Commons At Sugar House — Attraction in Salt Lake City

The selection here, depending on what genre you're looking in, is usually fairly decent but the customer service is really not great.

I say this as someone who previously worked at Barnes and Noble and am familiar with Bookmaster, that more than a few of the booksellers don't look at either release dates or formats when we're in looking for a specific book (usually a new paperback).

Two experiences that stand out are when my spouse was looking for a new paperback that could have been either in history or food writing. The first bookseller looked it up, said it was only in hardcover and not in stock. The website said differently and while there can be discrepancies, we went upstairs and asked someone else. They found it for us very quickly, correct edition and everything.

Another experience was my spouse looking for a list of books. His taste and interests are a bit snooty but not so far out of the realm of mainstream. As each title was not in stock, the bookseller made a snide comment about them being arty books that no one is interested in, to the person ASKING for them. Most of them were listed on the NYT book podcast so they weren't even THAT much out of left field.

So, most of the booksellers are not super pleasant or even competent when it comes to looking up stuff. Again, from someone familiar with the system. It's pretty hit or miss on whether, if you need help, you get someone who can distinguish between hardcover or paperback, and whether or not they actually have it. On top of that, none of the booksellers have been particularly nice or friendly, which I wouldn't mind as much if I could trust them to look up a...

This is just an amazing area hands down! Yes, before all of the major development the area used to be more quaint, but I will say that they've done well in replacing that feeling. It may not be as small and cozy as it once was, but they have managed to keep the soul of the area alive. There are many shops, businesses and other activities for people to enjoy, Sugarhouse Park is maybe a 10 minute walk away. There was a fire recently October 2022 and these photos are from said fire. The area is cordened off and I'm sharing this with you so as to make your journey...

This is a decent shopping center and it has a really neat walkway through a wooded area that let's out into sugarhouse Park. The library here is very cute as well. The problem here is the parking lot/ traffic (really all of sugarhosue but most especially here). It's a very tight parking lot with very limited spaces for the amount of shoppers they get. People fly through here and backup at break neck speeds when there are dozens of pedestrians nearby. There isn't alot that can be done to fix this situation, but nonetheless it's...