There is a lot going on at Park City Mountain this summer, including the Concerts on the Slopes music series at Canyons Village with live shows from Guster, Spoon, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Sara Evans, and more. The Park City Song Summit is also coming to Canyons Village this next week.
For foodies, a key attraction at Park City Mountain during summer is the monthly Farm-to-Table dinner series at Legends Bar & Grill, located inside Legacy Lodge. My wife and I attended the July Farm-to-Table dinner at Legends and it was superb.
Gazpacho Shooter
Guests 21 and over at the Farm-to-Table dinners are offered optional wine or beer pairings, and the evening kicks off with passed appetizers and drinks on the Legends patio. All evening long, Senior Director of Mountain Dining at Park City Mountain, Alex Malmborg and his team knocked it out of the park, beginning with a scrumptious gazpacho shooter made with lemongrass, roasted corn, chili oil, and micro cilantro.
Another outstanding app was a summer green beignet with raspberry thyme dipping sauce, paired with Gruet Sparkling Rosé or Rogue Honey Kolsch. I love that Alex and his culinary team favor local, artisan products when possible such as produce and ingredients from Days Farm, Pa Maws Organic, Canyon Meadows Ranch, Intermountain Gourmet, Mad Snacks Produce, and Tagge’s Produce. They keep it local when they can.
Grilled Balsamic Steak Kebab
One more excellent appetizer prior to sitting down to dinner was grilled balsamic steak and mini vegetable kebab with red onion and zucchini on a bed of microgreens.
Compressed Watermelon Salad
Once ushered inside Legends for dinner, we were treated to a wonderful summertime salad of fresh herbs and greens, compressed watermelon, and local feta, paired with Lorenza Rosé wine or Proper Brewing Key Lime Blonde. Producers featured in this dish included Pa Maws Organic, Parker Produce, Sugar Sweet Produce, and Santaquin Farms. The salad was as delicious as it was gorgeous.
Aspen Anonda
Throughout the evening, guests at Legends’ Farm-to-Table dinner were treated to an array of delightful tunes from Park City-based singer-songwriter Aspen Anonda, whose cleverly titled new album ‘not in love, in therapy’ is available now.
Pan-Seared Halibut
Chef Alex Malmborg’s entree for the evening was tender, flaky pan-seared halibut – one of the few things during dinner not produced locally – with heirloom carrot & ginger puree, basil oil, and zucchini fritter, which we loved. (I’ve gotta learn how to make those fritters!) Mad Snacks Produce was the featured purveyor for this dish, which was paired with a choice of Rhiannon Red Blend wine, Bodegas de Santo Tomas Mision Blanco, or Proper Brewing SLC Pils.
Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart
Neither my wife nor I think of ourselves as “dessert people.” But I have to confess that we scraped every last crumb from our Farm-to-Table dessert plates. It was a luscious dark chocolate ganache tart with sea salt and local raspberries from Tagge’s Produce and Tony & Tina Farms. The gorgeous ganache was paired with a choice of Graham’s Six Grapes Port, Rhiannon Red Blend, or Epic Brewing Big Bad Baptist Imperial Stout.
There’s still time to indulge in Legends’ five-course, al fresco Farm-to-Table events this summer. The next dinner is on Sunday, August 25th at 6:00 pm. On Sunday, September 15th, Legends will host a Farm-to-Table brunch, beginning at 11:30 am. The Park City Mountain Farm-to-Table Dinners at Legends are priced at $90 per person with optional wine and beer pairings for an additional $30 – quite a deal. A children’s menu is available upon request.
Photos by Ted Scheffler
Culinary quote of the week: “A farmer,” as one of his farmer correspondents once wrote to Liberty Hyde Bailey, is “a dispenser of the ‘Mysteries of God.’” – Wendell Berry
