Cotton Bottom Inn
Salt Lake City, UT 84121-2320
Phone: (801) 273-9830
- Price:
- $
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- Hours:
- Daily 11am-close
Editorial Review for Cotton Bottom Inn – by Bob King
The Scene
This is no ordinary beer joint. The ubiquitous Bugs Bunny image--on faded signs, in neon lights and as stuffed toy rabbits tucked above the bar--tells you whose cotton bottom gave this longtime oasis its name. But that's the only thing stuffy about this popular watering hole, where everyone seems like a regular. Feel free to join in on a game of pool or toss some darts.
The Food
Best known for the garlic burger, the Cotton Bottom also serves cheese dogs, Malibu chicken and grilled ham and cheese, all accompanied with salty chips and savory pickles--perfect for the Coors and Wasatch on tap. Tomatoes, shredded lettuce and onions balance the half-pound garlic burger, all housed in a large wedge of sourdough. The grilled ham and cheese is a hefty creation, with sharp flavors from good ham.
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Insider Tips
No Membership RequiredThe Cotton Bottom is a tavern; no membership is required and no hard liquor is served.
User Reviews for Cotton Bottom Inn
10/24/2007 Posted by misspufa
We took a group of 16 to the cotton bottom for my 21st birthday (despite having many people tell me that was a bad choice because of the horrible service) because my husband loves their garlic burgers. We were surprised how many people were there on a week night @ 7 pm (mostly older people), but it ended up working out just fine & our service was wonderful (loved our server)! They even let us bring in our own cake as long as we cleaned up after ourselves. Great burgers, great beer. The only thing you may want to know before going is that they serve BEER..that's it. So if you are wanting to go to a bar & drink martinis, this is not your place. But if you want a delicious burger (they have some other food too, but why bother!) & a pitcher of beer, the Cotton Bottom is a great place to go!
Pros: Outdoor seating, garlic burger
Cons: beer only bar
09/05/2007 Posted by dbcreates
Did I mention service was vile? After being dragged to the 'legendary' Cotton Bottom, I only agreed to go because the garlic burger was 'the best' available anywhere according to my friends. They will have their karmic reward for misleading me so egregiously. I met them after a morning cycle jaunt--they on their Harley's, me in my trusty Volvo. Place was fairly busy & has a suitably 'dive' vibe. Loads of beer signs, rank smell of stale spilled beer, Pinesol, and ciggy smoke. Our server came to take drink orders & then disappeared permanently. We never saw her again. Another server went to get our 'lost' drinks & returned quickly with the wrong order. We re-ordered & 18 minutes later, we were served our drinks. We detained the waiter to order food---garlic burgers all around. 20 min. later, no food. We snagged our waiter who was cheerfully chatting w/an adjacent table and asked where was our food? The look on his face indicated he's a) forgotten to pick up our order b) never placed our order c) was from another planet and didn't speak our language! Total of 30 min to get our grub. Eons in restaurant time, tho I can barely call this dirty dingy joint a restaurant. Fries were frozen & greasy, totally gross. The burger was on a big cottony bun that took all the moisture from your mouth & you had to take a swig with every bite just to wash down the dry mass. Meat was dry, gristly, had zero garlic flavor, or any flavor but that of stale grease. Cooked extra-extra well done in spite of requesting medium rare. Wilted brown lettuce, mushy tomato---save your money, time & karmic energy, this place isn't worth the effort. When we explained to our waiter--when he finally reappeared to present the unrequested check--that the burgers were inedible, he told us 'everyone else likes them!', made a big deal of asking the manager if he could take them off the bill. Awful service, food and atmosphere. How did anyone give this dump 5 stars?
Pros: I'm still trying to think of one
Cons: wretched service, awful food not worth eating even if you are starving
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