- Sidecar Doughnuts and Burattino Brick Oven Pizza, each from California, open first out-of-state locations in Salt Lake City.
- Sidecar’s new Sugar House spot offers local flair with dirty sodas, a first for the company.
- Both brands’ expansions highlight Salt Lake City’s growth as a business hub.
SALT LAKE CITY — As a crowd formed outside his store, Sumter Pendergrast thought about the vision Bob Nilsen had after he joined Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee a decade ago.
Nilsen, a Utah native, pushed for the growing Southern California chain to reach his home state someday. That vision became a reality on Wednesday, as the group stood outside of its new location, 701 E. 2100 South, in Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood.
Although Nilsen was unable to attend, Pendergrast, the company’s founder, noted that its expansion to the Beehive State marks a “big step” for the brand and its first location outside of California…