Dining Awards

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: 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...

2023 Best Restaurant: Post Office Place

What may have started as a necessity—a bar to welcome the long line of patrons waiting for a table at Takashi—has grown into something special. The stellar experience is heralded by the...

2023 Best Restaurant: Copper Common

Yes. Copper Common is a bar and NOT a restaurant, which is clearly noted by Utah’s state-mandated sign on the door. The original inspiration for owner Ryan Lowder was Maison Premiere in...

2023 Best Restaurant: The Pearl 

Conceived by the minds who brought us Alibi, but firmly standing on its own, The Pearl provides an unforgettable food and drink experience. First, let’s talk about the food. The menu is...

2023 Best Restaurant: Sauce Boss Southern Kitchen

Inside, Sauce Boss Southern Kitchen feels more like a diner than fine dining, but that’s the point. “It’s not fancy, but it is great eats served with love,” says Darby Doyle, a...

2023 Best Restaurant: Handle and HSL

These are two different restaurants in two very different spaces. Handle, located just off of Park City’s Historic Main Street, stands out in a town that caters to visitors where some operators,...

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...

Oquirrh: 2022 Salt Lake Magazine Dining Award Winner

Nominees: Andrew & Angie Fuller of Oquirrh Andrew and Angie Fuller have always known they wanted to open a restaurant together. Andrew worked in the back and Angie worked out front and where...

Arlo: 2022 Salt Lake Magazine Dining Award Winner

Nominee: Milo Carrier of Arlo Restaurant Milo Carrier hasn’t stopped cooking since he was 16 years old, his wife Brooke Doner explains. “His mom was very egalitarian with chores,” she says, chuckling. “If...

Nohm: 2022 Salt Lake Magazine Dining Award Winner

Nominee: David Chon of Nohm David Chon, the owner of Nohm, started working in restaurants when he was 16 because he discovered he could make money at a young age. He also discovered...

2022 Salt Lake Magazine Dining Awards: Chef’s Choice

Each year, Salt Lake magazine recognizes the state’s best restaurants in its annual dining awards edition. For 2022, we asked some of the best chefs in Utah and our past honorees “who...
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