A quick heads up that Eat Drink SLC – the Summer’s premier food festival – is selling fast. If you’ve enjoyed the event in the past or always intended to attend, now’s the time to buy tickets. Organizers tell me that just 100 tickets remain available, with one evening already completely sold out. This, mind you, just four days after sales began.
As a quick refresher for those who might be new to the name, EDSLC takes place on two evenings in September (the 10th and 11th for 2025). The 21+ only event is held on the grounds of Tracy Aviary, and over the course of three hours, guests can wander freely, sampling from a variety of SLC’s best restaurants. Confirmed culinary options (each night varies) for the 2025 bash include:
- Bambara
- Beehive Cheese
- Chez Nibs
- Copper Common
- Cucina Wine Bar
- Edison House
- Felt Bar & Eatery
- Fire and Slice
- Franklin Ave
- Hearth & Hill
- Hill’s Kitchen Sugarhouse
- Hoof and Vine with Tiburon
- HSL
- Laziz
- Nomad East
- Noodlehead
- Oak Wood Fire Kitchen
- Oquirrh
- Park City Culinary Institute
- Provisions
- Rouser
- Salt Lake Culinary Education
- Scelto
- Sugarhouse Station
- Sunday’s Best
- Tasting Room
- The Pearl
- Urban Hill
- Violet
- Xiao Bao Bao
Additional names should be added to the roster in the coming weeks, according to organizers. Joining them will be more than two dozen wineries, pouring over a 100 selections. This year, cocktails will be provided by 3 Badge Mixology, Copper Onion, Felt Bar & Eatery, Maguey Imports, Ogden’s Own Distillery, Post Office Place, and Whiskey Street, while beer will be poured from both Level Crossing Brewery and Red Rock Brewery. Lastly, a range of NA options will be available too.
100% of net profits from the event go to local nonprofit orgs, and to date, Eat Drink SLC has raised over $125,000. The 2025 edition of the event (which is the eleventh year) marks the second year that New Roots will be the featured community nonprofit recipient. A program of the International Rescue Committee, New Roots supports refugees and New Americans through community agriculture, food access, and farm business development—helping families plant strong roots and thrive in their new home.
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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.
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