Savor The Summit is back for 2018, and with it, a spectacular start to the Summer food and wine season proper. For my money, there couldn’t be a better way to welcome in the warmer weather – each year Savor The Summit is a wonderful event to experience. Great food and stellar drinks enjoyed in […]
Utah County’s Bars, Part II
Welcome to part II of this series about Utah County’s bars (see part I). I was unable to make it up to Pleasant Grove or down to Spanish Fork in March, so you may be seeing a part III coming your way next to cover The Tipsy Cow, Wee Blu Inn, and Star Saloon, with […]
Utah County’s Bars, Part I
As a beer-crazy transplant from Austin, Texas, I was confronted with an immediate and serious problem when I moved to Provo: there was nowhere to drink. I was pleasantly surprised to find that Salt Lake City had its fair share of bars, pubs, gastro-pubs, breweries, and even distilleries, just like any other city, as explained […]
The next big dining trend in SLC
The next big thing huh? I know what you’re thinking. He’s going to blow my mind with details on some exotic new locale or radical fusion dish. What could it be? Perhaps he’s going to tell us about how dishes from the steppes of Central Asia are coming to SLC restaurants; or maybe those fevered […]
New restaurants – January 2018
Avenues Bistro – Up in the Avenues, Kathie Chadbourne’s local bistro was recently acquired by the team behind downtown SLC’s Fireside On Regent. With chef Michael Richey now at the helm the menu has been given a fresh lick of flavor; dishes like moules frites and trout almondine nod heavily to a classic French bistro […]
State Of The Plate 2017
It’s time to get angry again folks, get your pitchforks and torches ready. We’re going to go ahead and name the best restaurants for 2017. Back for the second year then, our State Of The Plate, a data driven look back at the year and some thoughts on the state of Utah dining. For reference […]
Foodie Gift Guide 2017
It’s never too early to start brain storming creative gift ideas for that foodie friend in your life. If you don’t, you can be assured on the alternative, trust me . Before you know it, it’s gonna be December 24th, you’ll have a bottle of nog in one hand and completing an Amazon gift card […]
New restaurants – October 2017
Alamexo Cantina – Now open in the 9th and 9th area and by all counts, doing great business, and for good reason. Alamexo Cantina aims to be the more casual and relaxed twin to it’s downtown sibling Alamexo. The menu is still built around owner Matt Lake’s refined take on regional Mexican specialties, but is […]
A decade of food writing
Believe it or not, October 1st marks the 10 year anniversary of the founding of Gastronomic Salt Lake City. Ten years since I hurled my last local newspaper at the floor in disgust at a restaurant review, committing instead, to do it myself. Hopefully I’ve caused similar moments for those who’ve read my wittering these […]
First look: Carnegie’s Public House and Fat Jack’s
Carnegie’s Public House – I could no doubt write a sassy, epic diatribe about the conveyor belt of failure that has beset this Peery Hotel space in recent years. But I won’t. I am above that kind of thing. Well, o.k. I’m not, but I feel as though it’s shooting fish in a tin can […]
Taste Of The Wasatch 2017
Roll up your sleeves folks, or should I say, put yer eatin’ pants on; because come August 6th, Taste Of The Wasatch is back for 2017. Arguably the highlight of the Summer food festival scene – the event is a blitz of gourmet food and beverages like no other. More than 50 restaurants head to […]
Profile: Chef Ryan Burnham of Goldener Hirsch Inn
In a new feature to the site, we’ll be talking with chefs from across the state, to find out a little bit more about their restaurants and themselves. With Deer Valley’s Goldener Hirsch Inn now back open for the Summer season, we thought it was a perfect time to sit down with chef Ryan Burnham; […]
New restaurants June – 2017
Albasha – New to City Creek downtown, this Greek and Lebanese inspired restaurant that claims a specialty in chicken shawarma and gyros. Count me in. Long time readers will know I’m like a moth to the flame when it comes to meat on rotating sticks. Seriously, you could lure me off a cliff edge with […]
Dining Out: We Olive
This past week I stopped by We Olive, one of the newest businesses to open in what’s quickly looking like an ever rejuvenated Trolley Square. The 7th East location is the first Utah outlet of this boutique Californian chain that is part high end olive oil store, part restaurant and part wine bar. Owned and […]
New restaurants – February 2017
Cantina De Alamexo – This new restaurant from Alamexo chef and owner Matt Lake isn’t quite ready for prime time just quite yet, but I couldn’t resist sharing a glimpse of what to expect after a recent preview meal I enjoyed; enjoyed is putting it mildly, I’ve done nothing since but sit in a drooling […]
State Of The Plate 2016
Ever seethed at the latest best of awards? Recoiled in anger at the so called best this, and coveted that? Yip me too. Which is why this year I decided to look back on the year and use science. Please note: I am terrible at science. As we all know, there are three types of […]
Naked Fish No More
Nearly ten years may have passed, but I still recall every vivid detail from one of the most enjoyable meals of my life. Operated under the watch of the now departed Charlie Trotter, our kaiseki experience unfurled course by course, crafted by our own private chef and poured and paired by our own private sommelier. […]
New restaurants – October 2016
Black Sheep Cafe – Do you like great local beer? Do you enjoy creative Southwest cuisine? Like Sugar House? You probably don’t need to tick all of those boxes to get excited about this new partnership. Black Sheep Cafe will soon be opening their second restaurant in the former Epic Annex space in Sugar House. […]
Dining Out: HSL
Restaurants tend to be as every bit ephemeral as the dishes they serve. In a world where today’s bus boy is tomorrow’s sous chef – a restaurant is very much an ensemble piece, a fluid orchestra of players carefully conducted. At HSL in Salt Lake City, Briar Handly is the maestro, marshaling together an incredibly […]
Events: Feast Of The Five Senses 2016
Feast Of The Five Senses is an event I always look forward to in the dining calendar. Not least for an evening of great food, wine and friends – but also as signal of the changing seasons. In my mind the Feast serves as a fond farewell to the summer season and cheery welcome to […]
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