For now - until restaurants fully open again - I am turning my attention here in Utah Bites to “Tales of Takeout.” These are short “takeout tryout” reviews of various restaurant to-go options that I’ve been enjoying while restaurants are temporarily shuttered for in-house dining. Granted, they won’t be the sort of in-depth restaurant reviews I’ve done for the past 25 years, … [Read more...]
Tales of Takeout, Takeout Tryout #1: Gourmandise
With restaurants currently closed for in-house dining, the job of restaurant criticism and reviewing is challenging, to say the least. But, many restaurants are open for takeout meals with curbside pickup and/or delivery. So, when you’re given lemons you make lemonade, right? For now - until restaurants fully open again - I will turn my attention here in Utah Bites to … [Read more...]
Park City Park & Grab: 11 Tasty Park City Takeouts
First things first. I want to sincerely thank the generous sponsors of Utah Bites and Utah Stories advertisers for their continued support during this very unstable time. We are extremely grateful. There would be no Utah Bites without sponsors; they are vital to its survival. Please support our sponsors now and in the future. We wouldn’t be here without them. As I wrote … [Read more...]
Skewered! With Nohm Serious Yakitori Lands in SLC
Last spring during a visit to New York City, my wife and I enjoyed a superb meal in America’s only Michelin-starred yakitori restaurant, called Torishin. And since that time I’ve been tugging on the shirtsleeves of every restaurateur and chef I know, encouraging someone to open a yakitori eatery here in the Beehive State. Yakitori is an up and coming food trend … [Read more...]
In The Bag—Getting Messy at Hook & Reel
Photos by Ted Scheffler. Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar For many years, my late, generous friend Gus Magann and his brother Tony would host a Louisiana-style crawfish boil when the weather turned warm. It was a raucous, messy affair with crawfish, potatoes, boudin, artichokes, and corn cooking away in multiple giant-size pots, to be poured out onto newspaper-clad … [Read more...]
Gone, But Not Forgotten – The Many Meals I Miss
Former Utah Restaurants In the quarter-century that I’ve been writing about Utah’s food and drink scene, I’ve seen far too many restaurants come and go. And there are plenty I miss. A jaunt down memory lane conjures up a multitude of meals and people I wish I could break bread with one more time. Salt Lake City I miss the late John Williams and Tom Sieg, and I miss … [Read more...]
Dinner in Daybreak—A Trip to Porch Restaurant
I was saddened to learn that one of Salt Lake City’s most consistent, high-quality restaurants will be permanently closing following dinner service this Saturday, September 28th. I am speaking of Meditrina, the eatery that introduced many diners in our community to tapas and small plates-style cuisine. That’s the bad news. The good news is that anyone, like me, who has enjoyed … [Read more...]
Camp Out—Getting the Lowdown on Campos Coffee
Not many of us, I suspect, can look back over the decades and pinpoint - right down to the minute - when a life changing moment took place. But Will Young can. He's the founder and president of Campos Coffee Roastery & Kitchen and on Saturday, July 12th, 1997 at 1:40 pm - he discovered a passion for coffee. It was in a small Sydney, Australia cafe, sipping coffee, when … [Read more...]
Triple Your Pleasure – Three New Utah Restaurants
Chef Oscar Aguilar of Cotton Kitchen. Photos by Bryan Butterfield - imageandfilm.com/ Cotton Kitchen, Holladay Recently opened, this spot quickly jumped to “must” status for me. On your first visit, you have to dive into the Lox Benedict—an explosion of flavor and a great twist on Eggs Benedict. They change the normal Benedict with a chipotle hollandaise and dijon aioli. This … [Read more...]
Sip o’ the Week – 30 Years of Squatters
Founded in 1989 by partners Peter Cole and Jeff Polychronis, Squatters Craft Beers celebrated its 30th anniversary this past Sunday with a beer festival that took place in the parking lot adjacent to Squatters brewpub. It was a celebration of craft beers in general, not just of Squatters’ beers; and included a boatload of local breweries: Bohemian, Hopkins, Uinta, Red Rock, … [Read more...]
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