Dining Awards

Salt Lake Magazine’s 2023 Dining Awards

Salt Lake magazine established its Dining Awards in 1998. That year, the awards ceremony was held en plien air in Memory Grove with an accompanying picnic. The winners’ list included restaurants longtime...

2023 Outstanding Restaurant of the Year: Oquirrh

After working in some of the best restaurants in town (Copper Onion, HSL, Pago) Chef Andrew Fuller and front-of-house standout Angie Fuller opened their dream restaurant, Oquirrh, in downtown Salt Lake City...

2023 Best Restaurant: Table X

Table X continues to push its high-concept experiment further. Started by a team of chefs who came from traditional fine dining restaurants on the East Coast, Nick Fahs and Mike Blocher, Nick...

2023 Best Restaurant: Tona Sushi Bar and Grill 

Tona Sushi Bar & Grill in Ogden has been wowing our cousins to the north for more than a decade with “creative and ingenious art,” as described by Dining Awards panelist Jennifer...

2023 Best Restaurant: Rime Seafood + Steak

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we actually have good seafood in Utah. That’s thanks to our airport’s status as a Delta hub which enables fresh-from-the-ocean delivery. (What? You thought there were...

2023 Best Restaurant: Log Haven

Panelist Stuart Melling summed up Log Haven best by saying, “If people only have one night in town and they want the ‘Utah experience’ I send them to Log Haven.” This venerable...

2023 Best Restaurant: SLC Eatery

Platinum Provisions’ Wagyu Tataki with truffle ponzu, seaweed and local mizuna and a Utah Scone with smoked cheddar galette and everything spice. Photo by Adam Finkle SLC Eatery has been a go-to recommendation...

2023 Best Restaurant: Central 9th Market

The term restaurant doesn’t really fit this neighborhood market next door to Water Witch on what may be Salt Lake’s hippest block. “Bodega” is a more apt label. Anyone who has enjoyed...