We are in an era of nostalgia for the cowboy, specifically the western cowboy. OK, we’re talking John Dutton and Kevin Costner here. The sagebrush and the rooting tooting rodeo are enough, hence the Carhartt and Pendleton jackets and sweaters on the red carpet. The Back 40 in Heber, espouses that don’t fence me in ethos. You will find a lot of meat on the menu, beef in particular, but there is an art to fixin’s and these guys are serving them up right, with little concession to the vegan in your family. There is a place for this culinary aesthetic. And that place is Heber City. According to our panelist Darby Doyle, who is a self-described “little bit country, little bit rock ’n’ roll,” this place is “real good.”
1223 U.S. Highway 40, Heber City| back40utah.com
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