Dining Awards

2024 Best Restaurant: La Casa del Tamal

Cristina Olvera immigrated to Utah in 1999 from Hidalgo, Mexico. A single mother to five children, she always had multiple jobs. And on the side, she would make tamales out of her...

Thank You For Joining Us At Our 2023 Dining Awards Ceremony

Salt Lake magazine established its Dining Awards in 1998. That year, the awards ceremony was held in Memory Grove with an accompanying picnic. The winners’ list included restaurants longtime Utahs will remember...

2023 Dining Awards: Utah Classics and One’s to Watch

Utah Classics Utah Food is a conundrum, what even is it? Fry sauce, funeral potatoes. Naww. Food evolves and tastes evolve and within that evolution, a consensus begins to form and standards...

2023 Dining Awards: Special Mentions

Each year we pass out a collection of special awards for individuals and organizations who, well, have done something special, superlative even. (And, also, just because we can.) Find all our 2023...

2023 Outstanding Restaurant of the Year: Oquirrh

After working in some of the best restaurants in town (Copper Onion, HSL, Pago) Chef Andrew Fuller and front-of-house standout Angie Fuller opened their dream restaurant, Oquirrh, in downtown Salt Lake City...

Salt Lake Magazine’s 2023 Dining Awards

Salt Lake magazine established its Dining Awards in 1998. That year, the awards ceremony was held en plien air in Memory Grove with an accompanying picnic. The winners’ list included restaurants longtime...

2023 Best Restaurant: Rime Seafood + Steak

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that we actually have good seafood in Utah. That’s thanks to our airport’s status as a Delta hub which enables fresh-from-the-ocean delivery. (What? You thought there were...

2023 Best Restaurant: Log Haven

Panelist Stuart Melling summed up Log Haven best by saying, “If people only have one night in town and they want the ‘Utah experience’ I send them to Log Haven.” This venerable...