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Kyoto for lunch today w/ Colorando. Great. Really good prices too.

Also went to Stoneground earlier this week, surprisingly good. Weird vibe though, like a hotel bar + outdoor patio + refined sports bar-y dining room

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Kyoto for lunch today w/ Colorando. Great. Really good prices too.

Also went to Stoneground earlier this week, surprisingly good. Weird vibe though, like a hotel bar + outdoor patio + refined sports bar-y dining room

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Kyoto was my go-to first date spot back when I was a young, single buck and lived in the neighborhood. Miss that place.

Went to Facil last night, it was excellent. I went earlier this year right after they opened and thought it was pretty good but overhyped, but it felt like they dialed everything in now and its perfect. Drinks are great too.

Tried a couple new places recently:

Ying's Thai Sushi
9/10. I live just up the street but had always dismissed this place. I stumbled across some good Yelp reviews and decided to try it out. Didn't try the sushi, but the spring rolls, green curry, and thai basil stir fry were excellent. Nice atmosphere inside. Will definitely be back.

Eight Settlers Distillery
2/10. Corn elote dip and balsalmic brussels were tasty. Fries sucked, baked potato sucked, pork chop was super meh for $37, Cobb salad was fine but underwhelming for $26 or whatever it cost. Very cool atmosphere/decor and maybe some of the other menu items are better, but I'll be hard pressed to go back. All hat, no cattle.

eta: Service at Eight Settlers also sucked. Hard to say if that's systemic or just our particular server.

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Tried a couple new places recently:

Ying's Thai Sushi
9/10. I live just up the street but had always dismissed this place. I stumbled across some good Yelp reviews and decided to try it out. Didn't try the sushi, but the spring rolls, green curry, and thai basil stir fry were excellent. Nice atmosphere inside. Will definitely be back.

Eight Settlers Distillery
2/10. Corn elote dip and balsalmic brussels were tasty. Fries sucked, baked potato sucked, pork chop was super meh for $37, Cobb salad was fine but underwhelming for $26 or whatever it cost. Very cool atmosphere/decor and maybe some of the other menu items are better, but I'll be hard pressed to go back. All hat, no cattle.

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Just the name of "Ying's Thai sushi " is pretty funny. Chinese guy running a Thai joint in Utah that adds some sushi on the side , maybe next week some Korean BBQ in the back ?

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Tried a couple new places recently:

Ying's Thai Sushi
9/10. I live just up the street but had always dismissed this place. I stumbled across some good Yelp reviews and decided to try it out. Didn't try the sushi, but the spring rolls, green curry, and thai basil stir fry were excellent. Nice atmosphere inside. Will definitely be back.

Eight Settlers Distillery
2/10. Corn elote dip and balsalmic brussels were tasty. Fries sucked, baked potato sucked, pork chop was super meh for $37, Cobb salad was fine but underwhelming for $26 or whatever it cost. Very cool atmosphere/decor and maybe some of the other menu items are better, but I'll be hard pressed to go back. All hat, no cattle.

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Have you tried Fajita Grill about 5 stores S of Yings?

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Just the name of "Ying's Thai sushi " is pretty funny. Chinese guy running a Thai joint in Utah that adds some sushi on the side , maybe next week some Korean BBQ in the back ?

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Right? That's why I never gave it a second look before. I can only vouch for the few Thai dishes we tried but I was impressed. FWIW, the yelp reviews generally say that the Thai is better than the sushi.

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Have you tried Fajita Grill about 5 stores S of Yings?

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Nope, have you? That location has churned through so many places over the years I stopped paying attention. I guess I'll have to look into it.

Any good recommendations for tasty ribs around the valley here?

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Any good recommendations for tasty ribs around the valley here?

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Smokin' Bones is the very best (in Bountiful)
Pat's is decent
Sugarhouse Barbecue is okay too

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Rnr ain’t bad, there’s a few bbq food trucks popping up recently too


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Thanks guys, I’ll need to check em out.
R&R is not bad. Just looking for something a bit tastier I guess?

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Thanks guys, I’ll need to check em out.
R&R is not bad. Just looking for something a bit tastier I guess?

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Smokin Bones, that's what you want. It's the best.

I've had barbecue all over the south and across Texas, and Smokin Bones is the best here.

There are a few trucks I've been to but I can't ever remember which ones are good and which ones are meh.

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Look for the grimiest place that’s been open for more than two years

Kaiser's is definitely worth checking out.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ka...thuser=0&hl=en

great to hear someone I trust with food posting about that place, we go to TF brewing all the time but that place NEVER seems busy, I've always wondered how they are still in business. I'll put that on my list.

They're only open 3 days a week. But do they really open at 7am??

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great to hear someone I trust with food posting about that place, we go to TF brewing all the time but that place NEVER seems busy, I've always wondered how they are still in business. I'll put that on my list.

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It's only open Thurs-Sat so most of the time it's definitely not going to look busy. I've only been there once about a year ago (I don't make it downtown much) so hopefully the quality hasn't fallen off. The building itself has a great old-school BBQ joint feel. We talked to the owner a bit and he's quite a character. IIRC, he made a bundle in finance in a previous life so the restaurant is basically a retirement hobby without much of a profit motive. He basically just wants to make killer food and chat up happy well-fed customers

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great to hear someone I trust with food posting about that place, we go to TF brewing all the time but that place NEVER seems busy, I've always wondered how they are still in business. I'll put that on my list.

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Why am I not surprised that that neighborhood had more killer food. Stoked on the recc as well, DTM, I'll add it to the list

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I had totally forgotten about that place, used to make a point to take my cars for tire rotations at Big-O when they were open.

What's the top restaurants in mainly South Salt lake and near it? All the recs are scattered over this thread. Affordable food, not fancy shit:

The Great List
Fresh Donuts and Deli
Délice (french)
Batista (cuban)
One more Noodle house
Tosh's Ramen
Afghan Kitchen
Pretty Bird
Villagio Pizza
Khatmandu II
Stun Cube
Saffron Valley



Also Good List
Moms Kitchen (taiwanese/Chinese)
ChikQueen
Old Cuss Cafe
Tocos De garay
Sweet lake
Grove Market
Taquira Los Lee

breweries/ Distilleries
Shades
Salt Fire
level Crossing
Grid City
Wasatch/Squatters
Sugarhouse Distillery
dented brick Distillery
beehive Distillery


What am I missing? Maybe the list should expand north and roughly be anything near i15 to 700East -ish.

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What's the top restaurants in mainly South Salt lake and near it? All the recs are scattered over this thread. Affordable food, not fancy shit:

The Great List
Fresh Donuts and Deli
Délice (french)
Batista (cuban)
One more Noodle house
Tosh's Ramen
Afghan Kitchen
Pretty Bird
Villagio Pizza
Khatmandu II
Stun Cube
Saffron Valley



Also Good List
Moms Kitchen (taiwanese/Chinese)
ChikQueen
Old Cuss Cafe
Tocos De garay
Sweet lake
Grove Market
Taquira Los Lee

breweries/ Distilleries
Shades
Salt Fire
level Crossing
Grid City
Wasatch/Squatters
Sugarhouse Distillery
dented brick Distillery
beehive Distillery


What am I missing? Maybe the list should expand north and roughly be anything near i15 to 700East -ish.

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Pretty good list. Pretty Bird maybe belongs on there, Big Tortas DEFINITELY does. Meet Fresh for Asian style desserts (pair with ChikQueen and One More), and DEFINITELY Old Bridge (excellent, amazing Bosnian food) and Navajo Hogan too.

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Originally Posted by Dantheman

Right? That's why I never gave it a second look before. I can only vouch for the few Thai dishes we tried but I was impressed. FWIW, the yelp reviews generally say that the Thai is better than the sushi. Nope, have you? That location has churned through so many places over the years I stopped paying attention. I guess I'll have to look into it.

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Yep
I think it's a little better than House of Corn

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Pretty good list. Pretty Bird maybe belongs on there, Big Tortas DEFINITELY does. Meet Fresh for Asian style desserts (pair with ChikQueen and One More), and DEFINITELY Old Bridge (excellent, amazing Bosnian food) and Navajo Hogan too.

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Big Tortas went out of biz, I was regularly eating your torta rec there before it went under. I updated the list with your other recs, thanks!

The Great List
Fresh Donuts and Deli
Délice (french)
Batista (cuban)
One more Noodle house
Tosh's Ramen
Afghan Kitchen
Pretty Bird
Villagio Pizza
Khatmandu II
Stun Cube
Saffron Valley
Meet Fresh
Old Bridge
Navajo Hogan

Also Good List
Moms Kitchen (taiwanese/Chinese)
ChikQueen
Old Cuss Cafe
Tocos De garay
Sweet lake
Grove Market
Taquira Los Lee

breweries/ Distilleries
Shades
Salt Fire
level Crossing
Grid City
Wasatch/Squatters
Sugarhouse Distillery
dented brick Distillery
beehive Distillery

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Yep
I think it's a little better than House of Corn

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Well, I will definitely investigate then!

I don't get the Grove Market love other than it's a local institution.

We tried sandwiches there and were so disappointed. The only thing they had going for them were huge portions.