“Old Town is one of the few neighborhoods that still preserves the history of Park City as a miner’s town,” shares Holly Booth, the lead mixologist at High West Saloon. “High West has been part of the preservation effort and has a direct tie to the mining past. Our 703 location was a livery where horses and mules who worked in the mines were stabled. I feel like the Saloon location is really kind of a link of past to present.”

Like the stable-turned-saloon at 703 Park Ave., Old Town is full of historic buildings that now house modern businesses, from restaurants to galleries. And that link to Park City’s past is a large part of what makes Old Town such a special place to visit.

Those lucky enough to call Old Town home have the opportunity to participate in the area’s long history, adding their own line to the story. In addition to the historic appeal of Old Town, the community is one of the area’s most walkable, and provides easy access to the ski area.

“My favorite thing is that it’s walkable. You can leave your car parked if you live in Old Town and work in Old Town. Aside from that, its access to trails that can be snowshoed or hiked all year long and easy access to the mountain for skiing and snowboarding,” says Holly.

Those who are lucky enough to call Old Town home — or at least work within the historic community — also get a front row seat to winter events like Sundance Film Festival. Holly shares that the January festival is “an outlier in terms of the sheer amount of humanity that descends upon the town and the excitement around being Hollywood adjacent for 10 days.”

But while the excitement and bustle surrounding Sundance can be thrilling, Holly says her favorite Old Town winter moments happen on “cold, crisp, bluebird mornings after a snow fall when the air looks like it’s twinkling because of the ice crystals. The roofs have a blanket of snow on them and some homes have smoke coming from chimneys. Everything is kind of still before we all get to the job of digging our cars out. Those are my favorite moments. It does really convey the feeling of being a cozy little mountain town.”

On days like that, Holly says it’s easy to forget that the streets of Old Town welcome stars like Anne Hathaway and Kerry Washington, or that there’s an international airport just 45 minutes away.

That mix of history, beauty, accessibility and celebrity is the modern-day Old Town concoction, a cocktail made to welcome you home.