The Neighborhood Edition
Each year, Salt Lake magazine presents its choices for the best restaurants in Utah in our Dining Awards edition. This year, we considered what we enjoyed on the table and where the tables of the best restaurants are. Utah, as you may have heard, is growing. Amid all that change, new neighborhoods and restaurant scenes emerged. Meanwhile, many of our winners have served to anchor their locales and continue to draw both loyal diners and new fans. 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 (as well as some new hotspots to watch). If you’re new in town, let this be your guide to the dining topography of our state. If you’ve been here a minute, let us remind you of greatness in plain sight. Either way, we are once again proud to share our annual gustatory exploration with you all!
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Restaurants to Watch in 2025
Often a new restaurant comes on the scene with a splash that catches our attention but, hey, it’s a hard biz at any time, much less at this time. But these five newcomers raised our eyebrows and we’re excited to see what happens next
- Koyote—Salt Lake
- Felt Bar & Eatery—Salt Lake
- Scelto—Salt Lake
- Basalt at Black Desert—Salt Lake
- Bambara—Salt Lake
- Rouser at Asher Adams—Salt Lake
Meet our Judges
Hungry for more? Find all our current and previous Salt Lake magazine Dining Awards winners here! And while you’re here, why not subscribe and get six annual issues of Salt Lake magazine’s curated guide to the best of life in Utah.
