What to do and where to eat in Salt Lake City, UT

-- Salt Lake Bees (Triple-A baseball) may be playing by then.

-- Real Salt Lake (MLS soccer) may be in town playing.

-- Drive around and see the location of the actual Sandlot and the neighborhood/houses where Smalls, Ham and Benny 'the Jet' Rodriguez lived.

-- Go up to Antelope Island and see Great Salt Lake. Probably will be too cold to swim/float in, though.

-- Drive out to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

-- Nice hiking trails real close in on the east side mountains. The Living Room Trail, City Creek, Grandeur Peak, Mt. Olympus, Little Cottonwood Creek. My own favorite, Lake Blanche, is one to check out, off of Cottonwood Canyon Road.

-- Go to Ensign Park and walk up the relatively short trail for a nice overlook of the city.

-- Go to the arboretum at Red Butte Garden.

-- Drive through the pass and check out Park City.

-- Decent Restaurants -- Red Iguana (Mexican), Dodo Restaurant, Finn's Cafe', KOU Korean BBQ.

I was hoping the SLC Bees were playing baseball, but they aren't in town the first week of April. University of Utah's baseball team doesn't play until April 8th at the same park. If you are still there, I highly recommend it as it has the best backdrop in all of baseball IMO.

SLC is an outdoors town. Everything is centered around being outside. The hiking there is amazing if you're into that, but be warned, being in shape is a must. Take a great salt lake cruise. Go visit Antelope Island State park to see the buffalo. The botanical gardens are very nice and has great views of the city/valley. The tram at Snowbird is fun and offers great views, but it closes April 4th. A day trip to Park City is a good way to kill a day.

Salt Lake City is a great food town. My expectations were low, but we were pleasantly surprised.

Make reservations and take your wife to Log Haven. It's white table cloth and I consider it to be one of my favorite restaurants anywhere. I wouldn't go to SLC and not go there. Log Haven

The Pie Underground. Iconic college pizza place. The location is across from the University. The atmosphere is great and the pizza is good. Beer laws are weird. The Pie Underground

Another can't miss is the Red Iguana. There will be a line down the street all day and at all times. Their claim to fame is their mole sauces. They have like a dozen or more. Red Iguana

Not sure if you are a beer guy or not, but my favorite brewery is in SLC. Fisher Brewery

Need some greasy hangover food? Got you covered. Moochies Meatballs claims to be the best sandwich in SLC. Either the Philly Steak or the meatball sandwich are amazing. You'll also get to experience 'fry sauce' here. Moochies Meatballs

I know it's crazy, but we actually found a good BBQ place there. Again, if you miss home and need a little grease, R&R BBQ in SLC will scratch the itch. R&R BBQ

Brunch or breakfast? What I consider to be the best pancakes I've ever had can be eaten at Penny Ann's Cafe. You'd better be hungry. Seriously. Penny Ann's

Drive up the canyon and hit Ruth's Diner for either breakfast or brunch. The biscuits are good. I recommend the salmon hash as something totally different. Ruth's Diner

We found this place last time we were there. Advise to go for either breakfast/brunch/lunch. Be prepared to wait. When we were there, the football staff had a bunch of Pacific Islanders there on a recruiting visit. Dudes were HUGE. The Park Cafe


I've made these recommendations numerous times. Not sure I've ever gotten a follow up report. If you actually go and visit some, please report back. I'd move to SLC tomorrow if I could. Love the city, the airport, the university, and it's location. You're only hours away from some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

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-- Drive around and see the location of the actual Sandlot and the neighborhood/houses where Smalls, Ham and Benny 'the Jet' Rodriguez lived.

-- Go up to Antelope Island and see Great Salt Lake. Probably will be too cold to swim/float in, though.

-- Drive out to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

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Skip all of this. I live two blocks from 'The Sandlot' 4th of July block party in the movie. Its just a neighborhood.

The rest is great. I'm guessing BRich lives here. Finn's I agree, its an institution. I go there once a month at least. Also Red Moose for a maple bacon scone a few blocks away.

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Finn's I agree, its an institution.

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I'll have to try it next time we are there. My wife is a pancake girl though...... We have to have Penny Ann's every time we go.

Moochies great dive. Good food.

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Skip all of this. I live two blocks from 'The Sandlot' 4th of July block party in the movie. Its just a neighborhood.

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If bringing teen kids or young adults in their 20s, a highlight for this age group is taking them to East High School. It was the setting for the High School Musical movies. Anyone can do a walking tour of the school. And, to facilitate, immediately inside near the office is a list of film locations inside the school.

It ends up being the highlight for the kids b/c they cannot believe the school is a real place.

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Check out the Mormon stuff in the city center. It’s very beautiful.

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The City Center is called Temple Square.

They have (mostly) young female LDS missionaries who will talk with you about the Mormon church while your there (on the Square).

Make sure to give them the contact information for someone you know who doesn’t want to know more about the Mormon church.

Have fun there, as was said there’s archaic weird beer laws there, just roll with it.

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Check out the Mormon stuff in the city center.

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We had a few hours to kill and popped in Temple Square area and actually got invited to see the Tabernacle Choir sing. It was delightful way to kill time before going to the airport. One thing you notice right off is how clean that city is.

Was hoping Park City wasn’t that far. Would have like to go check out High West.

Looks farther on a map. I'll take an Uber there on Thursday then. Just checked out High West Distiller tour.