which is ridiculous. That's like a vegetarian going to a steakhouse and getting upset because they can see meat. If alcohol is somehow insulting it might be smart to simply find a place without alcohol to eat instead of making everyone elses life more difficult so yours is more comfortable. I don't understand how that law is having trouble being repealed.
And I thought that Pennsylvania had odd liquor laws. What’s interesting is that towards the end of the article it states that there is no scientific evidence that has proven that having the pouring of alcohol out of sight decreases consumption of alcohol. If there was any state for this law to exist, I guess I would have predicted Utah. Additionally, it is unfortunate that they will have to add this “Zion Ceiling” in a new building that is so beautiful. I’m curious how well the touring industry and theatre scene is doing in Salt Lake that someone was willing to invest in a brand new performing arts building with a restaurant in it! I tried to think of how this would work in a place like the Benedum Center where there is a bar in the lobby. How would you ever begin to conceive a way to cover it so it is not visible to the mezzanine?
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