Guidebook for Salt Lake City
Food Scene
Pig and a Jelly Jar is southern food with a modern twist. I love their scrambles, Kate's favorite is the curry chicken, and their chicken and waffles are great too.
92 locals recommend
Pig & A Jelly Jar Salt Lake City
401 E 900 SPig and a Jelly Jar is southern food with a modern twist. I love their scrambles, Kate's favorite is the curry chicken, and their chicken and waffles are great too.
Manoli's
402 900 SGreek Tapas. New restaurant, great atmosphere, artful food.
Very budget friendly. We eat here often enough that it has become our go to comfort food spot. Only downside - they close at 5. We keep hoping they will change this.
20 locals recommend
Oh Mai Downtown
850 State StVery budget friendly. We eat here often enough that it has become our go to comfort food spot. Only downside - they close at 5. We keep hoping they will change this.
local local local. Backyard mini farm with herbs, chickens, and bees. Daughters Kate and Mary have worked here, and it is a family favorite. Great food and fantastic pastry chef!
30 locals recommend
Avenues Bistro On Third
566 3rd Avelocal local local. Backyard mini farm with herbs, chickens, and bees. Daughters Kate and Mary have worked here, and it is a family favorite. Great food and fantastic pastry chef!
Favorite favorite favorite. The two men run it are my friends, local figures, and married partners. One is Lebanese and this kitchen is their heart offering to Salt Lake. Service, food, and atmosphere are all just right. This is both my special treat place, and comfort place. Middle Eastern faire with an elegant and personal touch.
44 locals recommend
Laziz Kitchen
912 Jefferson St WFavorite favorite favorite. The two men run it are my friends, local figures, and married partners. One is Lebanese and this kitchen is their heart offering to Salt Lake. Service, food, and atmosphere are all just right. This is both my special treat place, and comfort place. Middle Eastern faire with an elegant and personal touch.
Parks & Nature
Because it is in our backyard. Super close, beautiful ponds and hills and playgrounds and splash parks for the kids in summer. Winter is actually my favorite time since it is so quiet and empty.
353 locals recommend
Liberty Park
600 Harvey Milk BoulevardBecause it is in our backyard. Super close, beautiful ponds and hills and playgrounds and splash parks for the kids in summer. Winter is actually my favorite time since it is so quiet and empty.
No ski resort at the top of this canyon, so the traffic is only hikers and picnic bound folks. Just a beautiful drive, and great strolls in the mountains as well. Small charge to use the canyon which you pay on your way out (less than $5).
33 locals recommend
Millcreek Canyon Road
Mill Creek Canyon RoadNo ski resort at the top of this canyon, so the traffic is only hikers and picnic bound folks. Just a beautiful drive, and great strolls in the mountains as well. Small charge to use the canyon which you pay on your way out (less than $5).
Shopping
Cahoots Cards & Gifts
878 900 SHilarious card and gift shop. Perhaps not kid friendly.
Our favorite reading, browsing, and buying nook. Used to be a house. Get lost in the rooms and shelves. Super helpful staff and great curated selections.
24 locals recommend
Kings English Bookshop
1511 S 1500 EOur favorite reading, browsing, and buying nook. Used to be a house. Get lost in the rooms and shelves. Super helpful staff and great curated selections.
Essentials
Salt Lake's equivalent of King Soopers, Kroger, etc. General grocery store with pharmacy, bank, bakery, deli, etc.
144 locals recommend
Smith's
876 E 800 SSalt Lake's equivalent of King Soopers, Kroger, etc. General grocery store with pharmacy, bank, bakery, deli, etc.
Trader Joe's
634 E 400 SGreat prices on healthy and eco friendly food. Our favorite.
A plethora of to go, and ready made take out items. Often nicknamed, "Whole Paycheck" for good reason. Beautiful building, and beautiful food.
251 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
544 S 700 EA plethora of to go, and ready made take out items. Often nicknamed, "Whole Paycheck" for good reason. Beautiful building, and beautiful food.
Need small essentials or late night munchies? This is the quickest place.
23 locals recommend
7-Eleven
109 S 300 ENeed small essentials or late night munchies? This is the quickest place.
Getting Around
You can go to temple square if you like, but I mainly tagged it here as a reference point for the layout of the city. The city is on an unusually logical, if non-typical grid pattern. Think latitude and longitude. Read all about it here: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Travel-g60922-c11305/Salt-Lake-City:Utah:Finding.Your.Way.Around.Salt.Lake.City.html
621 locals recommend
Temple Square
50 N West TempleYou can go to temple square if you like, but I mainly tagged it here as a reference point for the layout of the city. The city is on an unusually logical, if non-typical grid pattern. Think latitude and longitude. Read all about it here: https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Travel-g60922-c11305/Salt-Lake-City:Utah:Finding.Your.Way.Around.Salt.Lake.City.html
Ok, the tennis center is not a transportation hub, but it is the closest landmark to the bus stop near our house on the corner of 500 E and Harvard. The 205 bus takes you downtown. The UTA website is very helpful.
Liberty Park Tennis Center
1105 S Constitution Dr EOk, the tennis center is not a transportation hub, but it is the closest landmark to the bus stop near our house on the corner of 500 E and Harvard. The 205 bus takes you downtown. The UTA website is very helpful.
Drinks & Nightlife
This local bar and restaurant is a neighborhood favorite. Their lavender and gin Aviation cocktail is my birthday treat!
97 locals recommend
East Liberty Tap House
850 E 900 SThis local bar and restaurant is a neighborhood favorite. Their lavender and gin Aviation cocktail is my birthday treat!
more beer selections than you can shake a stick at. Live music and sweet potato fries (before they were a thing) makes this a local favorite. Not quiet, but lots of fun.
104 locals recommend
The Bayou
645 S State Stmore beer selections than you can shake a stick at. Live music and sweet potato fries (before they were a thing) makes this a local favorite. Not quiet, but lots of fun.
Arts & Culture
Stunning new building. Great displasys and unparalleled views of the valley.
281 locals recommend
Natural History Museum of Utah
301 Wakara WayStunning new building. Great displasys and unparalleled views of the valley.
Utah Symphony
123 W S TempleFantastic building and world class music.
This building is a joy to be in. The children's room is one of my favorites. Walk to the top to see stunning views of the city, enjoy the art displays, hunt for the working beehive you can view through glass, and sit with a coffee and pastry on the plaza or stroll the garden and water features. No restaurants, but small coffee shops and bookstores as well.
90 locals recommend
Salt Lake City Public Library
210 E 400 SThis building is a joy to be in. The children's room is one of my favorites. Walk to the top to see stunning views of the city, enjoy the art displays, hunt for the working beehive you can view through glass, and sit with a coffee and pastry on the plaza or stroll the garden and water features. No restaurants, but small coffee shops and bookstores as well.