https://gastronomicslc.com Utah's oldest food magazine. Call us (385) 429-0650 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:28:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://gastronomicslc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-gastronomic-salt-lake-city-512x512-logo-FB-32x32.jpg https://gastronomicslc.com 32 32 13694896 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/08/01/one-of-salt-lake-citys-best-noodle-spots-just-got-even-better/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/08/01/one-of-salt-lake-citys-best-noodle-spots-just-got-even-better/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:23:24 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=35121 When Covid derailed the nascent Kin Sen Noodle Asian Bar in 2020, noodle lovers lost one of the finest in town. For some, that might have been that, but for owner Pornpimon Prathummas (who goes by the name O), this was only the beginning. Prathummas began her career in the restaurant industry amidst the kitchens… Read More »One of Salt Lake City’s best noodle spots just got even better]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/08/01/one-of-salt-lake-citys-best-noodle-spots-just-got-even-better/feed/ 2 35121 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/07/08/bar-nohm-opens-in-salt-lake-city-raising-the-bar-yet-again-for-utah-dining/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/07/08/bar-nohm-opens-in-salt-lake-city-raising-the-bar-yet-again-for-utah-dining/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2023 18:47:08 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=37404 I was first briefed on Bar Nohm while sitting down with Sean Neves late last year. Back then we escape the winter and huddle over fire and flame as the tiki-forward ACME opened their doors. Skip forward six months and I’m back with the affable impresario of the Water Witch group; this time fleeing the… Read More »Bar Nohm opens in Salt Lake City raising the bar yet again for Utah dining]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/07/08/bar-nohm-opens-in-salt-lake-city-raising-the-bar-yet-again-for-utah-dining/feed/ 2 37404 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/05/11/pho-king-presents-salt-lake-citys-pho-nominal-top-25/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/05/11/pho-king-presents-salt-lake-citys-pho-nominal-top-25/#comments Thu, 11 May 2023 14:48:00 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=34811 I love pho more than Kanye West loves Kanye West. On my deep dive pho-rensic investigation, I ate and reviewed over 60 bowls of pho at all 45 pho restaurants in Salt Lake, Utah, and Summit County. You might know me as the Pho King from instagram where I documented this entire process.  Throughout the… Read More »Pho King presents – Salt Lake City’s pho-nominal top 25]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/05/11/pho-king-presents-salt-lake-citys-pho-nominal-top-25/feed/ 7 34811 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/02/25/101-utah-restaurant-dishes-to-try-this-year/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/02/25/101-utah-restaurant-dishes-to-try-this-year/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:56:50 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=32877 Sometimes it’s hard to see the woods for the trees. Or should that be gyro for the tzatziki. Feel free to insert your own edible idiom, then proceed onto this most mammoth of lists. Essentially a rough recap of the better plates of food that were placed before my greasy mitts in 2022. Stuck in… Read More »101 Utah restaurant dishes to try this year]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/02/25/101-utah-restaurant-dishes-to-try-this-year/feed/ 2 32877 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/20/restaurant-reviews-as-you-know-it-are-set-to-change-all-over-again/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/20/restaurant-reviews-as-you-know-it-are-set-to-change-all-over-again/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:05:57 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=34544 When I penned my first restaurant critique some near twenty years ago – the dining world was unrecognizably other. The cloistered society of the restaurant critic was an impenetrable thing; a lofty and venerated position in many circles. Anonymity was king, the New York Times’ Ruth Reichl famously took to restaurants under disguise. Six-figure pay… Read More »Restaurant reviews as you know it – they’re set to change all over again]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/20/restaurant-reviews-as-you-know-it-are-set-to-change-all-over-again/feed/ 4 34544 https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/01/start-your-2023-with-this-vibrantly-refreshing-utah-restaurant/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/01/start-your-2023-with-this-vibrantly-refreshing-utah-restaurant/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:08:09 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=34154 My past two weeks have been richly punishing ones. Whereas Thanksgiving requires I assume the role of grown up, and all the assiduous turkey tasks that come along with that, Christmas is a different animal entirely. Yuletide madness coaxes out my inner child, and a worrying greedy one armed with a credit limit at that.… Read More »Start your 2023 with this vibrantly refreshing Utah restaurant]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2023/01/01/start-your-2023-with-this-vibrantly-refreshing-utah-restaurant/feed/ 2 34154 https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/12/29/more-than-160-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried-so-far/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/12/29/more-than-160-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried-so-far/#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2022 01:01:16 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=33763 We’re gonna need a bigger boat. Maybe two. Clocking in at somewhere close to 20,000 words, and recapping the unveiling of more than 160 bars and restaurants that opened across Utah this year – I give you our end of year monster. Please do note that this Frankenstein is cobbled together from a variety of… Read More »More than 160 new Utah restaurants – how many have you tried so far?]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/12/29/more-than-160-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried-so-far/feed/ 0 33763 https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/02/09/utah-chefs-favorite-dishes-ill-have-what-theyre-having/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/02/09/utah-chefs-favorite-dishes-ill-have-what-theyre-having/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:47:21 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=29362 Restaurant menus are created for customers, but they also reflect the tastes of their creators. We asked a few restaurateurs and chefs: “What’s your favorite go-to dish on your menu?” You know, the one they could — and maybe do — eat every day? It’s not always the top-selling dish with customers, but there are… Read More »Utah chef’s favorite dishes – I’ll have what they’re having]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/02/09/utah-chefs-favorite-dishes-ill-have-what-theyre-having/feed/ 1 29362 https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/01/07/lets-bid-farewell-to-this-list-of-dining-donts/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/01/07/lets-bid-farewell-to-this-list-of-dining-donts/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:20:02 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=19611 As the New Year beckons, so my mood curdles. Just like that eggnog you’ll uncover at the back of the fridge any day now. A forgotten relic of a Christmas past, merry turned misery. January demands my wine glass isn’t filled quite to the spilling brim, and my plate is more at home to salads… Read More »Let’s bid farewell to this list of dining don’ts]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2022/01/07/lets-bid-farewell-to-this-list-of-dining-donts/feed/ 10 19611 https://gastronomicslc.com/2021/12/18/more-than-195-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried/ https://gastronomicslc.com/2021/12/18/more-than-195-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2021 21:58:00 +0000 https://gastronomicslc.com/?p=28426 Despite the ever present threat of Covid this year, the food and drink scene in Utah has boomed unlike any other I can remember in recent memory. The following list contains nigh on two hundred different business that opened their doors around the Beehive this year: bars, coffee shops, bakeries, food trucks, delivery services and… Read More »More than 195 new Utah restaurants – how many have you tried?]]> https://gastronomicslc.com/2021/12/18/more-than-195-new-utah-restaurants-how-many-have-you-tried/feed/ 1 28426