Under the Umbrella bookstore, Salt Lake City, Utah, will host a grand opening celebration tomorrow, November 15, for its new cafe. "After months of dust, construction and anticipation, our in-store Umbrella Cafe is open to customers looking for a queer space to sit and sip," noted the two-year-old "queer bookstore, sharing and celebrating queer books written by queer authors and offering a safe, sober, and accessible space for 2SLGBTQIA+ people to gather."
Like the bookstore, Umbrella Cafe prioritizes queer-owned businesses to source its cafe offerings, serving LGBTQ-owned locals including Sweet Hazel & Co., Hans Kombucha and SLC Underground Sweets. Other queer sources include Queer Wave Coffee, Apostate Coffee, PARU Matcha, Sis Got Tea, Pink House Alchemy syrups and Bee Wild honey.
To commemorate the bookshop's second anniversary and cafe opening, UTU will be holding a weekend Birthday Bash and Supporting Member Drive on Saturday in appreciation of supporters of the shop so far, and to rally excitement for the future of the bookstore. This will coincide with the November Queer Makers' pop-up.