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Oh Mai Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen – Salt Lake City, Utah

Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 19, Utah, Vietnamese

Oh Mai Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen on South State Street in Salt Lake City has been building a reputation as Utah’s most celebrated banh mi destination since it opened, producing the Vietnamese baguette sandwiches with house-made pâté, pickled daikon and carrot, cilantro, and jalapeño that earn a Salt Lake City restaurant its destination reputation in a

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Aristo’s Greek Restaurant – Salt Lake City, Utah – Closed

Greek, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 19, Utah

Aristo’s Greek Restaurant appeared in Season 19, Episode 9 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “International Family Style,” which aired May 16, 2014, as a Salt Lake City Greek restaurant serving the mezze, grilled meats, and slow-cooked Greek dishes that earned a Utah restaurant its destination reputation in a market where authentic Greek cooking of this

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Sammy’s Bistro – Park City, Utah

American, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 19, Utah

Sammy’s Bistro on Bonanza Drive in Park City has been serving the scratch-made American bistro food that earns a Utah mountain resort community its year-round neighborhood restaurant since it opened, combining the comfort food sensibility that skiers and mountain bikers want after a long day on the mountain with the quality ingredients and from-scratch cooking

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Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery – Salt Lake City, Utah

Italian, Pizza, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 19, Utah

Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery on South Main Street in Salt Lake City has been bringing New York-style pizza and East Coast Italian comfort food to Utah since it opened, building a reputation around the coal-fired pizza, house-made pasta, and the Italian-American deli food that earns a Salt Lake City restaurant its destination reputation in a

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Pat’s BBQ – Salt Lake City, Utah

Barbecue, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 5, Utah

Pat’s BBQ on West Commonwealth Avenue in Salt Lake City has been making a case that Utah deserves a serious BBQ reputation since Pat Hughes opened it with a conviction that low-and-slow smoked meat is not a regional specialty but a universal truth. It appeared in Season 5, Episode 7 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,

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Ruth’s Diner – Salt Lake City, Utah

American, Breakfast, Diner, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 5, Utah

In 1930, Ruth Evans opened Ruth’s Hamburgers in the old Meredith Building at 120 East Second South in downtown Salt Lake City. When the building was scheduled for demolition in 1946, she purchased an old Utah Light and Traction Company trolley car and moved her business rather than close it. In the spring of 1949

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Lone Star Taqueria – Salt Lake City, Utah

Mexican, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, Utah

Manuel Valdez and his brother have been running Lone Star Taqueria on Fort Union Boulevard since 1994, building a loyal Salt Lake Valley following around carne adovada, fish tacos, and the kind of authentic Mexican cooking that Sunset magazine named the “West’s Best Taco.” Lone Star appeared in Season 4, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins

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Moochie’s Cheesesteaks – Salt Lake City, Utah

Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, Utah

Moochie’s Meatballs and More on East 800 South in Salt Lake City built its reputation on bringing serious Philadelphia-style cheesesteaks and meatball subs to a city that had very little access to either. It appeared in Season 4, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Grabbin’ a Sandwich,” which aired October 13, 2008, and Guy

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Red Iguana – Salt Lake City, Utah

Mexican, Restaurants, Salt Lake City, Season 4, Utah

In 1965 Ramon and Maria Cardenas took over a small restaurant called Casa Grande in downtown Salt Lake City, with Maria cooking and Ramon waiting tables, sharing the Mexican dishes they had grown up with in Chihuahua. Twenty years later, in 1985, they reinvented it as Red Iguana on North Temple. The original location accommodated

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