7 of the best and most unique Park City restaurant experiences you won’t find anywhere else. From 14-dish meals to oldest restaurants in Park City.
There are many difference between skiing in Europe vs the US, but one of the big ones is food. Luckily, Park City is almost on par with a European town in that sense. It has all the delicious Swiss, French and mountain delicacies a skier could desire. Known for it’s high-end yet down to earth vibe, I’ve rounded up my 7 can’t miss Park City, Utah restaurants and saloons. The Park City, Utah restaurants that made my list are only for the coolest, weirdest, traditional and most epic experiences to have when in Park City. Each Park City restaurant was selected for it’s remarkable approach that made Park City unique in it’s offering. I hope you’re not reading this on an empty stomach or you might find yourself hungry! Here are the best places to eat in Park City, Utah:
1. Grab a drink at a No Name Saloon
Back in it’s glory days as a mining town, 27 saloons lined the street, catering to thirsty miners. Today, some of these saloons have been brought back and revisited, my favorite being No Name Saloon. The exterior of this Saloon is a gem, but the interior is even better. Eclectic items hang from the ceiling, old theatre or barber chairs line up in front of a fireplace, string lights cover the ceiling and ski trophies line up the walls. It’s the perfect Après Ski bar to cozy up with a hot toddy or a beer (if you can get in). The line outside can get pretty long, it almost feels like you’re in line to get into a frat party in the freezing cold winter. So get there early or hop in line when you see that it’s short. But if you do make it in, make sure not to miss this Park City restaurant’s World Famous Buffalo Burger!
2. Sip Whiskey at the World’s Only Ski In and Ski Out Distillery, High West
Welcome to the world’s only ski in and ski out distillery. If you’re skiing at Park City, you get to ski right down to this distillery. If you’re skiing at Deer Valley, well, you can walk or drive there like I did. The distillery Saloon is located in an old 1907 Livery Stable where the horses that pulled carts of ore out of the mines stayed. The livery eventually became the National Garage. A fire across the street melted the paint and High West preserved it’s look today.
Fun Fact:
The horseshoe seen in the High West logo was inspired by a horseshoe found when converting the livery.
3. Enjoy a Brewski at the First-Ever Brewery in Utah, Wasatch Brewery
So you’ve drank in a few saloons, had some whiskey at the world’s only ski in and ski out distillery, now you have to end the night with a beer at Wasatch was one of the first-ever breweries in Utah and one of the first craft brewers in all of the U.S.. In the 80s, breweries in Utah were forbidden, so when a Milwaukee native moved to Utah and went in search of beer, he was awestruck to find there was none. When he proposed a bill to the Utah Legislature to make brewpubs legal in Utah, he opened the first brewpub in Park City. Since then he’s received brewing awards year after year.
4. Eat and Drink All the Chocolate At Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
If you’re not in the mood for booze, Park City of course has chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate on Main Street at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Shop. My favorite part about this store is the open kitchen where you can watch them at work, spreading delicious chocolate batter over whatever delicious goodie they’re making.
5. Enjoy a 14-dish fire pit tasting menu reminiscent of a French Alps dinner at Fire Side Dining at Deer Valley Resort
Sveva, Sveva, Sveva…hold up. Did you just say 14-dish? That is correct my friends. The idea behind Fire Side Dining is that there are 4 fire places throughout the restaurant located at Deer Valley. You go up to each fireplace and serving yourself the meals being prepared at the 4 different fireplaces. Because of COVID, the year we went we couldn’t serve ourselves so they brought us the food. However, we had a front row seat at the raclette stone fireplace…so I’ll take that!
Our 14 dish tasting meal began with raclette and a charcuterie platter. The second course was a mix salad, soups, roti potatoes and salmon. Our third course was polenta, leg of lamb, duck, prime rib and grilled acorn squash, which I’d never before! All meals were cooked at the stone fireplaces. And finally for dessert, chocolate fondue and cake. Come here famished, so have a small lunch that day. The meal is bottomless, so if you want more of anything, they’ll bring it to you.
6. Eat Elk for the First Time at Adolph’s Restaurant [CLOSED APRIL 2021]
Now this may just be a first for me, but I’d never had Elk before. So I chose to go to Adolph’s to try it. But that wasn’t the only reason why. Adolph’s has long drawn a list of Park City locals and celebrities through its doors with it’s Swiss dishes. In an homage to his Swiss heritage, the Park City restaurant was known for it’s fondue. The walls are stacked with numerous autographed photographs of celebrities and winter sports stars from the Olympic skiing champion who have eaten there.
7. Enjoy Breakfast at the Oldest Restaurant in Town, Eating Establishment
Eating Establishment has been serving breakfast at all times of day to Park City locals since 1972. My personal favorite? The French toast and the pancakes. Whether you’re trying to carbo load before a ski day or recover from a night of Saloons and debauchery, Eating Establishment is Park City restaurant to be. Just make sure to make a reservation early on or you won’t find a seat.
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