All-purpose, all good Where have you been all our life, Copper Onion? Ryan and Colleen Lowder opened their all-purpose brasserie to instant popularity. Salt Lake needed this restaurant - a low-key but conscientiously excellent eatery that is perfect for a bite after a movie, a full-blown birthday celebration, an intimate dinner for two, or a comforting supper for one. Plus lunch. Some dishes - the mussels in pepper, the ricotta dumplings, the carbonara - have already become Salt Lake standards.

Must have: The mussels - like we said 111 E. Broadway, #170  801-355-3282, thecopperonion.com