The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake
Lunch, brunch, dinner—you name it—Franklin Avenue is a one-stop destination for any dining event. After-work drinks? Kick back with a plate of the coconut and chile crisp spiked snap peas. Hangover-curing brunch? Duck confit chilaquiles will soothe any ills. Franklin’s flexibility is borne of Chef Matt Crandall’s open-ended menu. It’s his fourth outing for the Bourbon Group and his best effort to date. Crandall’s menu is a canny mix of New American alongside chicly executed bar food. An elementary burger is easily one of the best you’ll taste. The atmosphere is buzzy without being overbearing, and the location on Edison off the beaten path still makes the 21+ business feel like an insider secret.
Each year, Salt Lake magazine presents its choices for the best restaurants in Utah. This year, we zoomed in on the individual neighborhoods and fast-growing parts of our state that are emerging as dining destinations. But no matter where they are located—be it a busy downtown block or a charming perch in Southern Utah—by our reckoning, these are the best restaurants in Utah.
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