The Best American Food in Salt Lake City
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The best American food in Salt Lake City, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, Salt Lake Magazine, and Gastronomic Salt Lake City have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Feldman's Deli comes out on top.
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Table X and Copper Common hold the next two places. AAA shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Eater next.
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Rank 1. Feldman's Deli
NYC-style deli American
Half-pound sandwiches on Jewish rye, a proper Reuben, and homemade cake that sells out before dinner, this is a New York-style Jewish deli doing things the way delis used to. The family operation has earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which feels about right for a counter where leaving hungry would require genuine effort. Go early if you want the cake.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine: Utah Classics · Dining Awards
- Gastronomic Salt Lake City Gastronomic Salt Lake City: $$ · My favorite restaurants in Salt Lake City
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Salt Lake Magazine Utah Classics · Dining Awards
- Gastronomic Salt Lake City $$ · My favorite restaurants in Salt Lake City
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Rank 1. Table X
New American
A converted factory with a French potager garden out back sets the stage for a tasting-menu restaurant where the kitchen ferments, pickles, and ages its way through the seasons. The team runs both a traditional and a vegetarian multi-course menu, with bread serious enough to anchor its own wholesale bakery. The chef earned a James Beard semifinalist nod in 2025, which tracks for a place this quietly self-sufficient.
The awards
- Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine: The Good Bread Award · Above and Beyond · Nick Fahs
- Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine: Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake Magazine The Good Bread Award · Above and Beyond · Nick Fahs
- Salt Lake Magazine Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Salt Lake City
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Rank 3. Copper Common
American Wine Bar
The wine list leans natural, the cocktails are craft, and the menu changes often enough that regulars rarely order the same thing twice. Copper Common is a wine bar and restaurant in downtown Salt Lake City, from the team behind the Copper Onion next door, and the kitchen ranges widely, pairing sharply drawn flavors without making a fuss about it. Salt Lake Magazine named it one of the city's top restaurants.
The awards
- Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine: Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- Imbibe Imbibe: Where To Drink in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Eater Eater: The 29 Best Restaurants in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Salt Lake Magazine Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- Imbibe Where To Drink in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Eater The 29 Best Restaurants in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Rank 4. HSL
American
The awards
- Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine: Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Salt Lake City
- Eater Eater: The 29 Best Restaurants in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Salt Lake Magazine Best Restaurants · Dining Awards
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Salt Lake City
- Eater The 29 Best Restaurants in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Rank 5. Ruth's Diner
American
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- AAA AAA: Approved
- The Infatuation The Infatuation: The Best Restaurants In Salt Lake City
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Rank 6. Avenues Proper
American
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- AAA AAA: Approved
- Gastronomic Salt Lake City Gastronomic Salt Lake City: $$ · My favorite restaurants in Salt Lake City
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Rank 7. Cultivate Craft Kitchen
American
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Rank 7. The Wild Rose
American
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Rank 7. Tiburon Fine Dining
American
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Rank 10. Porch
American
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 10. Sauce Boss Southern Kitchen
Southern
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- AAA AAA: Approved
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Rank 12. Pacific Seas Restaurant
Hawaiian
A family-owned restaurant and market where the steam trays hold Samoan turkey tails, Tongan taro leaf stew with lamb, and Hawaiian musubi, not the usual local lunch options. The LDS church's long missionary ties to the Pacific islands drew Polynesian communities to Salt Lake City, and Pacific Seas has quietly become their gathering place. Cool off with a mango 'otai, a blended coconut-and-pineapple drink that earns its space on the tray.
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Rank 12. Pretty Bird
Nashville-style American
Nashville-style fried chicken sandwiches from a chef who used to fence with Bobby Flay on television, now happily running a fast-casual spot instead. Viet Pham, formerly of fine dining, keeps the menu tight: hot chicken sandwiches, crinkle-cut fries, a Mexican street corn salad, and a few house sauces. The move from tasting menus to paper trays is either a pivot or a relief, and the lines suggest nobody is complaining either way.
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Rank 12. Sweet Lake Biscuits & Limeade
Texan American
Biscuits baked fresh every morning anchor the menu at this casual brunch spot, where the rest of the food takes its cues from homestyle Texan cooking. The limeade, freshly juiced and apparently the whole origin story, pairs with cocktails made from Utah distillery spirits. Hearty salads and from-scratch everything fill out the menu. The kind of neighborhood spot that started at farmers markets and never lost that energy.
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