We hope you find this welcome guide helpful to you as you get settled into the community you now call home! If you ever have any questions, please email us! We’re happy to help make your transition here as smooth as possible. And if you ever discover a favorite place/restaurant/service that we don’t have listed — and you care to share — let us know! Below is a list of things to do and places to go! Oh, and where to take your out-of-town guests…believe us, you will have plenty!

Guide to Salt Lake City

Favorite Food and Drink

Favorite Restaurants

  • American w/a twist: Oasis Cafe, Citris Grill, Em’s, Ruth’s Diner, Market Street Grille, Blue Plate Diner, Au Naturale, Niche, The Dodo, Paradise Bakery, Tin Angel
  • Breakfast/Brunch: Ruth’s Diner, Eggs in the City, Blue Plate Diner

Deli: Tony Caputo’s, Cucina Deli

Indian: Bombay House, Himalayan Kitchen

Italian: Fresco, Lugano, Cucina Toscana, Cafe Trio, Michelangelo’s

Mexican: Red Iguana, Blue Iguana, Cafe Rio, Costa Vida, Z’Tejas, Lonestar Taqueria

Middle Eastern: Mazza, Cafe Med

Pizza: Etsy Pizza, Sebetto, Wasatch Pizza, The Pie Pizzeria, Stoneground, Rusted Sun

Pubs: The Bayou, Red Rock, Squatters, Salt Lake Brewing Co., Desert Edge Brewery

Soup: Big City Soup, The Soup Kitchen

Sushi: Takashi, Tsunami, Ichiban, Oh Sushi, Happy Sumo

Thai: Bangkok Thai, Sawadee, Thai Siam

Favorite Bakeries

Tulie Bakery
Mrs. Backer’s
So Cupcake
Great Harvest Bread Co.
House of Bread
Banbury Cross
Glaus French Pastry Shop

Favorite Coffee Shops/Roasters & Treats

Coffee Garden
Sugarhouse Coffee Shop
Tulie Bakery
Alchemy Coffee
Two Creek Coffee
Millcreek Coffee Roasters
Beans & Brews
Jack Mormon Coffee
Les Madeleines
Carlucci’s
Tony Caputo’s
Jitterbug Coffee Hop
Salt Lake Roasting Company

Favorite Brew Pubs

Fiddler’s Elbow Brew Pub
Squatter’s
Red Rock Brewing Company
Wasatch Brew Pub (Park City)
The Bayou
Desert Edge Brewery
Bohemian Brewery
Piper Down

Favorite Bars

  • Green Street
  • Fats Grill
  • Red Door
  • Port O’ Call
  • Tavernacle
  • Liquid Joe’s

Favorite Healthcare Providers

**Please check with your insurance to be sure providers are in your network.**

Pediatricians

    • Dr. Katie McElligot (801) 581-2321, University of Utah Clinic 6
    • Dr. Charles W. Ralston (801) 581-2321, University of Utah Clinic 6
    • Dr. Paul Ferreira (801) 278-4693 Holladay Pediatrics 2180 East 4500 South

OB/GYN

    • Dr. Jennifer Van-Horn 801/587-9712, University of Utah Clinic 4
    • Dr. Vernon Yamashiro 801/268-6811, OB & Gynecology Associates 1151 East 3900 South, Suite B299

Family/Internal Medicine

    • Dr. Lorraine Szczesny 801/521-4500, 508 East South Temple, Suite 300
    • U of U Internal Med 801/581-2231 University of Utah

Dentists

    • Dr. Kim Roberts 801/424-3500, 4046 S. Highland Drive (make sure to tell them PIM sent you!)
    • Dr. Randy Barnhisel 801/262-6811, Salt Lake Smile Design, 4790 South 900 East, Suite G
    • Dr. Kelly Carroll 801/943-2020, Brighton Dentistry, 2114 Fort Union Blvd.
    • Dr. Brent Curtis 801/486-0660, 2025 South 1300 East #3

Pediatric Dentists

    • Burg Pediatric Dentistry 801/272-8555, 1580 East 3900 South

Fertility (Reproductive Endocrinologists)

  • Dr. C. Matthew Peterson 801/581-4838, Utah Center for Reproductive Medicine, 675 Arapeen Way

Favorite Consignment Shops

  • Name Droppers (clothing and accessories)
  • Emilie Jayne (home goods)
  • SecondHand Chic (home goods and women’s clothing)
  • Consignment Circuit (clothing and home goods)
  • Pibs Exchange (clothing; also has great selection of new costumes)
  • Kid-to-Kid (clothing, books, toys)
  • Play it Again Sports (sports equipment/gear)
  • Home Again (home goods)

Favorite Area Attractions

  • Silver Lake at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon
  • Alta
  • Snowbird
  • Park City
  • Millcreek Canyon
  • Antelope Island
  • This is the Place
  • Red Butte Garden
  • Gallivan Center
  • Olympic Park Museum (Park City)
  • Favorite Places to Go in Utah
  • Moab
  • Dead Horse Point
  • Zion National Park
  • Bryce Canyon
  • Lake Powell
  • Mirror Lake in the Uintas
  • Arches National Park
  • Capitol Reef National Park
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Green River/Flaming Gorge Reservoir