Salt Lake MUST EATS

[LiveCoug]

What all are you guys ordering at this place? The prices look so low I want to try a variety of things...

[hostile]

Oh, good lord. We ate waaaaaay too much but it was so delicious. What a gem.

Waiting for dinner to go. The aroma is amazing.

[LiveCoug]

Looks like that place is just down the street from my bro in law's place. I'll have to hit it up next time I'm up there.. Menu looks awesome.

[Mrs. Funk]

I think I may go try this place tonight. I live 5 minutes from the Highland Drive location.

Oh, good lord. We ate waaaaaay too much but it was so delicious. What a gem.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I ate at the highland drive location in August. It was awesome.

I think I may go try this place tonight. I live 5 minutes from the Highland Drive location.

[Flystripper]

My wife and kids dropped in last week to the State Street location and the owners said that they are opening up a third restaurant in Orem very soon.

I ate at the highland drive location in August. It was awesome.

[Jeff Lebowski]

If you like banh mi, you need to try Oh Mai. There is one on 3425 S State St that has been packed the two times I have stopped in. They just opened a new location closer to home at 6093 S Highland Drive in Holladay (right after you stay to the left off 2000 E to get onto Highland before turning down into Van Winkle). I ate a ton of banh mi on my mission and this is as good as any I've had. I need to try their pho, but I can't keep myself from those sandwiches. Very highly recommended.

My wife and kids dropped in last week to the State Street location and the owners said that they are opening up a third restaurant in Orem very soon.

[hostile]

I love Ruth's. When I'm in SLC for more than a few days I go there.

Has anyone mentioned Hires? It's my favorite place in the world for a down-home burger and fries experience. The root beer freeze is an occasional added delight.

Ruth's and Hires are staples for us. Dodo and Blue Plate are visited with some frequency due to proximity. The Cowboy Grub is certainly not "must-eats" but it is close and their chicken noodle soup and pot roast sandwich are pretty good.

[ERCougar]

I don't smoke like you do, but tend to be a bbq snob as well. I've never had exceptional bbq west of KC. Too bad about the place in PC.

The first really good BBQ I had was at Jack's Stack in KC. That was in 2001. Every time I've been in the south or Texas since then, I've sought out BBQ places, and I don't know if it's a "never as good as the first time" thing, but no one since has ever come close.

[Commando]

Ron Bennington on XM radio the other day had some food critic on from the New York Times, they were discussing the est burgers in America and Crown Burger was listed as one of the "can't misses" if you love burgers.

I know Crown has been discussed in another thread, but it was getting some national love and this thread getting bumped made me think it was worth mentioning.

I almost dreaded going to Jazz games because it meant my routine of parking at Crown Burger and getting uncomfortably bloated on fries and pastrami. Not that it wasn't good, but it was just SO MUCH food.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Ron Bennington on XM radio the other day had some food critic on from the New York Times, they were discussing the est burgers in America and Crown Burger was listed as one of the "can't misses" if you love burgers.

I know Crown has been discussed in another thread, but it was getting some national love and this thread getting bumped made me think it was worth mentioning.

[kccougar]

I love Ruth's. When I'm in SLC for more than a few days I go there.

Has anyone mentioned Hires? It's my favorite place in the world for a down-home burger and fries experience. The root beer freeze is an occasional added delight.

My boys and I have started going to the Hires on Ft Union Boulevard after Priesthood session of conference every 6 months. It tends to be a madhouse, but it makes for a good tradition. Last time it was very funny to see an older guy and two teenage boys come into the restaurant after it was already full. They were obviously not LDS (and not just because of the U shirts ) and unfamiliar with the local culture because they stood dumbfounded by a burger place packed tight with probably over 125 men and boys in white shirts and ties at 9:00 on a Saturday night.

[LA Ute]

some old haunts that are good and have been around forever ...

Ruth's Diner - up Emigration Canyon 3-4 miles (great for breakfast, and they have the best patio dining in the city).

Cotton Bottom - this is a bar first/eating establishment 2nd place, but the garlic burgers are worth it.

Bankok Thai - on Foothill Dr 2nd floor

I love Ruth's. When I'm in SLC for more than a few days I go there.

Has anyone mentioned Hires? It's my favorite place in the world for a down-home burger and fries experience. The root beer freeze is an occasional added delight.

[The_Douger]

Ruth's is one of those places that's fun to go up in the evening in the fall and sit outside. There's nothing there I particularly love on the menu, but most of the food is good.

My dad and I went to Cotton Bottom a couple days after my mission and enjoyed the garlic burger. Only time I've had one, but was quite good.

Never been up to Bankok Thai, my wife doesn't like Thai food so I usually get that stuff alone. I don't make it up to that end of the valley a ton.

[Scorcho]

some old haunts that are good and have been around forever ...

Ruth's Diner - up Emigration Canyon 3-4 miles (great for breakfast, and they have the best patio dining in the city).

Cotton Bottom - this is a bar first/eating establishment 2nd place, but the garlic burgers are worth it.

Bankok Thai - on Foothill Dr 2nd floor