This Edison Street joint serves up excellence from morning to midnight—tending to bleary-eyed brunchers with kimchi bloody marys and dungeness crab omelets. By night, Franklin Ave’s sex appeal turns up by volumes, playing wingman to first-date diners with squid ink pasta and duck confit lettuce wraps. Chef Matt Crandall and his culinary team are meeting guests where they’re at, and sometimes that means a craving for funnel cake and fried chicken—a breakfast dish panelist Avrey Evans lovingly calls, “one of the most bizarre breakfast items I’ve had in Salt Lake, in the most delicious way possible.” franklinaveslc.com
Side Dish
Though Franklin Ave is an undeniably wonderful restaurant, it is technically a bar—a fact you’ll be glad of once you sip from the thoughtfully crafted cocktail list and explore the wall-to-wall selection of whiskeys. After all, this is the Bourbon Group.
This year’s 2026 Dining Awards is a showcase of the best experiences across Utah’s foodscape, and a reminder that each recommendation is a promise. A human-to-human promise. An assurance that a restaurant we say is amazing, is amazing. As you consider your next celebratory meal or casual weeknight outing, here’s your menu of Salt Lake’s 2026 gustatory darlings. The food is thoughtful, the hospitality is warm and the chefs care deeply about the dishes on your table.We promise.
