Wasatch Mountains
A great alternative to resort eating and drinking is this classic mountain-lodge roadhouse. Creative comfort food such as the signature pepper steak is…
Must-see restaurants in Utah
Salt Lake City
Earthy and interesting, with regularly changing mains like Utah red trout or pork belly with butternut tots. Dine at the few sidewalk tables and you'll…
Salt Lake City
Get ready for a treat. Chef Wilmer from Trujillo cooks up Peru's best dishes, including ceviche (fish marinated in lime), yucca fries and causas (seasoned…
Park City
An Australian-owned cafe that whips out some of the finest breakfast fare in town, such as eggs Benedict topped with spicy pulled pork, Moroccan-style…
Utah
In the evening, upscale Jack's fills with Utah hipsters drinking craft beer with exotic thin-crust pizzas that might include house-pickled jalapeños or…
Wasatch Mountains
If you like your steak hand-cut and served with smoked sea salt and twice-baked potatoes, this on-mountain restaurant calls your name. With cozy leather…
Park City
From smoked bone marrow with sweetened garlic cream to tomato-and-corn gazpacho and risotto with battered black trumpets and wild arugula, this is farm-to…
Salt Lake City
The best of a number of surprisingly good sushi restaurants here in landlocked Salt Lake, and often packed. Even LA restaurant snobs rave about the…
Utah
For baked goods that border on ecstasy, Crumb Brothers Artisan Bakery delivers. It also makes gorgeous, crusty organic breads on-site. If you're in town…
Wasatch Mountains
Mid-mountain, try Collin’s Grill for homemade artisanal soups and breads (make reservations), natural meats that are regionally sourced and grilled Utah…
Park City
A favorite local hangout and the best of the town brewpubs, as far as food goes. We love the Asiago, cheddar and Havarti mac-and-cheese. Breakfast is…
Southwestern Utah
Get your butterscotch malts and three-egg omelets at this button-cute 1950s diner and ice-cream parlor, next to a motorcycle shop.
Park City
We can't decide if it's the creative, hearty Western dishes or the perfect, out-of-the-way mountain-base location that hooked us. Either way, we love…
Bryce Canyon National Park
A big BBQ dinner here comes with a kitschy but good-natured evening of country and western music (drinks not included). Options include salmon, steak,…
Bryce Canyon National Park
This supercute diner is classic Utah, with waitstaff that dote, Naugahyde booths and even a crackling fire on cold days. Expect hearty plates of meat and…
Wasatch Mountains
The deck out back provides a lovely view of Heber Valley's green pastures and surrounding mountains. Locally sourced ingredients make all the difference…
Southwestern Utah
Coffee shop and lodging open year-round, making it a great option when many of the area's businesses close for the winter. A very welcoming place serving…
Wasatch Mountains
The changing menu at this small restaurant with outdoor seating features mostly locally sourced organic ingredients, along with craft cocktails and local…
Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks
This rustic farm-to-table restaurant offers the only gourmet dining in East Zion, plus beer and wine. Think organic salads, Montana bison burgers, and…
Wasatch Mountains
The 10th-floor Aerie at Cliff Lodge is worth a splurge for the views alone. Gaze out 15ft windows to spectacular mountain vistas while sampling tuna…
Southwestern Utah
Once considered one of southern Utah's best restaurants for its highly stylized Southwestern cooking, the Diablo draws mixed reviews nowadays after new…
Southwestern Utah
Magnolia's rolls filling farm-to-table burritos inside an old Blue Bird school bus. Among the more popular menu items are the vegetarian, breakfast and…
Southwestern Utah
If you're entering Capitol Reef from the east, take a lunch break at the friendliest cowboy grill this side of the swell. Specializing in smoked meats,…
Moab
For romance, it's hard to beat the wraparound veranda overlooking red-rock canyons outside Moab. Dine on heirloom tomato soup, wedge salad and herb…
Southwestern Utah
Just past the Aquarius Plateau, you reach this singular coffeehouse whose round structure was built directly into the cliffside. Floor-to-ceiling glass…
Park City
Hip, inventive Asian small plates, including addictive firecracker shrimp, warming ramen and namesake shabu shabu (a hot pot of flavorful broth with meat…
Southwestern Utah
Don't be fooled by the cookie-cutter shopping plaza setting. There's a huge meat smoker outside, rolls of paper towels on the tables and sticky barbecue…
Southwestern Utah
Break your driving fast with fresh pastries, sandwiches on the bakery's signature sourdough, or you might try the grilled bratwurst. This modern German…
Zion National Park
Settle into your replica log chair or relax on the big deck with magnificent canyon views. Though the dinner menu touts its sustainable-cuisine stance for…
Park City
The rambling old home at the top of the historic downtown hill is perfect for a romantic northern-Italian meal. Dine under the soft patio lights in summer…
Wasatch Mountains
Hipster central, the Saturday brunch at Communal really packs 'em in and you'll soon find out why. Usual suspects on the changing lunch and dinner menu…
Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake's Latino neighborhood, Chunga's slices authentic Mexico City–style tacos al pastor (spit-cooked marinated pork tacos topped with chopped…
Southwestern Utah
It began as a food truck and has morphed into a roadside eatery specializing in beef brisket, pulled pork and rib tips. The barbecue here won't knock your…
Salt Lake City
In an inviting space with warm tones and copper highlights, this local favorite consistently delivers well-known fare like kebabs, shawarma and hummus…
Southwestern Utah
Order an old-fashioned burger (beef, chicken, pastrami or veggie), hand-cut fries (the sweet-potato version is delish) and thick milkshake (in a rainbow…
Park City
Whenever possible, local and organic ingredients are used in the Indo-Persian meals at Good Karma. Start the day with Punjabi eggs and dine on curries and…
Salt Lake City
A casual eatery focusing on fresh and fast, with bubbly-crust wood-fired pizzas taking center stage. The scratch burger with shoestring onions served on a…
Wasatch Mountains
For après-ski drinks and pub grub, you gotta go to the A-frame right on the hill. Molly Green’s has a roaring fire, a gregarious old-school vibe and great…
Roosters 25th Street Brewing Co
Wasatch Mountains
Once a house of ill repute, this great old-town building is now an upscale gastro brewpub serving Irreverent IPA as a house draft. There are also gluten…
Park City
Eat with the locals at the pizza, pasta and beer joint tucked in a back corner of the stylish outdoor Redstone Mall, north of town. Huge, crispy-crusted …
