August 11, 2026

Kyoto Japanese Restaurant: A Pleasant Surprise

If I had to sum up my experience at the Kyoto in seven words, those words would be: “Pleasantly surprised, and I’m going back, soon.” Indeed. An associate recommended that our lunch group gather there for a change from the usual. I’ve not had Japanese before, but I like Thai and Chinese, so how different […]

California Pizza Kitchen: use the counter

Image via Wikipedia When it’s 30 minutes to tip-off and you show up at a restaurant right next door to the venue (EnergySolutions, in this case), you better plan on being late to the game. That was our plan. California Pizza Kitchen beat our expectations, though, and we were pleasantly surprised at that. It was […]

Enjoyed a bacon burger at Desert Edge Brewery…there goes my diet.

Image by andy z via Flickr With the “hanging on to life by its finger nails” condition of the mall, I would not have guessed that Trolley Square had any restaurants still open. When a friend recommended we eat at a place called Desert Edge Brewery, then, I was surprised. I did, however, enjoy it. […]

Quick, but not fast food: Chipotle

Chances are, if we’ve had lunch together more than a couple times, then one of those times has been at Chipotle.  I’m a sucker for stuff wrapped in a tortilla, especially when that stuff has a good bit of rice, black beans, steak or chicken, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese. It’s fresh, it’s fast, […]

Lunch at Aristo’s in Salt Lake City

This really has nothing to do with the law, but I’ve been eating out on business lunches a bit in the last six months, and after eating at two obviously contrasting restaurants in the last week, neither of which I had any idea about in advance, I thought I’d share what my experience was for […]