“I grew up here, just kind of feral, snowboarding all winter, skateboarding, camping and four-wheel-drive exploring in the summer, always outside.” Cody McKendrick, the owner of Bewilder Brewing Co., is Salt Lake City through and through. He was raised in the Brickyard and Sugar House area, the kind of childhood that revolved around seasons rather than schedules. It was an active, unscripted upbringing that shaped the way he still approaches life and work - curious, hands-on, and deeply rooted in place.

“Everybody thinks they know what a pretzel is. We are here to change that." Drew Sparks's words capture both the confidence and the leap behind Dangerous Pretzel Co., the downtown Salt Lake City shop he owns with his wife, Lindsay Sparks. They admitted, "It felt a little crazy at first,” but what began as an ambitious pivot from tech into food has become a bold addition to the city’s growing culinary scene - one built on conviction, curiosity, and a shared desire to create something side by side.