Dining Awards

2025 Best Restaurant: Manoli’s and Paréa

The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake Chef Manoli and Katrina Katsanevas have showcased their culinary creativity and care for stellar service in their James Beard-nominated restaurant, Manoli’s. Serving up a variety of...

2025 Best Restaurant: Kimi’s Chop & Oyster House

The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake Elegance mixed with Scandinavian no-nonsense hospitality, Kimi’s Chop & Oyster House uprooted from Sugar House to Holladay in a move that splashed “Kimistyle” across the...

2025 Best Restaurant: Tupelo

Maggie and Matthew Harris, Tupelo. Photo by Adam Finkle. 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Tupelo Damn, that’s gone by fast: 2025 will mark Tupelo Park City’s 10th anniversary. Spanning a location move, too many memorable...

2025 Best Restaurant: Matteo

The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake Matteo balances the delicate line between making guests feel like they have sat down at Nonna’s table while experiencing fine dining at its best. Chef Damiano...

2025 Best Restaurant: The Pearl Bar & Kitchen

The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake Is it something in the water? Maybe a cosmic vortex, or an ancient ley line unearthed by nonstop road construction on 900 South? Whatever it is...

Salt Lake Magazine 2025 Dining Awards: Special Honorees

The Blue Plate Award for Outstanding Community Service: Scion Cider Bar There’s barely a week that goes by when we don’t have an email in our inbox from Scion Cider, sharing the news...

2025 Best Restaurant: The Foundry Grill, Owl Bar, Tree Room at Sundance Resort

19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Utah County Much like Robert Redford himself—that wily silver fox who founded the place in the 1970s—the whole iconic Sundance Resort experience not only holds up but continues to...

2025 Best Restaurant: Franklin Avenue Cocktails & Kitchen 

The 19 Best Restaurants of 2025—Salt Lake Lunch, brunch, dinner—you name it—Franklin Avenue is a one-stop destination for any dining event. After-work drinks? Kick back with a plate of the coconut and chile...