August 11, 2026

WRR: Last Samurai Downtown | Sushi and Sashimi

Seated quickly, our waitress was quick to serve our drinks, speedy to refill them, and prompt with our orders. I cannot make one complaint about the service.

Heck, even the food was good (if you like raw fish). Add enough soy sauce and wasabi, and raw fish is the last thing you notice…primarily because your nose is running. [cont…]

WRR: Spedelli’s | Pizza, Wings, and More

How many ways to can I tell you I loved it? Let me repeat PEPPERONI AND BACON. I will be a patron to this place till the day I die (or they close, or my office moves…). Dripping with stretchy, yummy cheese, sizzling with grease from the slightly concave pepperoni, the glistening sausage, miniature meatballs, and crumbled bacon, the crust crispy and fresh,… [cont…]

WRR: The Pizza Stop

Frankly, if you’re out in Magna, it’d be a waste to skip a stop by The Pizza Stop.

I’ll make this simple: order the combo pizza. Heaped with mushrooms, peppers, pepperoni, and olives, I looked hesitently on my first bite. I mean–who puts vegetables and fungi on a good pizza?

It took all of one bit to convince myself that the choice was a good one. [cont…]

WRR: Best Burger

Best Burger is a little joint in North Salt Lake that’s pinned between a Taco Time and a Wendy’s. On my way to a meeting, I was short on time and short on fuel, and fast food was all I could see…until I rounded the building and saw Best Burger. And who wouldn’t want to eat the “best” burger?

Two observations, then:

1. I’m on diet, and that means no more fries, less bacon and onion rings (among other things), and fewer burgers. In general, fewer things that are naturally delicious. So this meal was “just” a burger. [cont…]

WRR: Normandie Cafe

If you’re from Holladay, you know Normandie Cafe. If you’re not, get yourself to the east side, and get a sandwich, a brownie, or some quiche, and get to know the Normandie Cafe. At the recommendation of the staff, I ordered the black bean burger with sweet potato fries. “Is it beef, or black beans,” […]

WRR: Greek City Grill

Latest contestant in that contest (to taste like a gyro) is the Greek City Grill. Two words to describe my experience there: Mission Accomplished.

The gyro was sliced lamb meat in a traditional white sauce on a warm and freshly baked pita. The meat was tasty and broke apart easily, but tasted like it had been cooked just a bit longer than necessary. Just barely, and it wouldn’t deter me from returning. The tomatoes and onions were fresh, [cont…]

WRR: Everest Tibetan Restaurant

It’s a lunch buffet. Of all the images that the words “Everest,” “Tibetan,” or “Restaurant” conjure up in my mind, buffet is not one of them. When I hear the words Everest Tibetan Restaurant, I think of tall, white mountains, I imagine Sherpas and beasts of burden, and I see graceful Buddhist temples. I see many […]