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Salt Lake City Recommendations?
After living here for 35 years and eating out and cooking a lot and refining my palette in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle; here are my suggestions for 5 meals in SLC.
Takashi for Sushi. I have taken people who live on the east and west coast here and they ALWAYS love it.
Cucina Toscana. A bit pricey but absolutely delicious.
The Metropolitan. In my mind this really is the only special occasion restaurant in SLC.
Crown Burger. Utah's best burger joint. Get the Crown Burger with Pastrami etc. and the fries - which are perfect. Also you must try the fry sauce. Utahn's love fry sauce.
Himalayan Kitchen. Relatively new and therefore subject to change - but I had a superb meal of Indian food there and would definitely recommend it.
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Cucina Toscana
307 Pierpont Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
One Meal in Salt Lake City
Three restaurants that I would recommend without reservation in Salt Lake City are
1) Takashi - first rate fresh and creative sushi
2) The Metropolitan - New American, high quality ingredients (think Kobe beef, Berkshire pork, etc) and beautiful presentations.
3) Cucina Toscana - delicious Tuscan Italian food. This restaurant does get a bit noisy and is on the circuit with conventions but it is superb Italian food. The best Caesar salad I have ever had (and I have tried it at hundreds of restaurants).
There are other decent restaurants in SLC but these three are really in a class by themselves in my opinion. They would be at home in any major metropolitan area. Trust me.
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Cucina Toscana
307 Pierpont Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
