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Your Favorite Dining Patios

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Patio at Ruth’s Diner

Utah Stories readers nominated their favorite places to eat outside. We heard about a wide variety of patios where people like to kick back, relax and smell the open air. The top two patios were Ruth’s Diner, in Emigration Canyon, and Caffee Molise, in downtown Salt Lake City. Here is the complete list of all the great patios just in time for the weekend. Visit an old favorite or try some place new!

Top 5 Patios

  1.  Ruth’s Diner – 4160 Emigration Canyon Road, Salt Lake City
  2.  Caffe Molise – 56 West 100 South, Salt Lake City
  3.  The Hog Wallow Pub – 3200 East Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Cottonwood Heights
  4.  Garage on Beck – 1199 Beck Street, Salt Lake City
  5.  Eggs in the City – 1675 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City

Also Nominated:

Tiburon – 8256 South 700 East, Sandy

Tin Angel – 365 West 400 South, Salt Lake City

Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria – 1895 Washington Blvd., Ogden

Roots Cafe – 3474 South 2300 East, Salt Lake City

East Liberty Tap House – 850 East 900 South, Salt Lake City

Campfire Lounge – 837 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City

Green Pig Pub – 31 East 400 South, Salt Lake City

Coffee Garden – 878 East 900 South, Salt Lake City

Avenues Bistro on Third – 564 East 3rd Avenue, Salt Lake City

The Oaks – 750 Ogden Canyon, Ogden

Log Haven – 6451 Millcreek Canyon Road, Salt Lake City

The Dodo Restaurant – 1355 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City

Cafe Molise
Outdoor Dining at Caffe Molise

Gracie’s – 326 South West Temple, Salt Lake City

 

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