The Park Cafe ★ 4.5
The Park Cafe on East 1300 South next to Liberty Park, the Liberty Wells classic diner since 1982, runs huge American breakfast portions for $10 to $16.
Try: American diner breakfast plate
Penny Ann's Cafe is a budget eat in Central City, Salt Lake City.
Penny Ann's Cafe on South Main, the family-run diner, runs Heavenly Hot Cakes and from-scratch comfort breakfast for $10 to $15 seven days a week.
Address: 1810 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84115
The Park Cafe on East 1300 South next to Liberty Park, the Liberty Wells classic diner since 1982, runs huge American breakfast portions for $10 to $16.
Try: American diner breakfast plate
Crown Burgers on East 200 South, the Katsanevas family's burger institution since 1978, serves the Salt Lake pastrami burger combo for under $12 daily.
Try: Crown pastrami burger combo
Apollo Burger on Redwood Road, the local Utah burger chain since the 1980s, runs charbroiled pastrami burgers and Greek-American sides for under $11.
Try: Pastrami burger and souvlaki combo
Cupbop on East Broadway, founder Junghun Song's Korean BBQ-in-a-cup since 2013, serves Korean beef, noodles and rice from $7 to $12 at fast-casual counters.
Try: Korean BBQ in a cup with rice and noodles
Pretty Bird on Regent Street, chef Viet Pham's Nashville-style fast-casual since 2018, runs a hot chicken sandwich combo for $9 to $14 at the order counter.
Try: Hot chicken sandwich combo
Caputo's Market and Deli on West 300 South runs the Old School sandwich and rotating deli specials for $10 to $15 at the counter, with sandwiches to go.
Try: Old School sandwich