White Horse Spirits & Kitchen, a downtown Main Street staple that shut its doors after an August blaze, is finally set to reopen. The bar and restaurant will welcome customers again on Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5 p.m., after months of construction to rebuild the block and restore the interior. Salt Lake’s Main Street nightlife, it is one of the first real signs that the corridor is waking back up.
Owners announced the date in a social media post and urged customers to book ahead, according to ABC4. The station reports that walk-ins will be allowed as space permits and that the post pointed followers to a reservation link in the bar’s bio.
Rebuild Progress And Last-minute Snags
Co-owner Jason LeCates and the Bourbon Group have been sharing progress photos and time-lapse clips as crews rebuilt the space, and management says the bar should feel familiar but noticeably refreshed. The team ran into delays replacing the storefront windows and an exhaust hood, which pushed back an earlier opening goal, and workers even installed temporary windows while they waited on shipments, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. LeCates told the paper the space will be “brand‑spanking new.”
The Blaze That Shut Main Street
The August fire started in the London Belle kitchen and spread to neighboring businesses, destroying Whiskey Street and heavily damaging White Horse and Los Tapatios, fire officials said. Firefighters pegged the total damage at about $5 million and reported that three crew members suffered minor injuries while battling the blaze, according to Deseret News.
Downtown Recovery And Fundraising
Construction fences that had walled off pedestrian access on Main Street between 300 South and 400 South have recently come down, making it easier to walk the block again. In the meantime, community relief efforts raised and distributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to displaced workers, nearly $500,000 by one count, helping staff weather the long shutdown, according to Salt Lake Magazine.
How To Get A Table
White Horse is taking reservations through Yelp and by phone, and the venue remains 21-plus only, according to details listed on its official site. For booking information and contact numbers, check White Horse's website.
For the Bourbon Group, White Horse’s return is just the opening chapter. Whiskey Street, which lost more of its structure in the same blaze, is not expected to reopen until later in 2026, owners told The Salt Lake Tribune. Still, downtown boosters say a beloved stretch of Main Street is inching back toward normal as one of the block’s best-known bars flips the lights back on.
