A big thank you to all who have visited the site, subscribed via RSS or commented over the last year. 2008 was the first proper year of Gastronomic Salt Lake City. Since the start of the year our page views have more than quadrupled. In November we almost saw 30,000. Every comment, subscriber and email really means a lot. Whether you agree with our reviews or not, I’m continually thrilled by the fact that so many people return to read and join in.
As for 2008 and food, we have been lucky to have mostly enjoyed routinely good meals over the year in SLC. I can recount our bad experiences on one hand. And despite the economic slow down, 2009 seems set to have potential for another good year, with interesting restaurants such as Wild Grape Bistro and Meditrina still opening their doors.
For me, my favourite meal of the year was at Bar Charlie in Las Vegas. Here in Salt Lake City the Tin Angel Cafe continued to impress me, while my older long standing favourite Kyoto remains a familiar and dependable haunt.
So what have been the highlights of your culinary year been? I won’t ask about your new year resolutions, as like me, I’m sure they become nothing more than good intentions by January 2nd 
To celebrate their recently released summer menu, Gourmandise Bakery have kindly given Gastronomicslc.com a $25 gift card to giveaway to one lucky reader.
One item from the new menu, highlighting the focus on quality ingredients is …
Faustina Brunch Menu
Faustina chef Billy Sotelo recently realized a long time ambition for his restaurant and started to serving Brunch for the first time. Brunch will now be served each Saturday and Sunday from 9 …
Tasting menu review
Throughout my years of writing for Gastronomic SLC, people have always asked me why I have never written about some of my more interesting meals, outside of Salt Lake City. I’ve often …
Featured Review: This months review comes from the ‘Foodie from scratch’ blog. I only just came across the website, thanks to an email from Mike, the main man there. The review in question …
Les Madeleines
I knew Salt Lake had finally grown up when Les Madeleins opened in December 2003. This is a baker’s bakery, a pastry chef’s patisserie, and a Willy Wonka store for grown-ups. Romina Rasmussen has …
The ‘insider’ section of our website has been a long time coming. This is the first of hopefully many insightful and interesting posts from experts in the food and beverage industry. This first …
Takashi continues to be the highlight of SLC for me. It’s one of the few places in town more than worthy of a one hour wait. That place keeps getting better.
The new restaurants that have been opening at the end of this year are seriously promising, especially Meditrina. It definitely fills a hole, I just hope that people find out about it.