City Weekly Best of Utah 2017
Best of Utah 2017: Restaurants & Dining
56 reader-voted winners in restaurants & dining, from the City Weekly Best of Utah 2017 poll.
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- Best BreakfastPenny Ann's Café
- Best Brunch SpotRuth's Diner
- Best Brunch with a ButcherSaturdays at Beltex Meats
If traditional brunch destinations aren't tough enough for you, then take a trip to Beltex Meats on Saturdays. From 10 a.m. until noon, Philip Grubisa's whole-animal butcher shop serves a…
- Best Burger ControversyApollo's Western Bacon Cheeseburger
Just like McDonalds has the Big Mac and McDowell's has the Big Mick, Carl's Jr. has the Western Bacon Cheeseburger and locals Apollo Burger had the er ... Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Just…
- Best BurgersLucky 13
- Best Business BuffetHimalayan Kitchen
Got a merger or acquisition to propose? A life insurance policy to hawk? Want to discuss a promotion with your boss? The whole conversation will flow much more smoothly after first filling…
- Best Café PatioDitta Caffé
Whether you're trying to be productive, people watch, meet a date, chill with friends or literally just get coffee and leave, Ditta is the spot. Their locally sourced coffee and food is…
- Best Chinese RestaurantMandarin
- Best Dalai Lama-approved Lunch BuffetCafé Shambala
Salt Lake City lacks a strong presence of Tibetan food—at least so you thought. Café Shambala, embedded in the Avenues, offers a stellar lunch buffet. It costs $8.50 for unlimited access to…
- Best Diner that doesn't feel like a DinerThe Eating Establishment
I often wonder why more restaurants don't just accept the fact that no one is ever going to top diner food as far as comfort and flavor goes, and update their menus accordingly. The Eating…
- Best diner-related apparelOrder Up Clothing
Is the vintage American diner theme missing from your wardrobe? Slip on one of Order Up Clothing's super soft T-shirts and problem solved. The Lunch Lady is an instant classic and the Neon…
- Best Dinner To-GoUrban Pioneer Foods
Picking up food from Urban Pioneer Foods is the next best thing to homemade. Actually, it's way better. Working closely with local farmers and food purveyors, Urban Pioneers makes it a…
- Best Downtown SLC RestaurantThe Copper Onion
- Best Food TruckCupbop
- Best French FriesLucky 13
- Best French RestaurantLa Caille
- Best GallerestaurantTin Angel Café
Many local restaurants create food that's like a work of art on your plate. But Tin Angel matches that aesthetic sensibility by turning the entire restaurant into an art gallery…
- Best Gas Station EateryTandoori Oven
In the borderlands of Northern Utah, where batshit crazy stuff happens on the daily, incredible Indian food can be found in a little restaurant that sits in the same building as a gas…
- Best Greek RestaurantAristo's
- Best GyrosGreek Souvlaki
- Best Hospital FoodSiam Noodle Bar
The exciting cuisine at Siam Noodle Bar is not what comes to mind when someone says "hospital food," even though this restaurant is located at Intermountain Health Care hospital in Murray…
- Best Indian RestaurantBombay House
- Best Italian RestaurantValter's Osteria
- Best Japanese RestaurantTakashi
- Best Korean RestaurantCupBop
- Best Meatiest Vegan BurgerKein Fleisch Burger from Ice Haus
Unhinge your jaw and sink your teeth into the most satisfying veggie burger in Utah. This cow-less burger (kein fleisch is German for "no meat") is a vegan masterpiece that comes with fries…
- Best Mexican RestaurantRed Iguana
- Best Middle Eastern RestaurantMazza
- Best most delightful Fast-Food workerChristine Parkinson at Subway
Most fast-food workers are overworked and underpaid—and therefore surly and inattentive. That's why they ask, "Anything else?" after every item you order at the drive thru, shove your food…
- Best New RestaurantThe Cliff Dining Pub
- Best non-college RamenYoko
If you ever find yourself at a bar hankering for a post-drinking snack, pray that you're at Dick N' Dixie's where the small window up the western stairs is a portal to some of the best bar…
- Best Ogden RestaurantTona Sushi
- Best One-Stop DinerJohnny Slice
According to my gastronomic bible—or Gastronomicon, if you will—the holy trinity of diners consists of burger joints, pizza parlors and places that serve breakfast all day. Johnny Slice…
- Best Park City RestaurantRiverhorse on Main
- Best PizzaThe Pie
- Best quick and tasty breakfastStraw Market
Growing in popularity, Straw Market is still the place to grab a quick morning bite at an unbeatable price. Breakfast burritos, which ring up at $3.50 apiece, are packed with egg, cheese…
- Best reason to splatter yourself in pasta sauceNonna's Fried Pasta Sandwich
While Magna awaits the impact that having a prison nearby, Main Street grits its teeth and makes the most of what foot traffic it can get. It's a place of characters and feisty spirit and…
- Best Road Trip Burger StopCircle D
You've been on the road for hours taking in Utah's stunning Route 12 and all that dazzling scenery is making you mighty peckish. But where to stop among tiny hamlets dispersed along miles…
- Best Rocky Mountain Oyster BreakfastTavaputs Ranch
Perched on a spectacular plateau overlooking Desolation Canyon, Jeanie and Butch Jensen and their extended family run Tavaputs Ranch, a seasonal working cattle operation now going on seven…
- Best SaladsCafé Rio
- Best Salt Lake Valley RestaurantProvisions
- Best SandwichesMoochie's Meatballs & More
- Best SeafoodCurrent Fish & Oyster
- Best secret menu item you have to keep secret from the restaurantMantu Burrito at Curry 'n' Kabobs
Although Curry 'n' Kabobs owner A.J. is a cool, kind and generous man, and despite the Afghan/Indian restaurant serving falafel in something very similar to a tortilla (and definitely not…
- Best Soup-and-Sandwich LunchEva's Bakery
New to the menu, the grilled cheese sandwich and creamy tomato basil soup ($10) is a must try at this Main Street eatery. A delectable meal, the soup and sandwich are simple yet satisfying…
- Best spot to gorge yourself on food and live musicThe Hog Wallow Pub
When a band is really cookin', you can work up quite a hunger on the dance floor. Unfortunately, many clubs are all beats and no eats. And if they do offer edibles, it's microwave and fryer…
- Best start for Foodie InitiatesCurry Fried Chicken
There are many people who don't really care what they put in their mouths. I don't understand them at all, but I accept the fact that they exist. I also understand that, every so often, one…
- Best SushiTakashi
- Best TacosTaqueria 27
- Best Tacos for a causeTacofest
On the one hand, it's not as though you need an excuse to spend a day eating tacos from some of the state's best purveyors of the tortilla-pocket treats. A taco is its own justification for…
- Best Thai RestaurantSawadee
- Best Traveling FalafelFalafel Tree
If you're a newbie or a falafel fanatic, Falafel Tree will satisfy your cravings. These savory fritters are served piping hot, fresh from the deep-fryer à la carte ($5.50) with tasty hummus…
- Best Truck Stop all-you-can-eat ChineseHong Kong Chinese Restaurant
As a child, my mother once took me to Golden Corral, where, after finishing four delicious plates of spaghetti, I felt sick and started throwing up. As tears ran down my cheeks, I remember…
- Best Utah County RestaurantCommunal
- Best Vietnamese RestaurantOh Mai
- Best world tour for the lazy dinerThe Strip Mall on 1300 South and State Street
If you're the type of diner who wants to sample cuisine from all over the world but you don't want to travel more than a block, look no further than this quaint little strip mall. You've…
Best of Utah is a City Weekly readers' poll. Results are reproduced here with permission; the full write-ups are at City Weekly.