Best Breakfast Spots in Salt Lake City

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This clean, bright, and casual restaurant near downtown Salt Lake boasts of a homey feel and efficient service. The marinated steak and eggs is a hands-down favorite here, and breakfast is served anytime. If you are not in a breakfast mood, the Mezedakia Platter features a nice array of Mediterranean foods. Lamb dishes, pastas, soups, sandwiches, and salads are on the menu, as well as a tantalizing baklava. At The Other Place the food comes in large portions and is always good, but be sure to save room for some delicious rice pudding.

Our Local Expert Says:

Located up beautiful Emigration Canyon, Ruth's offers scrumptious breakfasts in a gorgeous setting.

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In a city with a strong, conservative tradition, Ruth was an early rebel. Originally serving burgers downtown during the 1930s, Ruth was known to help protect girls "of ill repute" and had no qualms about serving beers to miners and other "gentiles". Almost literally driven from town, she set up her new diner a few miles up Emigration Canyon in an old boxcar.

Though Ruth has since passed, her restaurant lives on today as one of Salt Lake City's favorite breakfast joints. Serving high-end, high-quantity diner food, this restaurant starts every breakfast with a serving of "mile high biscuits" that are to die for. Come a bit later for lunch and take a beer outdoors! Located right on a popular road biking route, many enjoy a hearty meal outside in the summer months.

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Sophisticated vegetarian, seafood, organic chicken, beef, & vegan fare based on fresh, seasonal ingredients & created with international influences. Fresh coffee, roasted in home exotic fine teas, wine & liquor. Beautiful & serene outdoor courtyard with a fountain in the center. Very popular brunch menu with breakfast served daily until 2:30pm.

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Breakfast is served all day at the Blue Plate -one of Salt Lake's most popular diner-style restaurants. Great food, old-school diner ambiance, friendly staff, and tons of vegetarian and vegan options have customers coming back again and again. Amazing omelets, a variety of benedicts (try the vegetarian option!), breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy, corn cakes, French toast, and even tofu scramblers grace the breakfast menu. Breakfast items are served in huge portions, are always tasty, and not overly greasy like other diners. For dinner, the Blue Plate's chicken fried steak and meatloaf are favorites. Blue Plate is quite popular (especially among the young, "cool" guys) so there is usually a bit of a wait for breakfast seating on weekends - beat the crowds and get there early.

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You may know local restaurateur, Troy Greenhawt from Flemings Prime Steakhouse or Ruby River Steakhouse. Troy & Jessica Greenhawt have created the Wild Grape, New West Bistro, with a vision and a conscience. Wild Grape Bistro is an award winning restaurant Wining Utah's Best Chef Cook-off 2009 and receiving awards from Salt Lake Magazine as Best New Discovery, Utah Business Magazine as Best Kept Secret, written about in Sunset Magazine and numerous smaller publications. This is a great achievement from such a young restaurant. Envision traditional made-from-scratch cooking from an old west cafe brought up to date by a modern and creative chef. Envision the extensive use of fresh, sustainable, locally produced often organic, products. Envision the smells and tastes emanating from an authentic wood-fired grill and smoker. Envision an extensive wine list featuring amazing bottles from some of the West's small and creative winemakers.