Guidebook for Salt Lake City
Food Scene
Excellent food and service for that special occasion. Our favorite upscale restaurant.
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Em's
271 N Center StExcellent food and service for that special occasion. Our favorite upscale restaurant.
Very good food, excellent service. Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine. Our favorite low-budget restaurant.
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Salt Lake City
Very good food, excellent service. Chinese and Vietnamese cuisine. Our favorite low-budget restaurant.
Jack Mormon Coffee
82 E St EBest place to sample coffees from around the world.
One of our favorite eating & drinking places. Lively pub atmosphere, good prices. Off-street parking in back is a big plus to avoid the on-street meters.
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Red Rock Brewing Co.
254 S 200 WOne of our favorite eating & drinking places. Lively pub atmosphere, good prices. Off-street parking in back is a big plus to avoid the on-street meters.
Our favorite Nepalese restaurant. Has modest prices, good food, off-street parking.
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Kathmandu Grill
212 S 700 EOur favorite Nepalese restaurant. Has modest prices, good food, off-street parking.
Wonderful full-service restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Extensive dinner menu with both tapas and full entrees. Good coffees; good wine and beer list.
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Cucina
1026 2nd AveWonderful full-service restaurant for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Extensive dinner menu with both tapas and full entrees. Good coffees; good wine and beer list.
Our favorite Japanese restaurant. Reliably good food, service. Easy parking.
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Kyoto Japanese Restaurant
1080 E 1300 SOur favorite Japanese restaurant. Reliably good food, service. Easy parking.
Everything Else
In some ways the pulsating heart of Salt Lake City. Very new and modern; inspiring architecture; a gathering place for all manner of local residents young and old, rich and poor.
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Salt Lake City Public Library
210 E 400 SIn some ways the pulsating heart of Salt Lake City. Very new and modern; inspiring architecture; a gathering place for all manner of local residents young and old, rich and poor.
Best nearby canyon for sport climbing. (Check with Tom for crags and routes.)
Big Cottonwood Canyon Rd
Big Cottonwood Canyon RoadBest nearby canyon for sport climbing. (Check with Tom for crags and routes.)
Wonderful new museum with terrific exhibits, nice cafeteria, etc.
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Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara WayWonderful new museum with terrific exhibits, nice cafeteria, etc.
Although all supermarkets and convenience stores in Salt Lake sell beer, you can only get wine and stronger stuff at state-run liquor stores. This is the nearest one to our home. Open until 10:00 pm
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DABC Utah State Liquor Store #01 - Salt Lake City
205 W 400 SAlthough all supermarkets and convenience stores in Salt Lake sell beer, you can only get wine and stronger stuff at state-run liquor stores. This is the nearest one to our home. Open until 10:00 pm
A snazzy new supermarket only 5 minutes from our home! Open until 11 pm seven days a week.
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Harmons Grocery Store
135 E 100 SA snazzy new supermarket only 5 minutes from our home! Open until 11 pm seven days a week.
Sightseeing
The historic peak that the first Mormon pioneers under Brigham Young used to survey the valley on the first day of their arrival in 1847. Has a good trail up it, walkable from our home.
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Ensign Peak
The historic peak that the first Mormon pioneers under Brigham Young used to survey the valley on the first day of their arrival in 1847. Has a good trail up it, walkable from our home.
Best place from which to view the Great Salt Lake! Very good hikes up hills and along the shoreline. Has a native bison herd of about 300.
Takes about 45 minutes to get there but is well worth it!
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Antelope Island
Best place from which to view the Great Salt Lake! Very good hikes up hills and along the shoreline. Has a native bison herd of about 300.
Takes about 45 minutes to get there but is well worth it!
Beautiful building modeled after the US Capitol, built in 1902 by a famous German architect. Only minutes away from our home.
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Utah State Capitol
Beautiful building modeled after the US Capitol, built in 1902 by a famous German architect. Only minutes away from our home.
Arts & Culture
Local club, great venue for touring musical groups. About 200 seats, all of them good. Excellent acoustics. They also have a full bar and some snack foods.
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The State Room
638 S State StLocal club, great venue for touring musical groups. About 200 seats, all of them good. Excellent acoustics. They also have a full bar and some snack foods.
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