Salt Lake MUST EATS

[TripletDaddy]

at DDD not at least taking CJF to copper onion

You are assuming I havent.

[CJF]

yes. it is a nice sandwich, good lunch, convenient location. not sure I would cite to it as an example of SLCs finest, must-eats place, though.

Yeah, if that place is a part of the food scene, then there is no real scene to speak of. I'm trying to remember what I like there. Can't do it.

[TripletDaddy]

We went to black sheep last night and loved it. Fantastic place. We didn't find much grease going on so not sure about that. We had shrimp as an app, I had a big bowl of posole (fantastic) and the green chile Navajo taco. Everything was great and we will definitely go back. Forgot, we also had that cactus drink. Yum.

also, there is a relatively new place a block up the street called Taste. Fantastic concept and worth a looksie. It is a tasting bar/chocolatier combo. They import chocolate from all over the world and also are making their own on the premises. The fun part is that you can pay $20 and have a 1.5 hr class that teaches you about chocolate, how to sample it, how to discern flavors and notes, etc. You also get to sample and learn about olive oils and some sipping vinegars. The instructor is great. It makes for a really fun date. Our class had about 20 people in it. If you don't want to do that or want to check it out first, they take walk ins at the counter. For $6 you get about a 25 minute experience, sampling maybe 6 or 7 chocolates and a few sipping vinegars. That would also be a nice apres dinner experience that works as a dessert but also as an activity. This isn't really a kid thing and you aren't going to be eating Hershey bars. We sampled Eastern European chocolate made with porcini mushroom, an English chocloate that had been infused with chunks of sea salt and sourdough bread, a polish chocolate made with pieces of lavender and star anise, and several others that were wild and crazy and tasty. Again, a lot of fun and well worth the try.

[ERCougar]

I liked but didn't love Black sheep. Yes, it was tasty, but it was still...a Navajo taco. And for the life of me, I can't remember what else we had. I'll have to give it a shot again.

I saw that Taste place. That looks fun.

[TripletDaddy]

I liked but didn't love Black sheep. Yes, it was tasty, but it was still...a Navajo taco. And for the life of me, I can't remember what else we had. I'll have to give it a shot again.

I saw that Taste place. That looks fun.

It is a fair point. When you put "cafe" in the name, you temper expectations. These guys are doing new takes on comfort food, basically, so I'm not surprised by the pedestrian fare....Navajo tacos, enchiladas, chimichangas. Heck, one of the most famous restaurants in NYC over the past 20 years, Union Square Cafe, has a pretty basic menu itself. I was really impressed by how well black sheep did what they did, but you are right...don't go expecting a 6 course meal and a sommelier at your table.

the posole was really good. I would suggest that to anyone that enjoys a nice soup. My wife had the chimi and that was also very tasty. Like most, I think I'm going to try the hog jowl tacos next time.

they also change up the dessert menu and right now they are making this cinnamon horchata bread pudding that sounded ab-fab. We skipped it because we were headed to Taste afterward, but I might go back just to eat the dessert.

i think you could find BSC in any large city and it would do well (maybe not cause lines around the block, but it would do well). For Provo, the Communal/BSC/712 thing is about as good as it is going to get, at least for a long time. It is very respectable for here.

[TripletDaddy]

I liked but didn't love Black sheep. Yes, it was tasty, but it was still...a Navajo taco. And for the life of me, I can't remember what else we had. I'll have to give it a shot again.

I saw that Taste place. That looks fun.

Also, being the Francophile that you are, I think you would enjoy Taste. Seemed like so much of the inventory there was from France (although the beans came from all over the world). For $6 it is very low risk.

[ERCougar]

It is a fair point. When you put "cafe" in the name, you temper expectations. These guys are doing new takes on comfort food, basically, so I'm not surprised by the pedestrian fare....Navajo tacos, enchiladas, chimichangas. Heck, one of the most famous restaurants in NYC over the past 20 years, Union Square Cafe, has a pretty basic menu itself. I was really impressed by how well black sheep did what they did, but you are right...don't go expecting a 6 course meal and a sommelier at your table.

the posole was really good. I would suggest that to anyone that enjoys a nice soup. My wife had the chimi and that was also very tasty. Like most, I think I'm going to try the hog jowl tacos next time.

they also change up the dessert menu and right now they are making this cinnamon horchata bread pudding that sounded ab-fab. We skipped it because we were headed to Taste afterward, but I might go back just to eat the dessert.

i think you could find BSC in any large city and it would do well (maybe not cause lines around the block, but it would do well). For Provo, the Communal/BSC/712 thing is about as good as it is going to get, at least for a long time. It is very respectable for here.

I was expecting way more snark in this, with at least some dig about a coffee shop. Are you ok?

Yeah, I think it was a case of too high expectations. I often just ask for the waiter's recommendation, which is how I arrived at the Navajo taco. I never really love them--I think they're an odd, state fair-ish mix of flavors--so I probably shouldn't have ordered it, but I thought I'd try what seems to be their signature dish. The posole sounds much more interesting, as do the desserts. We'll try it again.

[TripletDaddy]

I was expecting way more snark in this, with at least some dig about a coffee shop. Are you ok?

Yeah, I think it was a case of too high expectations. I often just ask for the waiter's recommendation, which is how I arrived at the Navajo taco. I never really love them--I think they're an odd, state fair-ish mix of flavors--so I probably shouldn't have ordered it, but I thought I'd try what seems to be their signature dish. The posole sounds much more interesting, as do the desserts. We'll try it again.

I'm on an airplane right now so I try to keep my karma levels as high as possible.

i may revisit my response in a couple of hours!

[Armenag]

Anyone been to the 9th South Deli? Interesting article on the owner:

http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/...-jewish-delis/

[Pelado]

We went to black sheep last night and loved it. Fantastic place. We didn't find much grease going on so not sure about that. We had shrimp as an app, I had a big bowl of posole (fantastic) and the green chile Navajo taco. Everything was great and we will definitely go back. Forgot, we also had that cactus drink. Yum.

Learn something new every day:

Since maize was a sacred plant for the Aztecs and other inhabitants of Mesoamerica, pozole was made to be consumed on special occasions. The conjunction of maize (usually whole hominy kernels) and meat in a single dish is of particular interest to scholars because the ancient Americans believed the gods made humans out of masa (cornmeal dough). According to research by the National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, on these special occasions, the meat used in the pozole was human.[5] After the prisoners were killed by having their hearts torn out in a ritual sacrifice, the rest of the body was chopped and cooked with maize. The meal was shared among the whole community as an act of religious communion. After the Conquest, when cannibalism was banned, pork became the staple meat as it "tasted very similar", according to a Spanish priest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozole

[Shaka]

Anyone been to the 9th South Deli? Interesting article on the owner:

http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/...-jewish-delis/

I have. I really like it.

[TripletDaddy]

Caffe Niche does a nice job and they have recently refreshed the menu with a lot of good options.

[CardiacCoug]

Caffe Niche does a nice job and they have recently refreshed the menu with a lot of good options.

Yup I love that place.

[Katy Lied]

Annex by Epic, it's their microbrewery restaurant. I was finally able to try poutine. As much as I snicker about the nonexistence of a Canadian cuisine, the poutine was pretty good, or at least as good as gravy fries gets. The bouchet mussels were divine- probably the best mussels I have had. It was the first time my work colleague ever tried mussels and I told him that it was going to be all downhill from here. The charcuterie was decent but not much variation in selection. The entres were okay- my risotto was great but other items were pedestrian- especially the ragu.

The brewery had terrible selections for nondrinkers, basically water. One of our clients ordered 7 drinks. Wow.

[Shaka]

This may have been covered but last Saturday I ate at Del Mar al Lago which is a Peruvian restaurant. I had Lomo Saltado and it was excellent!