Let’s bid farewell to this list of dining don’ts
As the New Year beckons, so my mood curdles. Just like that eggnog you’ll uncover at the back of the fridge any day now. A forgotten relic of a Christmas …
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State Of The Plate 2021
Hot on the heels of our recent readers choice awards, I bring you my favorite way to end the year – the sixth annual State Of The Plate; a look …
More than 195 new Utah restaurants – how many have you tried?
Despite the ever present threat of Covid this year, the food and drink scene in Utah has boomed unlike any other I can remember in recent memory. The following list …
Reader’s choice restaurant awards 2021 – the winners
With thousands of votes cast, tallied – and laboriously spell checked and corrected – the results are now in. I’m excited to take the wraps off our 2021 readers choice …
Christmas food gifts for the food obsessed – 2021 holiday guide
Looking to delight the gourmand in your life this Christmas? Been scrolling through Amazon and coming up with nothing more than comedy sized wine glasses? Stop right now, your search …
Utah restaurants pressured by record unemployment lows
I’ve been covering the issue of restaurant staffing with increased scrutiny of late. It’s a story that I believe we’ve only just started to turn the first few pages on; …
New restaurant openings continue to surge
How many days elapsed since our last mega-recap of new restaurants? Fourteen. How many additional business openings to land on our desk since then? More. Many more. As daily past …
More than 25 new Utah restaurants to keep an eye on
The time is once again upon us my hungry friend. That’s right, it’s our routine recap of everything new and noteworthy. O.k. I know the headline says restaurants but in …
The food that fed me – the formative years
For those expecting the latest food scene scoop, keep walking, I’ll be back with that in the next post. Instead this will be a navel gazing trip down an indulgent …
More than four dozen new food spots around Utah to check out
It’s been quite the busy few months in restaurant world. Despite my own frenzied hand waving and chicken little-esque chirps of the sky is falling – a galaxy of starry …
Why your favorite restaurant might be closing
Sorry. That was clickbait 101 – but hey, I got your attention right? And mindfulness really is needed here – at least if you want your favorite restaurant to survive …
Seven surprising Utah liquor quirks you didn’t know
Ask any out of stater what they know about Utah and up there with snow capped mountains is more than likely our infamous liquor laws – some of the more …
Every new restaurant opening up – and what’s coming next
As I wrote about back in March, I’ve started to drip feed opening updates at a much quicker cadence years gone by. Since that last major roundup we’ve had a …
Spring into action and check out one of these 60 new restaurants
Pull up a chair, close the blinds, pour yourself a triple. This is going to be a long one. October was the last time we corralled all the recent restaurant …
State Of The Plate 2020
It’s the time of the year that I usually put together the yearly run down of the dining scene – you can see previous years here: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. …
The changing face of the industry
When I first wrote about the changing reality of the hospitality sector, even I have to admit I didn’t predict finger lickin fright to take hold; suffices to say, when …
Covid closures, a running tally of the impact on the SLC food scene
No one likes to be the bearer of bad news; but bad news is what I have. Sorry. As you no doubt know, the hospitality industry is pretty much the …
Get ready for the grill – Summer Q essentials
Now that Father’s Day has come and gone we can get on with this year’s BBQ roundup. After all there’s no point suggesting to dad he’s doing anything wrong when …
As restaurants re-open in Utah, what can you expect from dining out?
Cards on the table time. I’ve been in self imposed lockdown since roughly March 12th now, and if I’m brutally honest I’m more than happy to keep myself holed up …
What’s next for the hospitality industry
As I’ve been sitting here secluded from society for week upon week, my mind has started to wander; how exactly will the chips fall when we return to normal. I …