Utah’s number one destination for food news
Gastronomic Salt Lake City is Utah’s oldest and biggest online food magazine. Since 2007 we’ve covered the local food and drink scene in furious detail. We’re the only 100% Utah focused, online food magazine, and we’re 100% free to read. We’ve picked up a few awards for our journalism along the way too.
If it’s in Utah, and it’s worth eating or drinking, you’ll read about it here. Items we write include new restaurants, closures, general restaurant news, reviews and profiles of restaurants, dining events, the DABS / alcohol news – and much more. If you have a question, tip, update or news item about Utah food and beverage – drop us an email.
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About our writing team
Gastronomic SLC is a team effort, written by some of the best and brightest – okay we mean hungriest bellies – in town. Our current writing team include the following all round good eggs:
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”.
Want to know more? This is why I am the way I am.
Aimee is a content creator and an award-winning journalist. As a freelance writer, her work is published in several publications around Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, and Montana. Aimee enjoys writing about all things art, entertainment, and food-related.
I’m Christy, I love the Oxford comma, and eating isn’t my full-time job but you’d never know it. Find me spending all my spare minutes prowling restaurants, markets, and food trucks around SLC, then filling the internet with photos and descriptions of what I love … which is just about everything. I specialize in hot and sweet—food, that is—and I’m an ardent supporter of eating local and supporting small.
Hi there! We are proud residents of Fairpark, SLC that share a passion for food and travel. Jason has been the Brewmaster at Squatter’s Downtown Pub since 2012, and Ashlee spends most of her work week breaking copy machines in law offices. (She’s also a freelance writer, having written for publications such as SLUG Magazine, Ya Burned It, and Reality Blurb.) Bickering about food is one of our favorite pastimes, so come, join us, as we sporadically share our thoughts about Utah’s burgeoning culinary scene.
Heather King: Writer and lover of delicious food and drink in Utah and around the world. Anonymous food critic and writer for The Salt Lake Tribune, The Utah Review, Devour Utah, Utah Stories and more. Runs #LadiesWhoLunchSLC.
Hey, I’m Brandon! I’m also known as the noodle whisperer, the broth sommelier, but most often as the Pho King. I grew up in the Salt Lake Valley, but spent summers in Southern California — debatably the Vietnamese food capital of America. I’ve worked in multiple restaurants, but also have a science background. I’ve even had a brief stint with NASA! I love food, dad jokes, and overthinking. I guess all of this rambling was just a natural progression.
You can find more of my blabberings on Instagram.
Valerie Phillips is an award-winning food writer and photographer at Chewandchat.com, and author of the cookbook, “Soup’s On!” She holds a Bachelor’s degree in communication from Utah State University, and honed her culinary savvy through international travels and visits to America’s Test Kitchens, the New Orleans Cooking School, Betty Crocker Kitchens, Kansas City Barbecue Society and Johnson & Wales’ culinary program. She has taught cooking at the Salt Lake Culinary Center, the Utah State Fair and the Love To Cook store, and appeared on on “Good Things Utah,” “Studio 5,” “KUTV Noon News,” “KSL Morning News” and “The Daily Dish.”
She has judged contests from the World Championship Dutch Oven Cook-Off to the Edible Chair competition to the 4-H Green Food contest, and loved almost every minute of them.
I am a native of Toledo, Ohio, having received my Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism in 2002. In addition to teaching at Utah State University and the University of Utah, I have worked extensively in public relations for a variety of organizations including a major metropolitan university, college of osteopathic medicine, and community college.
When it comes to intellectual curiosity, I venture into as many areas as possible, whether it’s about music criticism, the history of journalism, the practice of public relations in a Web 2.0 world and the soon-to-arrive Web 3.0 landscape, or how public debates are formed about many issues especially in the political arena. As a Salt Lake City resident, I currently write and edit a blog called The Selective Echo that provides an entertaining, informative, and provocative look at Salt Lake City and its cosmopolitan best.
I also have been the U.S. editorial advisor for an online publication Art Design Publicity based in The Netherlands. And, I use social media tools such as Twitter for blogging, networking with journalists and experts, and staying current on the latest trends in culture and news. I also have been a regular monthly contributor to a Utah business magazine, and I have recently conducted a variety of editing projects involving authors and researchers throughout the country and the world, including Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Lebanon, Cyprus, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan. I’m also a classically trained musician who spent more than 15 years in a string quartet, being involved in more than 400 performances.
My name is Pete Souvall, I am a blogger and food writer from Salt Lake City. I was raised and have lived here most of my life. Though I spent years living in several different areas along the west coast I settled back in to Utah life in 2020. I’ve held several jobs in the restaurant industry including line cook, prep chef, and barista. But in general I just have a passion for everything related to food.
Want to contribute? If you’re passionate about food and drink in Utah and would like to contribute to Gastronomic Salt Lake City, just get in touch. If you can string cogent thoughts together and remain lucid long enough to tell a great story, we’d love to hear from you. Here’s some info on writing for Gastronomic SLC.
Work with us
If you work in the industry be sure to add your email address to our monthly check in reminder newsletter here. We will email you once a month to check up on any news you might coming up, to share with our readers. We also offer a paid option if you want to work with us more closely, more details can be found here. Also check out our general resources for Utah restaurants.
If you want to get in touch drop an email to contactus@gastronomicslc.com. If your news relates to Salt Lake City and the food and beverage industry, our readers probably want to hear about it. If you need to contact us via snail mail our mailing address is PO BOX 522065, Salt Lake City, 84106; if you need to speak to us on the phone you can reach us via (385) 429-0650.
Press releases
We receive *a lot* of press releases. Oh. So Many. Press. Realeases. If you want yours to stand out from the jetsam and flotsam, here are a few tips to get noticed.
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We retain full ownership of the work we create and regardless of the above, reserve the right to revoke permission at any time, for any reason.
Other websites we run
- The Utah Review – our sister site covering the brightest and best in Utah arts, entertainment and lifestyle.
- Menu And Price – a look at the fast food and chain restaurant world
- SLC Menu – a guide to SLC’s dining scene, through the lens of menus
- Shop Smart – grocery guide including recipes and news
- Air Fry Guide – our favorite kitchen gadget mastered
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Our sponsors and this page
This page may contain information about one of our sponsors. We only work with the very best businesses in the state, and routinely turn down offers to work with businesses we don't enjoy. If we can't hand on heart recommend them - they can't be a sponsor.
At this time we have the following sponosrs: BTG, Caffe Molise, Downtown Alliance, Feldman’s Deli, Felt Bar & Eatery, Flanker Kitchen + Sporting Club, Garage On Beck, Hearth And Hill, Hill’s Kitchen, Kin Sen Asian Noodle Bar, Kyoto, Log Haven, Oasis Cafe, Squatter’s Downtown Salt Lake City, Stoneground Italian Kitchen, Urban Hill, Wasatch Brew Pub Sugar House, Whiskey Street, White Horse.
I encourage you to Google any of our sponsors and see the stellar reviews on multiple sites that they enjoy. For a list of all our current and past relationships see our partnership history page.
Thanks, Stuart, for your kind words. We are looking forward to serving you in the future. We’ll talk wine!
On another subject, what ever happened to Greg Nevill? He is no longer at Solitude.
Must admit I am unsure Ken, certainly Solitude was the last I heard too.
Hey Stuart, has the search function been removed from the website? I haven’t been a frequent visitor lately (long story), but I was certain there was a search function earlier..
The search feature was lost in the last site redesign shuffle. There wasn’t the site real estate and you can pretty much use Google to interrogate any website these days, so it’s days were numbered.
If you need any help looking for something in particular though just email me at stuart@gastronomicslc.com
Love the little Italian fast food called Corleone Italian fast food in Sugar house. Can you get more information about that place? Thanks 🙂
What information where you looking for Alex?