The Copper Trunk

What The Copper Trunk does

The Copper Onion is a single-location American brasserie-style restaurant operating since 2010 at 111 East Broadway, Suite 170, in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The restaurant operates under the CO Hospitality group and serves locally and sustainably sourced New American fare with a commitment to in-house daily preparation. Its service model spans dinner seven nights a week, weekday lunch, and weekend brunch, supported by an extensive wine and cocktail program. The restaurant's core product is the dine-in experience, with reservations managed through Resy and gift cards sold via Toasttab. Marketing is concentrated on Instagram, where the account showcases daily specials, seasonal menu items, and local-sourcing stories.

The company is part of the CO Hospitality umbrella, which also includes two sister concepts in Salt Lake City: Copper Common, a natural wine bar and restaurant serving craft cocktails and oysters, and The Daily, a coffee and café concept offering pastries, breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go meals Monday through Friday. These three concepts collectively provide a daypart-straddling hospitality footprint within the same local market. No mobile app, no proprietary technology, no third-party API, and no AI capabilities are evidenced. The restaurant operates as a traditional direct-to-consumer business with a single physical storefront and minimal digital infrastructure beyond the reservation platform and gift card channel. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and no funding rounds, acquisitions, regulatory actions, or management-team disclosures appear in the source material.

Name

The Copper Trunk

Legal name

The Copper Onion

Website

https://thecopperonion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Copper Onion is a single-location American brasserie restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City, founded in 2010, serving locally sourced New American fare for dinner, weekday lunch, and weekend brunch. It operates under the CO Hospitality group alongside sister concepts Copper Common and The Daily.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Farm-to-Table & Contemporary American Restaurants (THAFACAF)

Keywords

• Brasserie restaurant
• New American cuisine
• Wine and cocktails
• Weekend brunch
• Farm-to-table dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Sales: Traditional restaurant revenue from serving American brasserie cuisine including dinner, lunch, and weekend brunch. The restaurant offers extensive wine and cocktail menus alongside food service.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Copper Onion operates a single-location American brasserie-style restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City, serving locally sourced New American fare for dinner seven nights a week, weekday lunch, and weekend brunch. The restaurant pairs its food menu with extensive wine and cocktail offerings, with all dishes prepared in-house daily using locally and sustainably sourced ingredients.

Product overview

The Copper Onion is a single-location American brasserie restaurant operated under the CO Hospitality group. The restaurant offers a unified dining experience featuring locally sourced New American cuisine, with dinner service 7 nights a week, weekday lunch, and weekend brunch. The group also operates two related concepts: Copper Common (a natural wine bar) and The Daily (a coffee and grab-and-go café), which are separate establishments with distinct identities but under the same hospitality umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Copper Common: Natural wine bar and restaurant serving craft cocktails, apertivi, local beer, and oysters in an intimate and refined atmosphere.
• The Daily

Products and services

• The Copper Onion Dine-in Restaurant Service American brasserie restaurant serving locally sourced New American fare with dinner 7 nights a week, weekday lunch, and weekend brunch, complemented by extensive wine and cocktail menus. Targeted at local diners and visitors in downtown Salt Lake City.
• Copper Onion Gift Cards Gift cards redeemable for dine-in service at The Copper Onion, sold through the Toasttab platform to consumers for gifting purposes.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Copper CommonminorOthersSister restaurant under CO Hospitality group. Natural wine bar and restaurant serving craft cocktails, apertivi, local beer, and oysters in an intimate and refined atmosphere in Salt Lake City.
• The DailyminorOthersSister concept under CO Hospitality. Coffee, tea, daily baked pastries and bread, cold press juice, breakfast, lunch, and grab & go meals available Monday through Friday in Salt Lake City.
• ResycoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline reservation platform used for table bookings. Customers can make reservations through Resy at thecopperonion.com for dining at The Copper Onion.
• ToasttabcoreTechnology or IntegrationGift card platform through which The Copper Onion sells gift cards to customers for dining purposes.
• Panic Button MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPress and media relations contact for The Copper Onion. Handles press inquiries and media relations for the restaurant.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Tin Angel Cafe: SLC neighborhood cafe serving contemporary American fare with a focus on seasonal ingredients. Comparable SLC-market contemporary American cuisine and local-diner customer segment.
• Blue Hill at Stone Barns: Pioneering farm-to-table American restaurant sourcing from its own farm and local partners. Directly comparable locally-sourced, in-house daily preparation positioning that defines Copper Onion's value proposition.
• Gramercy Tavern: Iconic New York American tavern/brasserie from Danny Meyer focused on seasonal American cuisine with strong sourcing and hospitality positioning. Closely mirrors Copper Onion's brasserie style, daypart breadth, and locally-sourced New American concept at national-benchmark level.
• Balthazar Restaurant: New York brasserie offering all-day service with an extensive wine program and French-influenced menu. Directly comparable brasserie operating model, multi-daypart schedule, and beverage-led positioning.
• Zuni Cafe: San Francisco American brasserie with a wine-forward program and farm-driven menu. Comparable brasserie format, sourcing-first ethos, and broad-daypart operations model.
• Forage: SLC contemporary American restaurant emphasizing seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Closely comparable cuisine philosophy, sourcing narrative, and downtown-SLC target customer as The Copper Onion.
• Black Sheep SLC: Salt Lake City contemporary American restaurant with a chef-driven menu. Comparable downtown SLC customer base, contemporary American positioning, and casual fine-dining price tier.
• Pago: Salt Lake City farm-to-table restaurant focused on seasonal, locally sourced New American cuisine. Directly comparable to The Copper Onion in geography, cuisine style, daypart coverage, and price point, making it the closest local head-to-head competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thecopperonion
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-copper-onion

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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