Hub & Spoke Diner serves ready market

Kentucky hot brown

The newest neighborhood diner in Salt Lake, Hub & Spoke Diner took over the former Finca space and is another brainchild of owner Scott Evans and Executive Chef Phelix Gardner. While the look and feel of Hub & Spoke is all diner, everything about the place speaks quality. “It’s pretty rare to have a full … Read more

High West Distillery at Blue Sky Ranch opens to the public

High West Distillery at Blue Sky Ranch

Raise your glass to Monday, September 7. That’s the day that High West Distillery’s new facility in Wanship, Utah opens to the public. “We felt Miner’s Day was appropriate given the role that mining played in Utah’s history and we all know what miners drank,” said High West proprietor David Perkins. To commemorate the opening, High … Read more

Helping our community through Taste of the Wasatch

Right now, thousands of Utahns are struggling with hunger. These are often hard-working adults or seniors who simply cannot make ends meet. Breaking the cycle of hunger is the driving force behind Taste of the Wasatch and the organizational programs who benefit from the event. “Funds raised stay local, directly benefitting Utahns Against Hunger, The … Read more

2015 Taste of the Wasatch menu

Taste of the Wasatch 2014: Red Iguana

It’s the most wonderful time of the year when dozens of Utah’s finest restaurants converge on Solitude Mountain Resort for an afternoon of great food, fine wine, local beers and fantastic live and silent auction items at Taste of the Wasatch. All proceeds go to fight hunger in Utah. Over 50 of Utah’s top chefs, … Read more

Creative choreographers highlighted in Ballet West’s Innovations 2015

Ballet West's Innovations 2015

For the closing program of the 2015 season, Ballet West has chosen to highlight the developing works of young choreographers—mostly from their own core dance troupe. Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute explains, “For Innovations 2015, I am excited to present the work of a talented Utah native, three Ballet West artists including two women, … Read more

Meet Salt & Smoke Artisan Meats

Salt & Smoke Artisan Meats' owner and butcher Frody Volgger

“Frody will be breaking down a pig on Friday,” Cassie Little, sales manager of Salt & Smoke Artisan Meats, tells me. It’s my first chance to go behind the scenes of Frody Volgger’s newest venture — a butcher shop focusing on heritage pigs, European-style sausages and specialty meats. I’m to meet a photographer from The … Read more

Mark your calendars for Park City’s 2015 food and wine events

Park City Food & Wine Classic: Meats, Sweets and Whiskey Geeks 2014

Tickets are now on sale for two of Park City’s most popular events. Savor The Summit returns to Main Street on Saturday, June 20 while the Park City Food & Wine Classic runs July 9-12. Tickets for both events will sell out so don’t delay. Savor The Summit Park City’s favorite outdoor dinner party will … Read more

Wasatch Academy of Wine’s French Wine Scholar dinner

French Wine Scholar dinner wines

The spring French Wine Scholar class drew to a close after a series of ten weeks of classes with 13 students sitting for the post nominal test. Congratulations to Coy, Andrea, Lansin, Marianne, Rebecca and Neal for becoming Utah’s newest French Wine Scholars! Following the test, students and their families and invited guests enjoyed a … Read more

Dance elevated with Ballet West’s Almost Tango

Almost Tango by Ballet West

Ballet West continues to surprise and delight its audiences this year with a triple-bill performance celebrating diversity in dance—paying tribute to tango, square dancing and the techno dance club scene. “I choose to put these three works together because in subtle and unique ways they are all explorations into the melding of classical ballet and … Read more