Food destinations within easy reach of Salt Lake City, worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Food tour to Park City Main Street

Private Tour of the Wasatch Mountains and Park City Main Street

★ 5.0 (21)2 to 4 hfrom USD 278

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Park City Main Street

  • ★ 4.7
  • 35 min east via I-80

Famous for High West Saloon, Riverhorse on Main, Handle, Powder

Park City Main Street, the historic mining town now ski resort 35 minutes east of Salt Lake, runs Utah's strongest mountain-town dining cluster on a walk.

Drive east on I-80 from downtown to UT-224

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High West Distillery Blue Sky

  • ★ 4.7
  • 55 min east via I-80

Famous for Whiskey tours and tasting room at the mountain distillery

High West Distillery Blue Sky in Wanship, Utah's first legal distillery since 1870 founded 2006, runs whiskey tours and a tasting room outside Park City.

Drive east on I-80 to Wanship

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Provo and BYU town

  • ★ 4.4
  • 45 min south via I-15

Famous for Communal restaurant, Black Sheep Cafe, Cupbop original

Provo 45 minutes south of Salt Lake, the BYU university town, runs a strong farm-to-table cluster around Center Street plus the original Cupbop Korean BBQ.

Drive south on I-15 to Provo exits

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Antelope Island State Park

  • ★ 4.3
  • 50 min north via I-15

Famous for Bison burgers at the Garr Ranch and island restaurant

Antelope Island State Park in the Great Salt Lake, 50 minutes north of downtown, runs bison burgers and a Garr Ranch cafe alongside hiking on the causeway.

Drive north on I-15 to Davis Co exit and east to causeway

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Heber Valley and Midway

  • ★ 4.3
  • 55 min east via I-80 to US-40

Famous for Snake Creek Grill, Midway Swiss heritage

Heber Valley and Midway 55 minutes east of Salt Lake, the Swiss-heritage farming valley, runs Snake Creek Grill and farm-to-table food below the Wasatch.

Drive east on I-80 then south on US-40

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