Dining Awards

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...

2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Note: Voting for this contest is now closed. View the winners of this year's contest. How many bartenders does it take to make a cocktail contest? Twelve. But they’ll all tell you how...

Adam “Scoop” Kaessner/Water Witch: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The star ingredient of Seething Song, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Water Witch, is gardenia syrup.

Joel Aoyagi/Stoneground: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The Malouf, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Stoneground, was created in honor of Salt Lake's late editor Mary Malouf.

Maddy Schmidt/Alibi: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Dead Man's Party, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Alibi, is inspired by the flavor of pineapple upside down cake.

Jacob Sanders/Post Office Place: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

A Good Sarsaparilla, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Post Office Place, evokes curling up to watch a scary movie in the fall.

Michael Montoya/Beehive Distilling: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Remedial Rose, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Beehive Distilling, follows seasonal change using rose and plum.

Esther Nemethy/Bambara (The Vault): 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The star ingredient of London Foggy, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Bambara, is falernum.

Christopher Stephenson/Lake Effect: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Second Iteration, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Water Witch, features Sugar House Rye Whiskey.

Kacie Wilks/Oquirrh: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Blood of a Unicorn, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Seabird features a shrub with plumcots, rhubarb and ginger.

Dominick Medel/BTG and Caffe Molise: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Each year, we ask a selection of Utah's best bartenders to use local spirits and local ingredients and hit us with their best shot (or shots). So last Sept. 12, bartenders bravely...

Nick Harward/Mortar and Pestle: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Fire and Earth, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Mortar and Pestle, is a beet and tarragon cocktail with barrel-aged gin. 

Eli Larson Hays/SLC Eatery: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Each year, we ask a selection of Utah's best bartenders to use local spirits and local ingredients and hit us with their best shot (or shots). So last Sept. 12, bartenders bravely...
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