Best restaurants in SLC?

[concerned]

Desert Edge is the Pub. Name has never changed for those of us of a certain generation.

[salUTE]

@concerned

I am pretty sure the Pub, Red Butte, Martine, and Stella’s are all closing. I think the owners have decided to retire. Used to play pool all the time at the Pub in college, because they never carded. the good old days.

My wife and I have been wondering… This is bad news! We have been enjoying the food at these places for decades

If anyone knows the owners, I would kill for the recipe (or the name of the commercial product) that they use for the dressing they put on the Friday Italian Pasta Salad special. I can replicate the pasta salad, but not the dressing.

[sweetgrass]

here are a couple of out of the way places on the fringes of the Wasatch Front that I have liked for anyone in Northern Utah:

• Taggart’s Grill just outside of Morgan
• Slackwater Pub - Ogden
• Stella’s Italian - 25th St. Ogden
• Tona Sushi - 25th St. Ogden
• Maddox Steak House - Brigham City
• Peach City - Brigham City

[UteBrave]

@sweetgrass

Taggart’s Grill just outside of Morgan

Can highly recommend Taggart’s. Can be a bit of a wait on a Friday or Saturday night.

[Daedalus]

My wife’s kitchen is the place to be; I’ve not dined commercially otherwise. She even has a reserved internet domain for her wares just in case.

[SheeeeeUTE]

@UteBrave

Not in Salt Lake but I went the Hell’s Backbone Grill in Boulder over the weekend.

I hate to sound like I’m exaggerating, but it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had. Well worth a 4 hour drive from SLC, can highly recommend. There was another nice restaurant in the Torrey area called Diablo but it’s closed down now. Anyway, if you’re in the Capitol Reef/Bryce area you should try Hell’s Backbone.

I literally had a life changing meal there. I’m almost afraid to go back, because the memory is so magnificent. I probably will, though.

[DataUte]

Well, shoot. Now I have to go. Get the kids some fast food and leave them at the hotel and go with my wife. It can be my birthday dinner a couple days late since our plans at Bryce got changed by the park system due to COVID.

[UteBrave]

@SheeeeeUTE

I literally had a life changing meal there. I’m almost afraid to go back, because the memory is so magnificent. I probably will, though.

I feel the same way you do. It was excellent. I believe they buy most of their food from local farms so they employ more than just the people working at the restaurant. So eating at Hell’s Backbone supports the economy in Boulder more than just the cooks and servers.

[SheeeeeUTE]

Yes, they either grow their own and/or buy locally.

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

Anyone notice that Su Casa on 3rd South is finally gone? I was amazed at how long that place lasted!

[UteBrave]

I would go there ever few weeks because I love iced tea and their iced tea was amazing.

They put ketchup in their salsa and it was awful. The food was below average, I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did as well.

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

I like how they thought the solution to serving that poor excuse for Mexican food was to cover everything in shredded lettuce. I so badly wanted that place to be good, but they just never came through.

Is there a good Mexican place downtown? I think the last time I went to the Blue Iguana was almost 10 years ago, and I wasn’t impressed.

I think the Red Iguana is fine.

Honestly I like Beto’s.

[sancho]

Beto’s is the best Mexican fast food option by a mile. I don’t know why anyone ever goes to Cafe Rio when Beto’s is a thing.

Red Iguana is great. My family in SLC likes a place called Chunga’s that is close to the Red Iguana. I think it’s big fast food quesadillas, but they say it’s yummy.

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

Where is Chunga’s? I’m sure I’ve heard of it. Supposed to be very authentic and on the west side?

[sancho]

…looks like 900W 200S

[UteBrave]

There is a place with GREAT tacos and casadillas in Bountiful. It’s called El Dorado.

Before COVID they had a permanent food truck at the Slim Olsen’s Chevron on Hwy 89, right across from Toyota Bountiful. They have a small sit-down place on the corner of 500 S & 500 W, just north of the KFC on the north-east corner of that intersection.

Excellent tacos and really good people who own it.

[Diehard_Ute]

@RockerUte

I haven’t been there but have also heard great things about them.

Chunga’s is good, but it’s fast food.

The one at 1800 S Redwood is a bit nicer. Their Al Pastor is great.

Alamexo is good, but it’s still closed for COVID.

Taqueria Los Lee is awesome, 2650 S 700 E or so. Another quick food place but it’s really good (parents cook, adult kids work up front)

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

@Diehard_Ute

Alamexo is good, but it’s still closed for COVID.

I haven’t been there in years. I thought it was overpriced for the quality, at least at the time. I’d be willing to try it again. I know they had that cantina at 9 & 9 but it closed down.

[Guba]

@sancho

Beto’s is the best Mexican fast food option by a mile. I don’t know why anyone ever goes to Cafe Rio when Beto’s is a thing.

Red Iguana is great. My family in SLC likes a place called Chunga’s that is close to the Red Iguana. I think it’s big fast food quesadillas, but they say it’s yummy.

I really like Alberto’s on 300W and 500S. A Mexican friend of mine got me hooked on that place. Same style of food as Beto’s but different family/company that owns it. Consistently fresh and good take out. I also really like Maria’s Mexican Grill on 3300S and 2300E. They make a really good Chile Verde that they smother burritos with.

[sancho]

I think I was thinking they were the same. The albertos you mentioned is the place I was thinking of.