Good Eats Utah

A couple months ago, my friend Miranda and I started talking about all of the cool restaurants downtown that we've always wanted to try but never have. We sort of made this goal to try one new place a month and we picked a date for our first adventure.

The restaurant: Settebello 
Where: 260 S 200 W, Salt Lake
What: Authentic Italian style pizza AND gelato 

I had actually already been here once, but I loved it so much that I convicted Miranda we needed to go so she could try it! I LOVE their yummy pizzas!! If you go, I can personally vouch that the Bianca pizza is delicious! After lunch we walked next door to get gelato and it was pretty good too. They had a rose flavored gelato, which Miranda decided to get, and it was pretty interesting. I had never heard of flower flavored ice cream before!

After lunch we headed over to City Creek to check out the mall, since neither of us had been before. It was there that I got a pretty cool bar or rosemary shampoo and a bottle of interest dry shampoo!

Before we headed home we decided to stop one more place.... just to make the drive downtown worth it!

The restaurant: Bruges
Where: 336 W 300 W, Salt Lake 
What: Waffles and Frites 

My cousin Michelle actually told me about this place. This was right around the time that I discovered the waffle truck and it was almost never in Salt Lake county. Miranda and I decided to go and compare the two. Bruges was pretty good..... their waffle wasn't as sweet as Waffle Luvs..... but it was still a nice treat! It looks like they have a few new options since we went though, so it would be kind of fun to go back and try some other things!

After that first adventure, we kind of lost sight of our goal. The summer got busy... the holidays came so quick..... and all of the sudden it was a new year!! I think we both made an unspoken resolution to be better about our new restaurant goal, because in January we made another trip downtown.

The restaurant: Vosens Bread Paradise
Where: 328 W 200 S, Salt Lake 
What: German Bakery 

I actually heard about this one from my friend Allison's Instagram page. And who the heck wouldn't want to visit a place with "bread paradise" in its name!! We started by getting delicious sandwiches on some of the softest sourdough bread I have ever had!! We also took some time to look at all of the cool German foods they sell.

We couldn't leave this paradise without some dessert so we got a couple of pastries to share. The first was a chocolate filled dessert that was pretty yummy. But the best was some kind of caramel pastry.... seriously to die for! I wish I would have taken a picture of the sign so I could remember what they were called!! This is what is looked like......

Any one have any idea what that is called? I know it was two words.... and it might have started with an "A"....
We also got some pretzel rolls and cheese rolls to take home. Loved this place!! I would definitely go again..... even if it was just for dessert!



So now we have this running list of places we want to go and I can't wait to try them. If you have any cool/yummy/small/family owned restaurants that you like, let me know! I would love to add them to our list!!