Bangs McCoy

Restaurant list

November 23rd, 2007

Bryan and I are not big foodies. We are not first in line for the newest, fanciest, most expensive restaurants. We pretty much just eat what is easy, fast, and tastes good. I’m not saying we don’t care about food (we’re both pretty good cooks ourselves), there are just other things higher on the list.

Bryan asked me a little while ago what my favorite restaurant was - I don’t remember now why he was asking. I had to think for a few minutes, but decided that Red Rock Brewery and Market Street are at the top. They are safe choices, nothing crazy, but just generally good food, not terribly expensive, and locally owned and operated (that’s important to me). We (or I) have eaten at the following restaurants (not including standard fast food and common national franchises ):

B & D Burgers (University)
Bajio (Sandy & Sugarhouse)
Biaggis (Gateway)
Big Ed’s (University)
Blue Iguana (Downtown)
Brookside Broiler & Grill (Sugarhouse)
Cafe Pierpont (Downtown)
Cafe Rio (several locations)
Carrabba’s (Provo)
Curry In A Hurry (Downtown)
Dodo (Gateway)
Este (Sugarhouse)
The Garden (Downtown)
Granato (Downtown)
Italian Village (Holladay)
Lone Star Taqueria (Sandy)
Macaroni Grill (Provo & Murray)
Mad Greek (S Salt Lake)
Market Street (Downtown & Cottonwood)
Mimi’s Cafe (Provo & Murray)
Milt’s Stage Stop (Cedar City, Hansen family tradition during Shakespearean Festival)
New York Subs (S Salt Lake)
Orbit Cafe (Downtown)
Original Pancake House (Sugarhouse)
Ottavio’s (Provo & AF)
The Pie (University)
Porcupine Grill (Cottonwood)
Red Robin (Provo)
Red Rock Brewery (Downtown)
Rubio’s (Sugarhouse)
Ruby River (Provo & Downtown)
Saltimbocca (Sugarhouse)
Sampan (Sugarhouse)
Smokehouse (Provo)
Smoky Mountain Pizza (Sandy)
Sports Bar (Gateway)
Training Table (Provo)
Tsunami (Sugarhouse)
Tucci’s (Downtown)
Vertical Diner (S Salt Lake)

I’m sure I’ve missed some, I’ll fill them in as I remember. Anyway, I was reading some restaurant reviews on the Tribune’s website today and have formulated a list of new places to try. They seem to fit our style of casual (or semi-casual) and not overly expensive.

Acme Burger Co (Downtown)
Bohemian Brewery & Grill (Murray)
Cafe Trio (several locations)
Cannella’s (Downtown)
Citris Grill (Salt Lake)
Club Tuscany (Holladay)
Em’s (Avenues)
Finn’s (Sugarhouse)
Franck’s (Holladay)
Michelangelo Ristorante (Sugarhouse)
Pine (Murray)
Pat’s BBQ (S Salt Lake)
The Robin’s Nest (Downtown)
Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana (Downtown)
Z’tejas (Gateway)

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