Stuart Melling
Hi, I'm Stuart, nice to meet you! I'm the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC and The Utah Review; I'm also a former restaurant critic of more than five years, working for the Salt Lake Tribune. I've worked extensively with other local publications from Utah Stories through to Salt Lake Magazine and Visit Salt Lake.
I'm a multiple-award winning journalist and have covered the Utah dining scene for more than a decade. I'm largely fueled by Uinta Cutthroat, alliteration and the use of too many big words I don't understand. I ate all the pies.
Coronavirus in Utah – support your local economy
By now, I'm certain you've been inundated with everything from rolling 24 hour apocalyptical news coverage through to a litany of panicked...
Latest from the DABC, restaurant closures, changes and other news
DABC news
The debate around Thai Archer's limited service license application continued to rumble...
More than seventy new foodie spots to explore across Utah
Time restaurant openings wait for no man. Since our last roundup in October 2019, we've compiled a fairly heaving list of more...
Upcoming dining events to brighten the weeks ahead
As I mentioned the other week, it's important to keep your spirits up during this most sluggish and dull time of the...
Shake off the February blues with these ten foodie treats
February. Arguably the most miserable of months. Hot on the heels of the penitence of January and months away from...
HallPass – first look at this multi menu hot spot
I've been holding off highlighting this most recent addition to downtown SLC, as until now the business has been slowly ramping up...
Valentine’s Day 2020 dining specials and upcoming events
One of the busiest dining days of the year is almost upon us, and if you want to celebrate it with that...
DABC winners and losers, openings, closures and more
For our first It's A Wrap of the year - a bumper edition - recapping both December and January's odds and ends....
The unstoppable rise of the fried chicken sandwich
2020 might be the year of the rat, but 2019 was most definitely the year of the chicken; well the year of...
Get back into the dining scene – more than forty restaurant reviews rounded up
O Falafel Etc - mezze sampler (Ya Burned It)
Don't let January's dull and drab palette get you...
Bewilder, BeWILDer, BEwildER, a new craft brewery with several sides
First a little about me...I love sausages, I am in love with sausages. I grew up in a butchers shop surrounded...
Wine dinners and big birthday celebrations – five of the best
Tin Angel wine dinner
Tin Angel Eccles - interior (Tin Angel)
Join Tin Angel and...
Blue Marlin – two chefs eager to shake up the downtown dining scene
Update March 5th 2020: we've just heard news from a variety of sources that both Jake Wardle and Jerry Pacheco have left...
Essential Salt Lake City restaurants to check out in 2020
By about about now you should be coming out of that blissful, holiday-induced haze. Wall to wall calories and carefree attitude...
State Of The Plate 2019
Wait. Hold up. Stop the press. You thought you were done with all the roundups, best of lists and year end wrap...
Reader’s choice awards 2019 – the winners
After tabulating hundreds and hundreds of responses, and correcting oh so many spelling errors (you guys already...
Christmas Day, New Years Eve and more menu updates aplenty
Buckle up, this one's a super sized edition of our monthly menu watch; a blow by blow breakdown of what's new and...
Wine dinners and soft openings – five of the best
With the holidays looming large and plates turning to turkey and turnips - now's the time to treat yourself to something different....
Gather around this great new hot pot spot this Winter
All you can eat. It's a phrase that often sends a shudder down my snobbish-spine; quantity almost universally laying waste to...
Restaurant closures, DABC latest and all the food news highlights
DABC news
In the absence of commissioner John T. Nielsen, vice-chairman Tom Jacobsen rattled through the November DABC get...
