Restaurant

Ruth's Diner

Longstanding Emigration Canyon diner known for breakfast, mile-high biscuits, and creekside patio seating.

Address

4160 Emigration Canyon Rd, Salt Lake City, UT 84108

City

Salt Lake City, Utah

Category

Restaurant

Website

ruthsdiner.com

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City Weekly Best of Utah

• Runner-up · 2022Best Eggs Benedict

  Legend has it that a hungover Wall Street broker brought us eggs Benedict. In 1894, at New York City's Waldorf Hotel, Lemuel Benedict ordered himself two…

• Winner · 2022Best Meatloaf

  Served in thick, rich slices, Ruth's signature meatloaf has a sumptuous, buttery tenderness that is enhanced when accompanied by mashed potatoes, gravy and…

• Winner · 2022Best American Diner

  The word “diner” evokes something spare and purely functional—seats, forks and food. For more than 90 years, Ruth's Diner in Emigration Canyon has taken the…

• Winner · 2021Best Restaurant Patio

  Ruth's large courtyard patio offers a variety of seating choices and plenty of shade with the canopy of leafy trees. There are also heaters if the temperature…

• Runner-up · 2020Best Brunch

  What's your definition of brunch? If your tastes lean toward pub grub and a breakfast that includes $1.50 mimosas, plenty of vegetarian options and Sunday…

• Winner · 2020Best Restaurant Patio

  Few dining areas convey Utah's natural beauty as effectively as the patio at Ruth's Diner. It's lovely no matter when you visit, but if you're lucky enough to…

• Runner-up · 2019Best Breakfast

  In 2011, the doors opened at Penny Ann's Café—or PAC for short, a nod to the University of Utah entering the Pac-12 athletics conference in the same year…

• Winner · 2019Best Brunch

  When a diner has been around nearly three-quarters as long as Utah has been a state, you know they mean business. For 89 years, Ruth's Diner—nestled inside…

• Runner-up · 2019Best Restaurant Patio

  The past two years, Cliff Dining Pub has won awards for Best New Restaurant and Best Salt Lake Valley Restaurant. Voters agree that the contemporary American…

• Runner-up · 2018Best Breakfast

  On any particular morning at The Park Café, you might spot superstar athletes from the Utah Jazz, Real Salt Lake or the University of Utah. Or, you'll…

• Runner-up · 2018Best Brunch

  Rye always has a homey feel to it. Are you brunching with your mom and pop? Got a business meeting? Out with friends? All feel acceptable here. Stick with the…

• Winner · 2018Best Patio

  In 1930, Uruguay defeated Argentina in the very first World Cup, Neil Armstrong and Sean Connery were born and the television was barely an idea. Ruth's Diner…

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