Coalville, Utah · Founded 1939
A long-running Coalville bar at 36 S Main Street, reportedly operating by about 1939 and owned by Andrea Hewson since 2001.
Bunny's Club is a Coalville bar at 36 S Main Street that the Salt Lake Tribune identified among Utah's oldest standalone drinking establishments. Owner Andrea Hewson told the newspaper that a former customer remembered the club already operating several years before he visited in 1942, placing it in business by about 1939. That oral-history evidence supports a long local lineage, but does not independently document every year of continuous operation.
Bunny's Club was reportedly operating by about this year, based on a former customer's recollection reported by owner Andrea Hewson to The Salt Lake Tribune in 2023.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, "Can you guess Utah's oldest bar? The Tribune tracks it down," March 25, 2023
Andrea Hewson became owner of Bunny's Club, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, "Can you guess Utah's oldest bar? The Tribune tracks it down," March 25, 2023
Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services license list identified Bunny's Club as a bar establishment at 36 S Main in Coalville.
Source: Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services, licensee list, current as of July 17, 2023
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The reviewed evidence supports that Bunny's Club was reportedly open by about 1939 and that it held a current Utah bar-establishment license in 2023. It does not establish an exact 1940 founding date or an uninterrupted operation at the same address through every intervening year.
No comprehensive historical comparison of Coalville drinking establishments was located in this review. The Salt Lake Tribune identified Bunny's as one of Utah's oldest standalone bars under a particular licensing definition, but did not establish it as Coalville's oldest operating bar.
The Salt Lake Tribune identified Hewson as the current owner in 2023 and reported that she had owned the club since 2001. A current state entity or liquor-license-holder record was not reviewed in this pass.
Bunny's Club is located at 50 S Main St in Coalville.
Utah's 2023 liquor-license list and current public business listings place Bunny's Club at 36 S Main St, Coalville, UT 84017.
Source: Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services, licensee list, current as of July 17, 2023
Bunny's Club was definitively established in 1940 and has operated continuously ever since.
The reviewed evidence supports a reported operating history reaching at least about 1939, based on oral recollection reported by owner Andrea Hewson. No primary founding record or complete continuity documentation was located.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, "Can you guess Utah's oldest bar? The Tribune tracks it down," March 25, 2023
Bunny's Club appears to have endured as a local gathering place rather than a resort-oriented attraction. In a 2023 Salt Lake Tribune interview, owner Andrea Hewson described the club as more than a bar—a place where visitors could be included and where the community has held celebrations, including birthday parties and wedding receptions.
Bunny's Club was operating in Coalville by about 1939, according to a former customer's recollection reported by owner Andrea Hewson to The Salt Lake Tribune in 2023. The Tribune identified Kenneth "Bunny" Downs as the founder and reported that Hewson has owned the club since 2001. The available evidence supports a long local history but does not provide a complete, documentary year-by-year operating record.
It has not been conclusively established that Bunny's Club is Coalville's oldest operating bar. The Salt Lake Tribune counted Bunny's among Utah's oldest standalone drinking establishments and reported evidence of operation by about 1939, but no comprehensive comparison with every earlier Coalville bar or saloon was located in this review.
The Salt Lake Tribune identified Andrea Hewson as Bunny's Club's owner in 2023 and reported that she had owned the club since 2001. A current state business filing or license record naming the operating entity should be checked for a definitive legal-ownership determination.
Bunny's Club is known as a long-running local bar in Coalville and as a community gathering place. In a 2023 Salt Lake Tribune interview, owner Andrea Hewson described it as a place that has hosted celebrations such as birthday parties and wedding receptions.
36 S Main St, Coalville, UT 84017
(435) 336-5373
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