Blues & Brews Elite Event at The Sun And Moon Cafe

I can’t believe that I overlooked writing a review for this fantastic event. Better late than never though eh?
What a great night. Lots of great food, great company, great music, great location, great… I could go on and on.
The staff at The Sun and Moon were so nice. Thanks to their generosity, and to Jeffrey for setting this all up and getting us up on those beautiful mountains for a totally awesome night.

Beer tasting? Yes, please!
Best. Elite. Event. EVAR. (And not just because I won something at the raffle!)

my favorite elite event thus far

Probably my favorite event yet! Really liked that we were able to finally celebrate the death of winter out on the patio.
The +3’s made it a bit difficult to get everyone to break out of their social shells, but the booze, food, and music definitely helped the cause.
Empanadas? Duck something-​something? Cheese and fruit? What an awesome spread.
Big thanks to Jeffrey for putting together another great event. And big thanks to Epic Brewery and Sun and Moon for hosting us.

A nice selection of beers and gourmet bites to pair with great music and a lively crowd. You can’t go wrong with that combination. I appreciated the touches, from the Epic guy explaining the brews to the band getting really into the conversation. The setting was wonderful, I’m anxious to head back up that canyon for brunch one of these days, to really enjoy that patio.

What a gorgeous spot! I came to sun and moon café for a Unilocal event and i am so glad i did. I would have NEVER known about this place and now i can not wait to come back for a little romantic getaway. the place is beautiful and the food is delish, love the back patio too. Getting there is half the adventure but you will not regret it once you get there. Thanks for having us!

I love Unilocal!I also love the Sun and Moon Café!
With that said, now where to begin this review? Hmmm… okay, the FOOD! Wow! Of all the Unilocal events I’ve attended, the food at this event was the best. That’s not to take anything away from the other events. The food has been fantastic at every one of them. Carl at Sun and Moon Café just stepped it up a notch (or two or three). House-​smoked duck wontons? Are you kidding me? Those tiny web-​footed morsels were delicious! The shrimp was amazing. Lisa thought it was a bit too spicy, which means it’s right up my alley. Tony L. said, «What? They had spice?» The aioli for the shrimp was also a homerun. Cocktail sauce would have been an insult to these perfectly prepared sea-​dwellers. The empanadas and stuffed mushrooms were wonderful. Even the simple cheese and cracker tray was great. This was truly gourmet stuff. Very impressive!
The staff at Sun and Moon was fabulous. What a great bunch of folks.
The beers from Epic were… well… Epic! I sampled all of them and they were each works of art in their own way. The smoked porter was unlike any beer I’ve tasted and it was delishusss! My favorite was the first one I sampled, which means I sampled it a couple more times after that, the Pfeifferhorn (sp?). It was a pilsner-​lager type of thing. Light colored and clear, but not lacking in the flavor or strength departments. Great stuff for sure. The band was rockin’ and rollin’! They were great. They got people moving and shaking it on the dancefloor and singing along too.
All in all, this was a fantastic event. Thanks Jeffrey for arranging it and thanks Carl, Sun and Moon, Epic Brewing Company, Utah Beer Festival and everyone else who contributed, sponsored, pitched in and helped out on this event. Job well done!

This was my first event and it was an amazing night! A gorgeous drive in the canyon and a nice little place to chill. I’m not a drinker so I can’t give my «expert» opinion on that. :) However my guests loved all the beers they tried and the Ruthless mixed drink was a HUGE hit at the table. I ate the candied ginger garnish off of it. :P Their favorite brew was the Whit. Mine was the Apple beer. Teehee.
The food! Those wonton things were duck?! Well folks my name is Nicole, I’ve never had duck, thought it was icky and I ate 3 of those wonton creations because they were so good! I also enjoyed the cheese.selections. The swiss was excellent. Sharp and tangy and possibly even a little smoky. The beef empanadas were excellent as well. I loved the flaky little home they resided in. Fruit, cheese, crackers, gourmet food. Awesome.
The music! Scott Holt is truly a talented guy. His voice, his musical talents. It got our toes a tappin and our smiles growing bigger. One of my guests is a big blues fan and said he was one of the best performers hes seen in a long time.
Oh and we loved the little touches. Mad Libs on the napkins?! Genius! We have deemed it Fetish Night at Linda Lous on Wednesdays and make sure to wear a banana hammock to get a special deal. Also snap your fingers 29 times and yell «Bazoongas!» To get the bartenders secret drink specialty. ;)
Glad to have had this amazing opportunity. I cannot wait for another! I also will definitely be setting aside some time to make this gorgeous drive again and try some more food from the Sun and Moon café!

+3?! Big thanks to Eve L. for having me and my friend as her guests and for being awesome in general, to Sun and Moon Café for putting on a great night, to Epic Brewing Company for succeeding at having me finish at least half a glass of beer, and to Jeffrey for planning the entire shindig!
I’m not quite a huge fan of beer yet, but I did enjoy the whit (?) that I had, which had citrus and coriander as flavoring elements? I’m not really sure how to describe it, but I had a much easier time drinking this than I normally do with other beers, even good olé Hefs. The bartender inside the Café was a gem, and she made wonderful drinks, except I found the drink with the candied ginger was a bit on the sweet side and stuck to a white wine. Ironically, with all of this alcohol, the beverage I looked forward to most was the apple beer, I don’t know what it is, but the novelty of serving a nonalcoholic beverage inside a container that looks like it contains alcohol will always appeal to me.
The food provided was delicious, as to be expected. There were empanadas, wontons stuffed with roast duck or some other sort of meat mixture, covered with a plum sauce, stuffed mushrooms, grilled shrimp with some sort of aioli, cheese and crackers, grapes, and more that I can’t quite remember. All of this was served on their beautiful patio, which, for the first day of Summer, was not a bad way to spend the night.

Nothing can go wrong when you have a nice Patio, Alcohol, and Live Music together. Throw in pastries just makes everything perfect. I do have to say it was difficult getting there as Google Map was lying (and so was my GPS). It was a good thing one of my +1 traced the entire road with Street View looking for the restaurant, then it not until I got there realizing Jeffrey pin pointed the real location on the event which I should have checked. Thumbs up to Jeffrey!
The food was delicious, everything from empanadas (I think they were beef), the duck wonton, and roasted shrimp were all pretty tasty. Although I thought the empanadas were a little too greasy at the bottom. As for the drinks, I tried their red wine, and two of their beers. It was interesting to see so many different beers. I was hoping to try more, but was having trouble walking in straight line half way through the event, which resulted in me cooling down with chasers. The live music was awesome!
The +3 idea for this event seems interesting, it definitely changed the social environment compared to the last few events, those who brought +2−3s seems to became a min-​host for their own table of 3 – 4 rather the usual going around meeting new Unilocalers. Once again, big thanks to Jeffrey and Sun and Moon Café for making this event happen, and Ryan K. for being our cameraman! At the end of the night, I was just glad that I got home safely without getting pullover :D

Helloooooo review number 300! i was saving you for this event. And what an event it was.
I LOVED everything about it. The drive up the canyon was beautiful (Almost hitting 50 – 100 cyclist was not so beautiful). I’d never driven up past Hogle Zoo, so this was a wonderful opportunity for me to expand my boundaries a little and get to be a sightseeing tourist, even though I’ve lived in Utah for nearly 5 years now.
When we got there the food had been out for a bit already, so we missed out on some duck and shrimp, apparently, but the empanada I tried was amazing and there was some blue cheese that I would die for. The Sun & Moon staff couldn’t have been nicer or more welcoming. The woman with the red hair (I am horrible with names) was so cool. We will definitely be coming back up yonder for some grub and a nice drink out on their patio.
The bartender, Erica, also happens to be a server I am fond of at the bayou. She makes great recommendations, so go visit her and tip her well! She makes a mean cocktail, I found out. The Ruthless was inspired. I loved the candied ginger and overall flavor of this drink. Yummo!
The music was entertaining and kept the crowd happy. I saw people doing the cool head bob while sitting, drunken arm flailing, and some cute couples dancing. Oh, and I believe I have Jeffrey dancing a little shimmy on video, as well :)
I had SO much fun. Thank you to all who were involved in planning and executing, and to all the awesome Unilocalers and Unilocaler-​friends I met and hung out with.

Thanks for organizing this event, Jeffrey! It was really cool to check out The Sun and Moon Café up in Emigration Canyon. They got a few good things going for them, one of them being a nice patio. Hopefully, warmer summer evenings are planning to visit us sometime soon. I’d like to go back and try their food at least once. That apart, the folks at the Café were really nice, the beer was epic, the blues filled the air, and as always, it was a fun evening catching up with friends and Unilocalers.