Tastemakers Salt Lake City
This Thursday and Friday (5-10pm) check out Tastemakers – “a tour of Utah’s innovative culinary landscape”. This two-day tasting event allows you to sample tastings and pairings from Utah’s best chefs and most unique restaurants in both a ‘dining pavilion’ and through a ‘culinary stroll’. Tickets for the event are just $30.
Featured restaurants include: Pagoda, The Coffee Shop, Garden Cafe, Bambara, Gracies, Ichiban Sushi, Joffees Coffee, Silver, Ruby River, Caffe Niche, Benihana, Cafe Molise, J.Wongs, Naked Fish, Ruth’s Chris, Squatters/Wasatch Brewing, Market Street, New Yorker and Pallet. If you need further convincing, here is a sneak preview of just three restaurant’s offerings:
Christopher’s: Stuffed Tenderloin of Beef Portabella mushroom, caramelized onion and baby spinach stuffed USDA Prime beef tenderloin with balsamic demi glace.
Easy Street: Lobster Mac & Cheese The Easy Street classic: Lobster and penne pasta with Utah white cheddar sauce.
Gracie’s: Gracie’s Crown Ribs Tender pork ribs crowned and braised in ancho-chili BBQ sauce accompanied by cornbread, wilted spinach and pommes frites.
See The Salt Lake Magazine website for tickets.
Living traditions
Also this weekend is the 27th annual Living Traditions Festival – one of my personal favorite events of the year. As ever this fabulous celebration of Utah’s varied culture is equally resplendent with dining options.
“From Indian tacos to egg rolls, from falafel sandwiches to curries, and from Swiss tortes to tiramisu some of the cuisines you can sample include: Vietnamese, Tongan, Bosnian, Lebanese, American Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Basque, Thai, Sudaneese, Greek, Filipino, Swiss, Turkish, Tibetan, Salvadorian, Laotioan, Thai plus many more! Don’t forget to hit up the ATM first though, as its usually a cash only event.
Food stalls are scheduled to open Friday 5–10pm, Saturday noon–10pm and Sunday noon–7pm. See you there!
Salt Lake City & County Building
450 S 200 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Website: www.livingtraditionsfestival.com/
Hi, I’m Stuart, nice to meet you! I’m the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC. I’m a multiple-award winning journalist and have written in myopic detail about the Salt Lake City dining scene for the better part of seventeen years.
I’ve worked extensively with multiple local publications from Visit Salt Lake to Salt Lake Magazine, not least helped to consult on national TV. Pause those credits, yep, that’s me! I’m also a former restaurant critic of more than five years, working for the Salt Lake Tribune. I’m largely fueled by a critical obsession with rice, alliteration and the use of big words I don’t understand. What they’re saying about me: “Not inaccurate”, “I thought he was older”, “I don’t share his feelings”.
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