About Alan Brines
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...
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...
The very best of Utah’s Fall food events
You can pretend all you like but Summer will soon be a faded memory. Before we're all plunged into darkness, snow...
Mother’s Day Dining 2018
Feel free to insert your own cliche about "treating mom to something special this year"; instead look at it as a way - you're...
It’s A Wrap – April 2018
DABC licenses
A relatively busy month in April's DABC meeting with lots of businesses receiving newly minted licenses. Details as follows:
Bar license
Five businesses competed...
Events: Current, Stanza, Avenues Proper, Meditrina, Manolis, Central 9th
Current Fish And Oyster
This Tuesday, Domaine Riefle Wines provide the feature pours for a five course dinner at this downtown SLC seafood hotspot. The...
Menu Watch – March 2018
Avenues Proper - A new menu has rolled out at this Avenue's gastropub, and wow, it doesn't look half bad; in print or in...
Menu Watch – February 2018
Current Fish And Oyster - Dungeness crab - the jewel of the Pacific Northwest – is finally in season. Executive chef Alan Brines...
Christmas and New Year dining 2017
2018 Update:
Be sure to see our latest list of festive fun here:https://www.gastronomicslc.com/2018/12/17/menu-watch-december-2018/
2017
Looking for options this Christmas...
It’s a wrap – November 2017
Salt Lake County Health Inspection AMA - One of the most popular recurring features on our Facebook page is the blow by blow account...
Events – Meditrina, Stanza, Current, Undercurrent
Meditrina - Right now you're probably all abuzz about Thanksgiving but trust me, before you know it, you'll be scowling at anyone who dares...
Menu watch – October 2017
Alamexo Cantina - This new comer to the 9th and 9th area is upto full speed and now open for lunch. Closed on...
Menu watch – August 2017
Tomato Days - Wasatch Community Gardens celebration of those seasonal, red, round things is back in full swing. This year's Tomato Days Dine-Around...