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The 100 Best Places in Salt Lake City

The best places in Salt Lake City, according to the experts: the Forbes Travel Guide, Wine Enthusiast, and the James Beard Awards have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Edge Spa/Lounge comes out on top.

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Urban Hill and Aman Spa at the Amangiri hold the next two places. Salt Lake Magazine shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.

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  1. The awards


  2. The Post District address puts it a block from Pioneer Park, which tells you something about how Salt Lake City has been changing. Urban Hill is an upscale, globally inspired restaurant anchored in Utah-sourced produce, meat, and dairy, with a kitchen that takes both seriously. The chef earned a 2026 James Beard nomination for Best Chef: Mountain, and Wine Enthusiast named it a Forward 50 restaurant in 2024. The room reads like somewhere you'd actually dress for.


    Address
    510 S 300 W, Ste 100, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  3. Rank 3. MONTE

    European

    Gin barrels stacked floor to ceiling are the first thing you notice, which makes sense given that this tasting menu restaurant sits inside the Beehive Distillery. The chef pulls from French, Italian, and South American training to build a refined, locally sourced menu, and the results earned a Michelin star. Widely spaced tables and concrete floors keep the room grounded while the food goes somewhere else entirely.



  4. Address
    163 W 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Tuesday 3 PM–1 AM

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  5. Local art lines the walls at this intimate American restaurant, and much of it is for sale, which sets the tone nicely: personal, a little unhurried, not trying to be a downtown event. The menu shifts with the seasons, leaning into house-made pasta and good sourced meat. The chef earned a James Beard semifinalist nod, and the front of house is run with the kind of warmth that comes from having an actual stake in the room.


    Address
    368 E 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Tuesday 4:30 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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  6. Rank 9. Koyote

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The chef spent time training in ramen shops in Japan before bringing the practice back to Salt Lake City, and the bowls at this counter-service ramen shop make that detour feel logical. No reservations, QR code ordering, and nobody minding either, because the chicken broth runs deep and the chashu pork is properly tender. Gyoza hold you over while you wait. The Michelin Guide has it selected, and the room fills fast on cold nights.


  7. Rank 9. Mazza

    Traditional Lebanese

    The Lebanese restaurant in the 15th and 15th neighborhood keeps one of the largest Mediterranean wine and beer lists in the country, with bottles pulled from Lebanon, Morocco, and Greece. It's the kind of casual spot where a meal properly starts with dips and works toward a braised lamb shank. The chef earned a James Beard nomination in 2024, which feels about right for a room that takes traditional Lebanese cooking this seriously.


    Address
    1515 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Tuesday 4:30 PM–8:30 PM

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  8. Rank 11. 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.


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    2005 E. 2700 S., Ste. D, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 8 AM

    Tuesday 8 AM–10:30 AM, 11 AM–8 PM

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  9. Address
    231 S Edison St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–1 AM

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  10. Rank 11. 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.



  11. Rank 14. 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.


    Address
    111 E Broadway, Unit 190, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–Midnight

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  12. Rank 14. Cosmica

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

    An Italian diner doing a spaghetti Western impression, Cosmica landed on the New York Times Restaurant List for 2025 and earns the attention. The Central Ninth spot is big, kitschy, and photogenic in a way that stops short of feeling calculated, with housemade pastas, wood-fired Neapolitan pies, and a clam pizza finished with salsa verde that quietly steals the table. The "House Puffy Bread" arrives straight from the oven, hot enough to make you burn your fingers.


    Address
    945 S 300 W, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–10 PM

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  13. The menu at this Italian-Japanese restaurant is built around itameshi, a tradition of weaving the two cuisines together, which here means gyoza-shaped ravioli in a brown butter demi-glace and tagliolini with mentaiko and shiso. The team behind the ramen bar Koyoté landed on the New York Times Restaurant List and a James Beard semifinalist nod for Best New Restaurant, which, for a place in a strip-mall suite, is a conversation.



  14. Address
    165 W 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–11 PM

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    2 N 400 W, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–11 AM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  16. Rank 21. Pho 777

    Vietnamese Noodle Shop


  17. Rank 21. Red Iguana

    Mexican

    The mole menu alone runs seven or eight deep, which tells you what kind of Mexican restaurant this is. Red Iguana has been an old-school Salt Lake institution long enough that regulars treat the wait like a ritual, and there is always a wait. House-made corn tortillas, deeply worked sauces, the kind of cooking that takes all day. A neighborhood place that happens to draw the whole city.


  18. Rank 21. Saffron Valley

    South Indian

    The Indian street food mini-chain that started as a spice-blend stand at the farmers market now runs several Salt Lake locations, each anchored by what the restaurant bills as the city's largest Indian buffet. The menu leans into the southern and western regional traditions the founder grew up with, and a James Beard semifinalist nod for Outstanding Restaurateur in 2025 suggests the city has noticed. Come hungry and ready to commit to multiple plates.


  19. Rank 24. HSL

    American


    Address
    418 E 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–8:30 PM

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  20. Address
    402 East Harvey Milk Blvd 900 S, Unit 2, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Tuesday 5 PM–10 PM, 10 AM–2:30 PM

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  21. Address
    370 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Tuesday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    OpenTable
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  22. Address
    77 W 200 S, Ste 100, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Tuesday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM

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    OpenTable
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  23. Rank 27. Scelto

    Italian

    Fresh pasta rolled in-house daily anchors the menu at this casually upscale Italian restaurant in Sandy. The room lands somewhere between date night and neighborhood staple, where charcuterie boards make a reasonable case for never ordering a main course. Bone-in ribeye and seared scallops with saffron emulsion suggest the kitchen is happy to range past the pasta, which is admirable restraint given how good the pasta is.


    Address
    849 E 9400 S, Sandy, UT · Sandy
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–9 PM

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  24. Address
    314 W Broadway, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–7 PM

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    1516 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 9 AM

    Tuesday 9 AM–7 PM

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  26. Rank 29. Finca

    Tapas Bar


    Address
    1513 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–9 PM

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    Tock
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  27. Address
    18 W Market St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  28. Address
    346 W 600 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 10 AM

    Tuesday 10 AM–9 PM

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    OpenTable
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  29. Rank 39. Star of India

    North Indian

    Concrete floors and high ceilings give this family-run Northern Indian restaurant an unexpectedly loft-like feel, which pairs oddly well with the warm, sharing-style plates arriving at the table. The Michelin Guide has it listed, and the room fills with people ordering more dishes than they planned. Curries run across fish, chicken, and lamb, and the chili lamb masala earns its regulars. Come with a group and a flexible sense of how full you thought you were going to get.





  30. Address
    111 East Broadway, Unit 170, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  31. Address
    325 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–5 PM

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    3370 S. State St., Ste. N5, South Salt Lake, UT · South Salt Lake
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM

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    202 S Main St Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–10:30 PM

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  37. Rank 50. Franck's

    French

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  38. Rank 50. Hoof & Vine

    Steakhouse

    A steakhouse in a Midvale shopping plaza that sources its beef from boutique ranches, which is either reassuring or just good marketing, depending on your mood. The menu runs the expected cuts alongside a New Zealand elk tenderloin, and starters like crab-laden mac 'n' cheese suggest the kitchen isn't shy about richness. Made-from-scratch desserts close things out. A AAA Three Diamond spot, so dress accordingly.

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  40. Rank 50. Libertango Steakhouse

    Argentine Steakhouse

    An Argentine steakhouse in Sandy where the wood-fired grill does most of the talking. The menu reads like a serious commitment to South American beef culture, with Wagyu cuts, house-made sausages, and mixed parilla platters sized for a group who came hungry. Empanadas make a sensible start, and the lamb chops and Kurobuta pork keep things interesting for anyone not there purely for the beef. The rustic décor leans into the theme without apologizing for it.

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  43. Rank 50. Tuscany

    Tuscan

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  44. Address
    16 W Market St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–11 PM

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    202 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–11 AM, 11 AM–1:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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    OpenTable
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  46. Address
    454 E 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    1475 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–7 PM

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  48. Address
    2188 S Highland Dr Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM

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  49. Address
    2843 S 5600 W, West Valley City, UT · West Valley City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM

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    OpenTable
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  50. Address
    430 E 900 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Tuesday Noon–11 PM

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  51. Address
    1508 S 1500 E, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–10 PM

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  53. Rank 69. Finn's Cafe

    Nordic Café

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  54. Address
    320 W 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–11 PM

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  55. Address
    360 State St South, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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    4699 S Highland Dr Millcreek, UT · Holladay
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–8:30 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  58. Address
    170 S West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Tuesday 5 PM–10 PM

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    Tock
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    1722 Fremont Dr, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11 AM

    Tuesday 11 AM–9 PM

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  62. Rank 69. Porch

    American

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  63. Address
    5 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–2 AM

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  67. The old-fashioned blueberry cake donut is the thing people make a specific trip for, and the shop has been turning them out near Trolley Square for longer than most of its regulars have been alive. This is a classic donut counter, cash-and-carry, nothing fussy, with apple fritters and cinnamon rolls alongside daily new flavors for anyone whose loyalty hasn't already been claimed by the blueberry cake.



  68. Address
    155 E 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Tuesday 4 PM–1 AM

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    161 E 200 S, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens noon

    Tuesday Noon–1 AM

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  70. The spice level in a given dish can change day to day depending on which batch of Thai chilies came in, and they'll tell you that upfront. This casual Thai restaurant on 900 South regularly has a line out the door, drawn by tom yum, som tum, and curries built on serious heat. The mango with Thai custard and sticky rice is there for anyone whose mouth needs a diplomatic exit.




  71. Address
    2110 Highland Dr, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–9:30 PM

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  72. Address
    660 S State St, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Tuesday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM

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  73. Address
    2646 S 700 E, Salt Lake City, UT · Salt Lake City
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    Closed now, opens 7 AM

    Tuesday 7 AM–11 PM

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