19 Best Restaurants of 2025: Salt Lake
It is the unlikeliest of locations, set amid subdivisions and stray parcels of soon-to-be-sold family land in Draper. But there it is. Set back from the road, in a historic Victorian home surrounded by shady oaks, you’ll find The Charleston Draper—an ode to civilization and high style that is the life’s work of its impresario chef Marco Silva. Born in São Paulo, Brazil and trained in Lisbon and Paris, his international sensibilities touch everything from the restaurant’s refined setting, its and, yes, the restaurant’s dress code and adults-only policy. Is it unreasonable to ask that you don’t bring babies or show up in pajamas and flip-flops? Chef Marco reminds us that a night out should come with attention and dignity and will ensure that your efforts to dress for the event will be well rewarded with the atmosphere, service and food on the plate, thecharlestondraper.com.
Each year, Salt Lake magazine presents its choices for the best restaurants in Utah. This year, 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.
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