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Stuart Melling

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.

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Perfect rosemary roasted potatoes

I’ve tasted spuds ranging from too hard, not crispy enough, too oily all the way through to totally flavourless. After a few years of hard work (and spending too much in restaurants), I think I have perfected the art of roasting spuds.

Ladies and gents, I give you perfect rosemary roasted potatoes!

Metropolitan, Salt Lake City

Evening restaurant review.

A couple of Saturdays ago I got my Christmast present from Wen – a trip to Metropolitan. Often lauded as one of SLC’s premier dining locations we have been meaning to go for quite some time.