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Fat Matt’s Rib Shack

Traveling for business can be good and bad.  Bad that I’m away from family and that it isn’t always convenient to the other commitments I have in my life – have you ever tried to coach a soccer game when you are 1500 miles from the field at game time?  Doesn’t work.  On the good [...]

Round Robin Drive Inn

Several years ago my one and and only sister married someone from Roosevelt, UT and now calls it home. A year ago we went out for a visit to celebrate her and her husband’s birthdays since they are both in March. We got a tour of the town and stopped for lunch at a local [...]

Slab Pizza opens in Provo

Several weeks ago now I met my brother and Dad in Provo for lunch at a new pizza place that recently opened.  The menu is pretty straightforward.  You either get a full 20″ pie or a slab which is 1/4 of a 20″ pie.  For toppings, plain cheese or pepperoni are the basic choices.  There [...]

Sweet Home Chicago Pizzeria

Somewhere in the depths of this blog is an entry about a new (at the time) pizza place I had read about and wanted to try.  I wrote added that entry back in September of 2006.  Believe it or not I finally made it to this place.  I guess there is something to be said [...]

And another Rubios

I work up in American Fork, which was the first city in Utah County to get not only an El Pollo Loco, but also a Rubio’s.  There must be something about mexican chains and American Fork being the first place to test the waters around here.  And the waters must be good for Rubio’s as [...]

Smashburger coming to Orem

Another entry in the what seems to be never-ending stream of burger places opening lately. Add Smashburger to your list. I haven’t ever eaten at one, but this is not their first location in Utah so someone must be eating there.  Sorry about the picture quality.  Taken with my iPhone.  If you want to visit: [...]

Brothers at the Bear Paw

There are three brothers in my family. Two of which celebrate birthdays in June and one in August. This year we planned a brothers only trip Southern Utah. The original inspiration was to make a run to the only In-N-Out Burger in Utah down near St. George in Washington, UT. Since the original purpose of [...]

Carol’s Pastry Shop

Just last week I read about Carol’s in an article on the Best of Utah 2009 in City Weekly. Surprisingly, I had never even heard of the place. But having been there now I can see why it might have escaped my attention. The article in City Weekly claimed they have the best eclairs in [...]

Best Eclairs in Utah?

City Weekly’s gave this the Best Eclairs designation in their 2009 Best of Utah. Since I have a daughter who loves eclairs, putting this one in the queue to try when the time is right and I’m in the neighborhood. From City Weekly… Carol’s Cakes Carol, Schmarol … this hidden-away place in Sugar House is [...]

Este Pizza – Downtown Salt Lake City, UT

I’ve been to Este before and written about it in the past. But it has been a long time since my last visit and it was at their other location. Recently I took the other brother to this new downtown location. It was his first visit to any Este location and my first visit to [...]