St Patrick’s Day in SLC plus other events on the calendar
St. Pat’s Day in Salt Lake City Plenty of pubs and bars will be celebrating this one, but the following are all offering either special beer releases, food or events …
Jonathan LeBlanc
Upcoming food and drink events for your calendar
Franck’s The restaurant biz is known for its particularly high attrition rate for would be new restaurants. For most businesses, celebrating a first full successful year is an achievement. That’s …
Celebrate Mardi Gras at Stanza in style
Laissez les bon temps rouler – because it’s time for Stanza’s second annual Mardi Gras party. The extra special meal will be held March 3rd and kicks off at 6.30 …
Grab some great dining deals, support local, and other food news
Oquirrh fans start fundraiser Times are undoubtedly tough for everyone right now. In the maelstrom that is the hospitality sector (oh hai there Rubio’s bankruptcy filing), of particularly tumult – …
Family dinners, special deals, restaurants giving back and more
New curbside updates Avenues Proper – You’ll need to head into the restaurant if you want beer to go (still available), but you can order food delivered to the curb …
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 year. For me, that pretty much means stuffing …
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 special someone, you better act fast. You can …
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 to the calendar. Well, it’s time to put down …
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 special on menus around town. First up, lets …
Celebrate local and celebrate the season at these four fun events
Celebrate The Bounty A final list of food and distillery pairings is now in for this years Celebrate The Bounty, the yearly bash that puts the spotlight on all things …
Wine dinners to wind down the Summer with, don’t miss these
SLC Eatery and Bucklin wine dinner A little birdie tells me there a still a handful of seats left for this slamdunkingly (it’s a word) unmissable wine dinner at one …
Summery patio pairings, Italian wine dinners and more
Avenues Proper Wednesday June 12th is the the first night for the 2019 edition of the Patio Dining Series of dinners; the popular Summer food and drink events held on …
Events: bacon and beer, Italian wines, anniversary celebrations and more
Epic Casual Dining Tomorrow night (April 11th) head to this Midvale goto for a very special beer pairing dinner; the event features the great craft brews from locals SaltFire with, …
Menu watch – January 2019
If you’re new to our site this year, welcome aboard! And welcome to our first menu watch of the year. Each month we look at what’s happening across local restaurant …
Essential Salt Lake City restaurants to check out in 2019
I’m not one to sugar coat things, so I’m going to give you it straight right now. Take a last glance at that list of NY resolutions and throw it …
Events: Meditrina, Caffe Niche, Oasis Cafe, Stanza, Avenues Proper
Meditrina An extra special congratulations to Meditrina today; one of our favorite restaurants in Utah and now celebrating 10 years in the biz. By any measure that’s huge success in …
Eat your veggies
What vegetable do you hate the most? That was a question posed to me this week at the Downtown Alliance’s Chef Showdown. Frankly it has me just as flummoxed now …
Events: Chef Showdown, Peculiar Pours, Feast Of Five Senses
Dine O’Round Chef Showdown Come join me at Squatters in downtown SLC tomorrow night (Wednesday October 10th) where I’ll be doing my best Gordon Ramsay / Simon Cowell impression. Starting …
Events: Stanza, Celebrate The Bounty
Stanza We highlight a lot of wine dinners through the year, but this upcoming special from Stanza promises to be something very special indeed. The restaurant will be featuring seven …
Events: Stanza, Avenues Proper, BGR, Celebrate The Bounty
Stanza Wednesday August 1st is the date for this downtown Italian eateries next wine dinner. The four course menu by Jonathan LeBlanc will be paired with selections from Vosca, Dolfo …