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 …

Ruby Snap
RubySnap (formerly My Dough Girl) is hands down my favorite cookie spot in Salt Lake. There are several close seconds in town, but the gems produced here definitely hit all my cookie buttons (one …

Tulie Bakery
Tulie Bakery doesn’t have a big selection of cookies, but I couldn’t pass up talking about them because they have my favorite gingersnap/gingerbread cookie in the city. In the picture you can see …

Glaus Bakery
Glaus Bakery is one of Salt Lake’s old-time bakeries and has a huge selection of cookies. Some of these were better than others, although my friends who tried the macaroons raved that these were …

Sweet Tooth Fairy
The picture shows from the top: chocolate truffle, black and white, iced sugar cookie snowman, chocolate chip, oatmeal chocolate, iced oatmeal and in the middle the gingersnap.
I got turned on …

I don’t know if it’s the looming New Year’s Resolution season or not, but I recently decided to stop eating cake. Don’t get me wrong, there are several varieties that I’ll probably still break down …

Rio Grande Café
Sweetness Factor: Great
Size: Way too small
Price: Cheap!
I really liked the margarita at Rio Grande, but wow it was small. Two drinks and it was gone, but at $4.25 a drink, you could order …

El Chihuahua Restaurant & Cantina
Sweetness Factor: Pretty sweet
Size: Large
Price: Great
Hands down this margarita is the most well-rounded drink I’ve tried so far.  It’s sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. It has a very nice tequila taste …

Frida Bistro
Sweetness Factor: Perfectly balanced
Size: Good
Price: Good
So far this is the best tasting margarita I’ve tried. The Fresca Rita was perfectly balanced between sweet and acidic, with a nice note of tequila floating around. …

Market Street Oyster Bar
Sweetness Factor: Yup, it was sweet
Size: Small
Price: Way too much for what you get
I think my problem with these small drinks is that they’re considered cocktails, and what I want is a …