Three extra restaurant’s in Utah calling it quits – Gastronomic Salt Lake Metropolis

Wimpy and Fritz

Valerie Phillip’s fabulous weblog on Northern Utah eating tipped me off to this one. Ogden’s Wimpy And Fritz – winner of Utah’s greatest taco on the 2019 SLC Taco Fest – are closing after 5 years. House owners Lefty Montoya and Brian Zinsmann (pictured high, credit score Valerie Phillips) confirmed the information on Fb writing, “We wish to specific our heartfelt gratitude for the unimaginable assist you’ve proven us over the previous 5 years. As our lease attracts to a detailed, we’ve made the troublesome choice to shut our brick-and-mortar enterprise. “

Wimpy And Fritz first flickered to life on the Ogden Farmer’s market, earlier than taking over perma-digs first inside Weber county’s Sure Hell bar. A migration to the Riverbend improvement at 352 Park Blvd. in Ogden got here subsequent; Ogden River Brewing and Soiled Chicken Chxx additionally joined them on the new construct. Phillips first coated the dishes and story of the enterprise again in 2021 on this article.

Epic Informal Eating

After my final recap of shuttered areas, readers tipped me off to the closure of this Midvale stalwart. The restaurant’s web site now confirms this, providing the next notice to prospects:

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we should announce the closure of our beloved restaurant, Epicure High quality Meals & Drink. This choice was not made flippantly, and it comes because of circumstances past our management. We need to take a second to specific our deepest gratitude to your unwavering assist all through the years.

For the reason that day we opened our doorways, our mission has been to supply distinctive eating experiences and to create cherished reminiscences for each one among our prospects. The loyal patronage and smiles that stuffed our restaurant had been the driving power behind our ardour.

Sadly, we discover ourselves ready the place we should shut our doorways completely. This choice was extremely troublesome, and we perceive the frustration it might deliver to you, our cherished patrons.

We need to prolong our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may occasionally trigger. We’re immensely grateful for the friendships we’ve shaped, the celebrations we’ve shared, and the assist of our valued prospects over the past 18 years!”

The American restaurant anchored the center of the strip mall at 707 Fort Union Blvd and has been round for so long as I can bear in mind – by my estimation, passing the fifteen 12 months mark a minimum of.

Slopeside Smoke Shack

One of many higher BBQ choices within the state so far as I’m involved, and now off to pastures greener smokier. The meals truck just lately took to Instagram to announce their Utah departure. The BBQ enterprise wrote, “The tip of the Slopeside Smoke Shack chapter shall be concluding this week… It has been an excellent run in Utah however a door has opened resulting in the New River Valley of Virginia. Thanks Utah of us! Virginia, we’re coming to you with our meat within the type of New River Barbecue!”

Once more, an actual disgrace, over the course of 2023 I’ve been trundling up and down the valley, not least chasing down BBQ vans aplenty – assessing the state of the native Q scene; Slopeside was one off the higher examples I’ve discovered to this point this 12 months.

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Hello, I’m Stuart, good to satisfy you!  I’m the founder, author and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC.  I’m a multiple-award profitable journalist and have written in myopic element concerning the Salt Lake Metropolis  eating scene for the higher a part of seventeen years.

I’ve labored extensively with a number of native publications from Go to Salt Lake to Salt Lake Journal, not least helped to seek the advice of on nationwide TV.   Pause these credit, yep, that’s me! I’m additionally a former restaurant critic of greater than 5 years, working for the Salt Lake Tribune.    I’m largely fueled by a important obsession with rice, alliteration and using huge phrases I don’t perceive.   What they’re saying about me: “Not inaccurate”, “I assumed he was older”, “I don’t share his emotions”.

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