Photo credit Pepper Nix
Ever wondered where the chefs go to eat? When we’re not catering an event at Kimball Terrace, we’re more than happy to let someone else do the cooking for us. Over the years we’ve definitely found our personal favorite places to eat in Park City. In no particular order, here they are!
Argentina’s Café/Tina’s Bakery
One street over from Kimball Terrace, on Swede Alley, is our venue manager Madison’s favorite lunch spot. “I’m typically at Kimball Terrace during the day,” she explains, “and when I eat on Main Street, it’s usually lunch between client meetings. Argentina’s Cafe is my number one go-to! They have delicious handmade empanadas, Argentine desserts, and a coffee shop. Try their alfajores!. I’m there almost every day in the summer. Haha.”
Photo credit Mark M
Handle
KT owner Ryan’s go-to Park City eatery is Handle, the excellent American cuisine restaurant just two doors down from Argentina’s. “They deliver on their promise of fresh, local ingredients” he says. “I love that their menu changes with the growing seasons to take advantage of the freshest, ripest ingredients. The waiter can tell me exactly what farms they got an ingredient from.”
There’s a lot to love on their menu, including the kale salad with parm and pine nuts. Their cauliflower with sweet chili sauce and their mushroom Bolognese (both pictured above) are divine.
Firewood
For some of the best dining Park City has to offer, our Director of Sales (and baker extraordinaire) Jocelyn recommends Firewood. “I have enjoyed steaks in several Michelin-star restaurants around the world, but the A5 tenderloin at Firewood is the best steak I’ve ever had,” she says. “Their bavette is also amazing. My husband couldn’t stop raving about the elk loin.”
Billed as “heirloom American food,” their whole menu is prepared over their fourteen-foot-long wood stove, which gives it wonderful, unique flavors. The story of how Firewood’s Chef John Murcko developed his open flame technique is an interesting one. We know Firewood sources the best local ingredients because we work with many of the same vendors, including Snake River Farms, Slide Ridge Honey, and Beehive Cheese..
Other “must try” items include their crispy pork belly, tartare, burrata salad, and semifreddo, which Jocelyn calls “phenomenal.”
Photo Credits Lacey Clarke and M Rohani
Five5eeds
Five5eeds isn’t as close to us as the other restaurants listed here, but Meagan thinks it is more than worth the short drive. The Aussie founders of Five5eeds, Andrew and Tiffany Percy, created a unique brunch/lunch casual with food that will make you a true convert to all-day breakfast. You must try the shakshouka (Moroccan-style baked eggs) and hotcakes with berries and citrus mascarpone, both pictured above. And if you haven’t tasted Australian coffee, this is the place to do it.
Photo credits Tyler Thompson and Kim Pisani
Grappa
Finally, if you really want to savor Park City at its best, it’s hard to beat the ambiance and view from Grappa, the rustic Italian eatery at the top of Historic Main Street.
“My husband and I shared a dinner at Grappa outside on their patio at sunset,” says Kristine. “So beautiful! Al fresca dining is the way to go during the summer. We loved their scallops and their eggplant parmesan. The tiramisu was to die for.”
Grappa’s most popular dishes include their mushroom soup and their famous ossobuco (slow braised veal).
If you’re going to be in our neck of the alpine woods this summer, we hope you have a chance to visit our favorite places to eat in Park City.