Bar X Part One: Before

July 10th 2010 one of the oldest bars in the slc was handed over to some new owners, 3 of those owners are in the picture below, all of which are looking in different directions. Super sexy if you ask me.

Bar X is one hell of a gem, however, I'm not sure we knew exactly what we were getting ourselves into.

it. was. dirty.

I don't have pictures, but imagine a 77 year old bar where most of those years (a good 74?) it was filled with smoke. cigarette smoke. There was tar caked onto all the walls, and the actual bar itself, we wore masks, gloves and eyewear. It was bad, and we found some pretty crazy stuff behind that 77 year old bar.

A few weeks into fixing up the bar some wise guy thought it'd be super cool to steal the "X" off the front of the bar. Luckily we were able to get an exact replica.

This is the back (north) end of the bar which is where the rear entrance is located, unfortunately it's locked during business hours. You can park in the back, you'll just have to walk around :)

The ladies bathroom is on the left side right by the exit, it has some great wallpaper that Richard's cousin designed, I'll have to take some pictures.

This wall is on the east side of the bar, and is easily one of my favorite parts of the whole place. We couldn't believe that the previous owners covered them completely up with Bud Light posters. We had to scrape tar out of the grooves and shine it up, we were amazed at how great it looked

Below is you looking at the north end of the bar, with the actual bar on the right side.

There are a lot of tools and stuff in this picture, the electrical and plumbing all had to be redone so it added some extra time we weren't planning on, but it was totally worth it and couldn't have gone better.

The lights below were kept the same as well, they're old wagon wheels and look awesome. We tried as much as possible to keep things the same.

Jeff is standing (but not looking towards) the mens bathroom, the door in the corner used be where the HVAC was, now it's a large walk in fridge.

This picture was used in the SL tribune.

Here's a picture of the bar and back bar. They're were mirrors along the back that were taken down (those Camel posters were behind the mirrors). The bar itself is still there, along with that stain glass you can see on the very left. The stain glass is another favorite of mine, the previous owners never used them, they have lights that were never turned on.

Richard is below by the way, and this picture was also used in the trib.

Below is another picture that the trib used (i'm just explaining why they look so much better then the other pictures :) ) You can see that the back bar is starting to take shape as well as the top of the bar.

If you ask Richard he'll run, jump, and slide down one side of the bar to the other and give you a drink while he's at it.

Don't ask me how he does it.

I'm kidding by the way, but that'd be awesome.