Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Roots Cafe 35th S. 2300 East, SLC Ut




Here's a great new fun place to get delicious unique sandwiches, salads, smoothies, soups, coffee and teas as well as breakfasts. Pictured here is a chicken walnut cranberry sandwich on sour dough, a roast beef with glazed sautéed jalapenos on sour dough, homemade sweet potato chips and a wonderful bowl of carrot ginger soup. Total price with one drink about $20. It is small, personal, excellent food. Don't be in a hurry.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Cineopolis Movie tickets are $19.50 per ticket

We are staying in our condo in San Diego (Del Mar) California and decided to see a movie. We noticed the theater had been remodeled and the new name and walked up to buy tickets. The price for two tickets was $39. Pretty annoying but we decided to go ahead anyway. The seats are like international first class seats with foot rests and settings going all the way back to sleep setting. I'm posting a couple of the menu pages where you can have anything from popcorn to wine, sushi and fancy sliders delivered. Kind of fun, but I hate spending $50 or $60 to see a movie and have a few treats.


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What a great menu! I'd say at least 1/2 of the customers ordered food, some 1/2 way into the movie

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Salmon Burger anyone?



I took a chance and ordered the Salmon Burger at Normandy in Holladay today. Fantastic. Not fishy, plenty of guacamole, moist. Loved it. $9.99

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Greek City Grill


Corner of 62nd South and Highland near Xcel Fitness. I think this is one of the best local Greek food places in the area. Today I had the Pastrami Burger which was excellent. They don't overwhelm you with Pastrami and their sauce is great. I have to rate it a little above the Apollo Burger for the same price. Gigi had the Vegetarian Gyro. It was fresh, juicy, plenty of feta cheese. She ate the whole thing.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Daniel's Fine Chocolate in Holladay




Daniel's Fine Chocolate on Holladay Blvd. next to Parry's and The Store on the North is a great place to pick up some delicious homemade treats. Dan came out and gave us several different samples of different chocolates. He has been dreaming about opening this store for a long time and finally, here it is. Check it out!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Meditrina 1394 South West Temple

As we started eating our second tapa selection for lunch, a beautiful melted brie along with wine and garlic soaked slices of mushrooms, I suddenly felt like we were somewhere in the West Village in NYC off Bleeker Street eating what fancy rich people eat. What a great restaurant Meditrina is. I notice that they also have a fairly interesting but less expensive front page menu with $8 dollar sandwiches and salads.

The topas run $7 or so and are the real reason to go there. Budgetwise, it's like going to a high end sushi joint. Four tapas and a delicious basil panna cotta with a cherry balsamic wine reduction for dessert pretty much filled us up, but it would be a little light for Doug Cartwright. We had the Mushroom and Brie, Bulgogi Pork Belly, Hummus Plate, Stuffed Piquillo Pepper along with the dessert. I give the food an A. The server was excellent as well.

It is a crazy location, but give it a try. It's worth the trip.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Expensive and Rich



After eating a pretty good Burrito Bowl at Chipotle on Fort Union, we drove over to Sweet Tooth around the corner from Five Guys at the Family Center to get us a little treat. We bought a "Foxy Bar" and about a dozen cake bites. All delicious and rich. Pictured here is about $15 worth of product. Geeze, kind of expensive.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Fratelli's in Sandy at Quarry Bend




Fratelli's in Sandy is run by a family with Italian roots and the food is homemade and delicious. We had the pesto chicken pizza ($11) which would have fed us both plenty, as well as the tomato and bread salad, about the same price. The tomatoes were delicious and top notch and the flavorings of both dishes were fantastic. For dessert we split the gelato dish which was three nice scoops: pumpkin, pistachio and then the delicious and fiery Chocolate Pepper. MMMmmmm. Man, really good. The service is excellent, people personable, professional. This visit was a 9 out of 10.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Fin and Nora's Fresh American Food



We were killing time waiting for an appointment on 106th South trying to decide if we wanted to go to Market Street or try something else and voila! we found Fin and Nora's on the Eastern side of the same complex of buildings. Pictured here is a beet salad ($7.99) and a bleu cheese hamburger ($8.99), the idea was that we'd split the two dishes. My wife dove into her salad with gusto. Plenty of everything, candied nuts, plentiful goat cheese and small diced pieces of baked red beets. The salad was generous, delicious and a real bargain. The blue (bleu) cheese burger was juicy, on top of a nice slightly toasted fresh bun and covered with a lot of bleu cheese chunks. With the lettuce, tomatoes and thick burger, I had to squeeze it down a little bit to take a bite. It was delicious and messy and reminded me of that horrible Carl's Junior advertisement. The fries were extra good, kind of thick and perfectly cooked.

They brought us a complimentary bowl of home made potato chips which were also excellent. The place is roomy, high ceilings, fun memorabilia pictures of SLC all over the place and the servers were excellent.

The menu is extensive, pizza, burgers, sandwiches and other entree's. Total bill with 20% tip about $21.00