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Letters Draw Local First

I know cartooning is a dead art form, but why do you put Mueller in your paper? Ideally, a ’toon should be well drawn and funny. Mueller can’t draw and is never, ever funny. And your mantra is “buy local first.” Um, this load isn’t from Utah. In this state there must be a thousand students, nine or 10 Mormon bishops and 30 crazy people who loiter around the downtown library who are way better cartoonists than Mueller. Your lack of taste is typically American.

Bill Chapman Salt Lake City

Obama’s Wars

I am writing to City Weekly because I am appalled at the double standard and hypocrisy of self-proclaimed liberal publications across the country in regards to Obama warmongering [“Utah: Enabler of Evil?” Letters, City Weekly]. Just because he is a Democrat and people cannot let go of their ego to admit they voted for Bush’s third and fourth term is not a good enough excuse for looking the other way. Obama continued both Bush wars. He actually stayed in Iraq longer than Bush had set it up to leave. To this day, we are still paying for 20,000 Blackwater private mercenaries there. He surged Afghanistan twice in 2009. Still there. His drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt

WRITE US: Salt Lake City Weekly, 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. E-mail: comments@cityweekly.net. Fax: 801-575-6106. We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. Preference will be given to letters that are 300 words or less and sent uniquely to City Weekly. Full name, address and phone number must be included, even on e-mailed submissions, for verification purposes. and Somalia kill at a rate of 48 innocent civilians for every 1 “intended target.” That’s thousands of children dead. He invaded sovereign Libya/killed their leader without Congress in 2010 because they did not want a Rothschild central bank and wanted to use the Dinar as their sole currency. Then he invaded Sudan for the same reason. Kerry and Obama are now going to attack Russia to start World War III so that they can use the Department of Homeland Security to enact total martial law and let China take over. Oh wait—China has already basically taken over.

Jeffe Olafsson Murray

Have Some Integrity

I just read your so-called news article called “One Way Ticket” [March 20, City Weekly]. What an interesting point of view. Ana Canenguez came here illegally, yet her free lawyer used the word “integrity.” Gee, I wonder if I rob a bank and admit it, would I be called anything but a criminal? Your rag has no business using the word “news” in propaganda like this. If you want to push an agenda, at least do it with a bit of objectivity. Or would that give City Weekly some integrity, like all the people who broke all kinds of laws sneaking into our country?

Bryan Wilson South Salt Lake

Vermeer Verification

The new documentary movie Tim’s Vermeer is a great movie about the priceless Vermeer painting called “The Music Lesson,” now hanging in the Royal Art Collection in England. However, the famous Dutch master’s oil painting “The Music Lesson” was obviously not painted by Jan Vermeer if it existed during the life of King Henry VIII, since Jan Vermeer was born about 85 years after Henry VIII died. So, does anyone know if the royal art gallery Painting contains a valid Vermeer signature, or was it authenticated by some other means?

Correction: The March 20 cover story misstated the amount of funding allotted to the state crime lab in the 2014 legislative session. The Legislature approved $750,000 in one-time funding to go toward clearing the backlog of the state’s untested rape kits.

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PRIVATE EY Best of You-Tah I’m told this is our 25th year of publishing Best of Utah, but who knows? Could be. I remember about 10 years ago, we celebrated our 15th year of Best Of, only to learn that thanks to a typo on a masthead date, we were actually only 14, not 15. We didn’t tell anyone and celebrated 15 again the next year, no worse for the wear. Someone told me they have 24 issues in a file so I’m going to go off of that intel. I just remember the first ones (mostly for the pain factor) and this one (because it’s fresh and there are real superstars carrying the torch here these days). It’s sort of like a really long NBA basketball game. You settle in for tip-off, take a look at who’s starting, catch a few plays, then fall asleep until the final two minutes. This is the final two minutes. I’m paying attention. That’s primarily due to the fact that the issue you hold now is the largest-ever in the history of City Weekly—208 pages. That’s not too shabby in an industry that some have mocked as dead or dying for the past decade or so. The past five years have been especially tough, but we didn’t die, and we are not dying. Just look at your hands. That’s ink on them, isn’t it? If print is dead, then what are you doing holding a newspaper? Well, you’re doing what people have been doing with newspapers since Day 1—you are engaged, turning the pages, carrying it around, following what you perceive to be an important local community. This newspaper is your conduit to that community. As you read, you learn more about your community and yourself than you could from even the most perfectly worded tweet. As you read, you don’t have to count up how many other people “like” what you like—you simply look around

the room and see that life exists, it is not transmitted. People are eating their food, not licking pictures. And that barroom chatter going on at the table next to you? It’s a real conversation, not a staged blast of noise for your latest Snapchat. I don’t suffer from social-media env y. I do use it, just not without boundaries. I tweet. I take pictures of food. I “like” comments. I used to post social and political commentary, but all that did was teach me how much I didn’t know about my good friends. You can have a political discussion in a live social setting and walk away with a broader knowledge of that topic. Have the same discussion online and—God forbid—the very same friend will de-friend you on Facebook because they discovered you support the manatee. Social media is a really dumb name for something so the polar opposite of social. I look at Instagram. I don’t care for Vine. I don’t use FourSquare—that’s one I never grasped at all. Why would I tell my friends where I am when the point of me going to where I am is to make new friends? If we all kept that up, we’d still be hanging out with that kid with the snot nose from first grade and marry the girl with zits from seventh. But maybe FourSquare is just a tool to show off—an electronic version of properly stacking your smart newspapers and magazines on the coffee table before the guests arrive. “See, I’m cool. I read City Weekly,” becomes, “See, I’m cool. I’m at a bar that was featured in City Weekly.” But, one had to read City Weekly in the first place to know the place was cool—and that’s what’s really cool. That is, print isn’t dead. At City Weekly, we continually push and share our own content to social media. That’s just brand extension and alternative delivery. We don’t dumb it down. We

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point you to where we think you should go to find out about, say, John Swallow (hands down the biggest creep our pages have ever encountered). We also point you to the best meals, the hottest clubs, the neat-o parties, the community events that need paying attention to, the smaller groups of small voices who gain a larger voice through our pages. And so on. We don’t hate social media. We don’t blame social media for what ails the bulk of the newspaper industry. We see social media for what it is—an electronic news rack, just another way to put our news and views into your heads. But some people in the newspaper industry don’t think like us. They think by bumping page views and clickthroughs on ads, they will find a way to make enough money to somehow pay for their news operations. If you want to know how well that works, just look at your local morning newspapers, which have both embarked down paths that are less and less about local community (The Salt Lake Tribune because it has vanquished its resources; the Deseret News because the Mormon brand is a worldwide brand, not a local one). Each has suffered through massive editorial staff reductions, and there are more rumored to come. Good luck, fellas. And we do wish them luck. But for now, we dance—not on their grave, but to our own music, and you are the band. If you hear someone say print is dead, smack them with your bassoon. It’s been a great 25-year ride—more roller than coaster, but still great. Thanks to all of you—the best of the best. Perhaps we’ll see you at the Best of Utah party, and if so, let’s get social the way God meant us to. CW Send feedback to john@cityweekly.net.

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Who or what would you pick for a Best of Utah accolade? Christopher Westergard: Best Server: Angie Burrow at The Copper Onion. Angie is the sweetest and literally the best server in Salt Lake City. Thanks Angie for always taking care of me. Larry Carter: 1. Pets in the City. It’s the best and only informative pet newspaper in Utah. 2. Joni’s: Still one of the best local sandwich shops in town. Great food, great service and great Joni.

Rachel Piper: Best Parents: David & Rita Hanson. Best Co-Workers: Everyone at City Weekly except the people on the other March Mania team. Best Salt Lake Tribune writer: Matthew Piper. Best College Newspaper: The Daily Utah Chronicle. Best way to spend the next week: Sleeping. Scott Renshaw: I’m going to pick everyone in this office as Best Co-Workers Ever, because I couldn’t have survived 15 of these issues without them.

Kolbie Stonehocker: Best Grace Under Pressure goes to Rachel Piper, who put in more late-night hours working on Best of Utah than she probably cares to think about. She kept her cool (mostly), got it done and kept us editorial folks supplied with brain food throughout the whole process.

Derek Carlisle: Best Clams in Town: Avenues Bistro on Third serves up an amazing bowl of must-have mollusks. Colin Wolf: While working on this issue, we had a ton of extra-large pizzas from Pie Hole lying around so Eric Peterson and I shoveled all the leftover slices into a garbage bag and jammed it into the staff fridge. Since we’ve been living on garbage bag pizza for the last couple days, I think the bag should get a Best of Utah.

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Video games are long past the nerds-in-the-basement stereotypes, and as gamers become more mainstream, competitive gaming—also called E-sports—has been gaining attention. E-sport players compete for thousands of dollars, sometimes in front of millions of viewers; the U.S. government has even started issuing athlete visas to foreign professionals. The top-ranked University of Utah’s competitivegaming team is currently undefeated in the North American Collegiate Star League and received an automatic entry into the second round of the CSL playoffs starting March 30. Brandon Gibson is president of the U’s team and talked to City Weekly during a recent tournament about the competitive-gaming world. Visit CStarLeague.com for more information.

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I got into the professional scene for Shadowrun on the Xbox 360, but when that game died out I started looking around and found some professional Starcraft 2 matches on Youtube. I was really surprised at the huge scene behind it. Did you know that in South Korea, they have cable TV channels dedicated to Starcraft? So I started watching that and then started playing, and one thing led to another and here we are.

Were you surprised by the intensity? I hadn’t imagined that players would practice as much as they do; that was the biggest surprise. Some professional players practice 12 to 14 hours a day. It’s their livelihood. It’s a brutal go-around because there are maybe 10 or 12 players who make a lot of money, and the rest of them don’t. Some people think it’s just sitting in your basement playing games for a few hours, but it’s your job. You wake up and practice for 14 hours and then you go to bed. It’s pretty crazy.

Is competitive gaming getting bigger here in the States?

Oh, yeah. Starcraft 2 really launched that in the States. The scene was really only big in South Korea, but when Starcraft 2 came out, people started posting things on YouTube, and that’s when it really started gaining traction. Blizzard really went out of their way to make the spectating aspect good because they saw what the scene was in Korea. If you look at Major League Gaming, which has been the primary North American E-sports company, they started off really small in tiny little auditoriums, but now there are events held in stadiums of 20,000 people. It’s been kind of weird to see that transformation in only about two or three years.

What do you think needs to happen for the scene to grow more?

There is a huge infrastructure behind this that needs millions of dollars in sponsorships. The biggest thing that needs to happen is people need to understand that it is a legitimate market with real money-making potential.

Is E-sports the stereotypical scene of pale uber-nerd gamers?

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Autism has gone from being a mental disorder to an absolute fad. NASCAR has run races named after it. It has its own “spectrum” for differential diagnosis. Movie stars and athletes brag about their children’s autism. People with some condition in the “spectrum” write books bragging on themselves. It even has its celebrity cranks and medical quackery. When did autism get promoted from an unhappy malfunction of the brain to something special? Or is it, like the pink stuff for breast cancer, simply a result of aggressive and successful marketing? Does any of that marketing do anything for the people with autism and their families? Or, for that matter, further research into the condition with an eye to curing or at least improving it? —Your retired reference-librarian fan, Kathleen, aka Bookworm Nothing like a good rant, eh, Kathleen? But be careful. If you start going on obsessively about something long after everybody else has lost interest, someone’s going to diagnose you as autistic. More precisely, they may claim you have Asperger’s syndrome, one of the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) you refer to. Those with the syndrome, named after Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician who characterized it in 1944, focus obsessively and lack social skills or empathy. At the same time—and here we see why this condition has become fashionable—often they also have aboveaverage intelligence and become wildly successful due to their powers of concentration and willingness to trample everybody else. One guy famously said to have a touch of Asperger’s is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whose flat affect and general geekiness were caricatured in The Social Network. Other tech moguls supposedly displaying the signs include Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Bram Cohen of BitTorrent and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. You may say: we should all be such mental cases. Just my point. If a so-called mental disorder is defined so broadly that any number of self-made billionaires are believed to have it, the diagnosis is useless and needs to be rethought. Some background: Autism was once believed to be rare, affecting no more than one in 2,000. There was no mistaking those who had it. They were severely withdrawn, incapable of normal conversation or interaction, and often exhibited oddball, sometimes violent behavior or fixations. Starting in the mid-20th century, though, some psychiatrists began defining autism more broadly to include children with serious psychosocial disorders but more or less normal language skills. This culminated in the inclusion of Asperger’s disorder in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), published in 1994. In a rueful 2011 essay, Allen Frances, the psychiatry professor who chaired the DSMIV task force, said he and his colleagues knew that once Asperger’s was declared an official mental illness, diagnoses of

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autistic disorders would rise sharply—to 1 in 1,000, maybe even one in 500. Little did they know. ASD assessment is subjective, based on things like lack of eye contact, hand flapping and poor language skills—there’s no physical test or scan. Clinicians began seeing ASDs everywhere. Today the Centers for Disease Control estimates that about 1 in 88 people has an ASD. A South Korean study claims the rate in that country is 1 in 38, nearly 3 percent of the population. Whoa, said alarmed skeptics. The point of declaring something a disorder is to identify those who need help, not sort out future computer-science majors. They got the diagnostic criteria for Asperger’s syndrome and other ASDs tightened in DSM-5, published in 2013. It’s thought 10 to 40 percent of those previously assessed with an ASD will no longer qualify. We’ll see how that works out, but a lot of damage has already been done. To cite an obvious case in point: With ASDs seemingly epidemic, people looked for something to blame. In 1998 a team led by British physician Andrew Wakefield published an article in the medical journal Lancet purporting to link ASDs to the MMR (measles-mumpsrubella) vaccine. TV personality Jenny McCarthy made headlines for years claiming not only that her son’s autism was caused by vaccinations, but that she’d successfully treated it with vitamins and diet. Wakefield’s article was ultimately discredited and retracted, but not before the MMR vaccination rate in the U.K. had dropped to 80 percent. Autism advocates and parents of kids with honest-to-God cases of the disorder may say: OK, maybe ASDs have been overdiagnosed. So what? There’s strength in numbers, and the publicity has certainly raised autism awareness. The answer to that is: yes, but at the cost of obscuring the actual condition. On the one hand, you’ve got people thinking Asperger’s syndrome is the mark of a future tech genius and thus nothing to worry about; on the other hand, if there actually were an environmental cause of autism, with so many false positives being reported, we’d never know. The biggest favor activists could do for the objects of their benevolence is to make people understand: Here are the signs you’ve got an autism spectrum disorder, and, equally important, here are the signs you don’t. Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Saturday, March 29 This is a fair for average citizens seeking clean air and not just hot air from donothing politicians. Besides live music, vendors and guest speakers, there will be groups offering clean-air solutions that fair attendees will have the chance to vote on which one they think is most effective for cleaning out the gunk in the air. Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, 12-4 p.m., http://citywk.ly/1dHsqUa

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Emmanuel Jal experienced the worst of war before he was even a teenager. At roughly 7 years old, he became a child soldier in Sudan’s brutal civil war before escaping the life and finding refuge in music. Now, Jal is raising funds to help local refugee communities displaced by war at this benefit concert. Viridian Event Center, 8030 S. 1825 West, West Jordan, Doors open at 6 p.m., concert at 7 p.m., tickets are $15-$28 and can be purchased at BrownPaperTickets.com or GlobalCommunityUT.com

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No April foolin’ here—Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker wants to make landscaping in the city more water efficient. That’s why the city council is hosting a hearing regarding a proposal to establish water-efficient landscaping practices by grouping plants with similar water needs together and ensuring the protection of existing trees that are part of new projects. Salt Lake City & County Building, 451 S. State, Room 315, 801-535-7600, 7 p.m., SLCGov.com

Speaking of public lands, Utah has some beautiful, irreplaceable treasures, and they’re kind of taken for granted. Well, not kind of. Now Boy Scout leaders David Hall and Glen Taylor can go have some fun with the video they made of themselves pushing over an ancient rock formation in Goblin Valley. That’s because they pleaded guilty to some misdemeanors, got a year’s probation and have to pay some fines. Supposedly, there will be restitution, but how does one repair something that can’t be replaced? Oh, and then there’s the plan to connect the ski resorts in Salt Lake and Summit counties. Despite lots of smiling faces among resort owners, the uncertainties over the fate of watersheds and backcountry remain.

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Navigators try to convince the “invincible” youth to enroll in Obamacare. By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson Despite being kicked out of his home after getting into a fight with his mother, Casey Snow recalls feeling defiantly optimistic when, at the age of 18, he was finally living on his own. “I was an 18-year-old kid,” Snow says. “I thought the world was my oyster.” That was until Snow began experiencing twisting stomach pains that lasted for hours, just three days after his coverage under his mother’s insurance ended. He was going to simply tough it out and then “go home and sleep it off,” Snow says, but hen he vomited blood. That’s when he discovered his appendix had burst. And along with the physically pain he experienced, Snow learned how easy it is to ruin your credit when you rack up $21,000 in medical bills without insurance. “I was like that one kid who thinks they can make it in New York [and] steps off the bus and gets stabbed the first day,” Snow says with a laugh. “That was my first experience of becoming an adult.” Snow is now 26 and hasn’t put a dent in those bills. “I could be in a completely different place now if I had better credit,” Snow says. “I may have gone to school sooner.” He’s a student now, working toward becoming an illustrator in a field that will pay enough pay to allow him to settle his old debts. Snow learned pretty quickly that his previous good health didn’t make him bullet-proof, but that’s still an illusion that millions of other young adults cling to. President Barack Obama’s Afford Care Act is seeking to convince those who believe that youth means never having to pay for health insurance to think again. “Even if you don’t think you’re going to get hurt, health insurance protects you from financial catastrophe,” says Jason Stevenson, director of the nonprofit Utah Health Policy Project. This “young immortal” demographic is exactly the target audience for the healthcare advocates who are trying to enroll Utahns in the ACA before the March 31 open-enrollment deadline. After March 31, those who aren’t enrolled will face a penalty when they file their taxes of

$100 or 1 percent of their adjusted gross income—whichever is higher. Stevenson coordinated an ad campaign that launched in late 2013 to encourage Utah youth to enroll. The ads ask, for example, what’s riskier—braving Utah’s infamous inversion or not having insurance? His organization has dedicated “navigators” who have been working to help enroll Utahns under the ACA. UHPP’s navigators often work directly with clients who struggle with English as a second language or lack access to the Internet, but when it comes to the youth the challenge isn’t navigating the muchcriticized complexities of the HealthCare. gov website. “These are the folks downloading entire movies on bit torrent,” Stevenson says. “We figure they can get through Healthcare.gov. We’re just letting them know this is an option and it can save them a lot of money and protect them from financial armageddon.” Stevenson says that Utah has actually had success in enrolling a younger demographic, but says that may have more to do with the state’s population than with the appeal of the program. “We have the highest percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds in the country signing up,” Stevenson says. “But we also have one of the highest populations of young people.” That demographic accounts for 31 percent of Utah’s enrollment, but it also includes a large number of collegeage students 26 years or younger who are now covered under their parents’ insurance under the ACA. As for Snow, he now has insurance

The Utah Health Policy Project recently launched an ad campaign to encourage young people to start the process of enrolling in the Affordable Care Act. through his wife and personally would be more in favor of a single-payer system of health care. And despite promising enrollment numbers, Stevenson has encountered other surprising anti-ACA attitudes. He recently engaged in an online discussion thread on the Facebook page of David Brooks, director of Salt Lake Citybased Revolution United, a popular socialjustice advocacy group. Stevenson says he was amazed to discover how unpopular the ACA was with many of the progressive, liberal Salt Lake City whippersnappers. “It kind of makes our heads spin a little bit,” Stevenson says. “They voted for Obama, they’re in favor of same-sex marriage, they watch Portlandia, they’re healthy, they drive Subarus or Volvos—and they hate the Affordable Care Act.” Stevenson says in chatting with members of the Facebook page, whom he assumed would have been easy enrollments, he found a disconcerting mix of “young immortal” thinking along with a

strong libertarian disregard for big government. One commenter told Stevenson that she could take care of all of her health needs with yoga and meditation. “Next time you break your leg, tell me how yoga works out for you,” Stevenson says. Stevenson says the message he and others hope to get across is that instead of paying hundreds of dollars in a tax penalty, many young Utahns could be paying as little as $20 a month for health insurance that could protect them from life’s curveballs. “Even if you heal pretty quick, your credit scores probably won’t,” Stevenson says. CW Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series looking at how enrollment in the Affordable Care Act will affect different members of Utah’s communities.

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Science Schmience Christian minister Ken Ham’s goal of building a replica of Noah’s Ark in the Kentucky hills stalled for lack of money until Ham (no relation to Noah’s son) engaged in a debate on evolution with PBS “Science Guy” Bill Nye. Ham’s Answers in Genesis ministry and the Creation Museum received widespread media attention during the debate, which pitted science against the Bible’s explanation of the origins of the universe. Ham said that a flood of donations would allow construction of the Ark Encounter to begin in May and open to the public in summer 2016. (Associated Press)

A car dealership in Houston, Texas, hired a drone to film its latest commercial. “It’s a good technique for getting shots that you normally wouldn’t be able to get for advertising purposes, because you get a different perspective,” Don Ruguleiski, Internet-digital marketing director for Mac Haik Chevrolet, said. “It’s tough to get a boom out here with a camera on it.” The lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle with six propellers is operated by JAM Aviation. “You know, people used to be scared of it,” owner Don Hirsch explained. “Now they’re saying, ‘Hey, that looks like a UFO. Hey, that looks like a really cool piece of equipment.’” (Houston’s KHOU-TV)

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Robert McKevitt, 27, deposited $1 in a vending machine at his warehouse job in Milford, Iowa, and selected a Twix candy bar, but it snagged on the spiral hook. “I was, like, ‘Oh, man.’ So I put in another dollar, and then it wouldn’t do anything,” he said. He tried banging on the machine and rocking it back and forth, but the candy bar wouldn’t budge. Determined to get the snack he paid for, McKevitt commandeered a 4-ton forklift, lifted the vending machine 2 feet and let it drop on the concrete floor. He repeated the maneuver six times; three candy bars fell into the chute to be retrieved. A supervisor confronted him, and five days later he was fired. After his claim for jobless benefits was denied, McKevitt acknowledged, “That machine was trouble.” (Des Moines Register)

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British fire investigators blamed a blaze at a home in Romford on a crystal ball the homeowners kept in their bedroom. Its rays were refracted through the ball, setting fire to the curtains, before spreading to the rest of the room, Fire Investigation Officer Mick Boyle said, reminding people to keep glass ornaments, mirrors and bottles out of direct sunlight. (London24)

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The Utah Ties exhibition has been a Central Utah Arts Center tradition since right before Adam Bateman took over as director in 2004— well before the gallery moved to Salt Lake City from Ephraim in 2012. Designed to help Utah artists get in-state exposure—as well as get noticed in the larger art community by being selected by noted gallerists from outside of the state— the exhibit has smashingly achieved its goals, as some of its artists have gone on to become known and respected in the larger art sphere. As the title implies, it isn’t limited to in-state artists, but includes those who’ve moved from Utah, or spent time in Utah as students or professionals. This Utah Ties exhibit will be the 10th, and makes a suitable splash. This year’s juror, Adam Gildar, owns Gildar Gallery in Denver, one of that city’s most progressive galleries. He’s is also the director of Art Plant, a residency for professional artists that serves to connect artists and curators to the Denver art community. Out of 550 submissions, Gildar selected 52 artists whose work will be on display, and they represent some of the foremost local artists who are pushing boundaries, including photographer Christine Baczek, Saltgrass Printmakers’ Erik and Sandy Brunvand, Russian-influenced surrealist David Ruhlman, out-of-state transplant Laura Sharp Wilson and photographer Noah Jackson (detail of his “Saint Eastwood (I)” is pictured). Awards totaling $1,000 will be given to some of these artists’ works during the course of the show, and that supports local artists as well. (Brian Staker) Utah Ties @ CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, through April 12. CUArtCenter.org

Finding time to play board games in a busy schedule can be a daunting challenge. Finding a whole weekend to do it can be even harder. Or perhaps the most difficult thing to find is a group of like-minded people who love games as much as you do. You can only force your uninterested friends and family members to play Settlers of Catan so many times. Thankfully, those inclined to play board games have SaltCon to look forward to every year. SaltCon serves as a place to play games with people who are as into them as you are, to play unreleased games from game developers looking for feedback, and to attend seminars dedicated to gaming-related topics. It’s a great place to try new games, too. With the price of admission, you get access to an extensive game library with games available to try out and play with whomever might be around, to determine if you like it or not. SaltCon isn’t just for board games, either. If you’ve ever been interested in role-playing games, this is your place to learn about and even play them. It’s a fun, relaxing three days and, best of all, the guys from Big Shiny Robot (including Bryan Young) will be there playing games with all who dare. (Bryan Young) SaltCon 2014 @ Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. Layton Drive, Layton, March 28-30, $20-$50. SaltCon.com

In Season 2 of the comedy series Arrested Development, David Cross’ character, Tobias, was determined to make it into the percussive Blue Man Group, and routinely sported their trademark body paint. He wound up looking far more like a desperate Smurf than a Blue Man. Such has become the cultural reach of one of the longest-running theater troupes residing just off Broadway. Founded by a trio of friends in 1987 on the streets of New York, Blue Man Group quickly gained popularity by doing club gigs and variety shows. After finally developing an entire show in 1991, the group moved into The Astor Place Theatre in Manhattan. Since then, it has become a full-fledged theatrical production that continually reinvents itself, doing regular tours around the world—including long-run residencies in cities like Boston and Chicago—and all sorts of television and film appearances. Basically fronted by three silent blue men playing a lot of random percussion instruments— think giant modified PVC tubes turned into things like the “drumbone” and barrel drums surfaced with colored water—backed by a full band, each show has a bit of drama, a lot of comedy and tons of music. Over the years, the group has been able to sustain its popularity by continually updating and refreshing the show. The broader success of Blue Man Group can be attributed to the fact that they keep the material family-friendly while being ecstatically entertaining, in addition to a bit odd and mysterious—just weird enough for shows like Arrested Development to mine for laughs. (Jacob Stringer) Blue Man Group @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, 801581-7100, April 1-6, $35-$57.50. KingTix. com

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ust a little tip from me to America’s publishing-industry publicists: If you’re going to describe a novel as one that “will resonate with fans of Never Let Me Go,” that shouldn’t be code for “it’s the exact same story as Never Let Me Go.” Because that’s basically what Carol Lynch Williams has done here—transferring the identical premise of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2005 novel to a young-adult framework. And to avoid spoilers for those unfamiliar with Ishiguro’s book, let’s just say it involves young people at an isolated boarding school whose purpose is somewhat unique. Williams has crafted some terrific contemporary young-adult fiction (Miles from Ordinary), and it’s not as though she completely butchers this concept. It’s simply impossible to get past the page-to-page awareness that she’s taking it in a far less interesting direction—favoring suspenseful action over Ishiguro’s mournfully elegiac tone, and spelling out all of the premise’s subtext in the conflicted internal voice of Williams’ protagonist, Shiloh. Perhaps it can serve as an appetizer for teen readers, showing them there are better and worse ways to tell the same story. CW

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ere’s why it’s not prudent to make sweeping statements like, “Really? Another supernatural teen romance?”: You might wind up missing something like this terrific adventure. Bree Despain’s Dark Divine trilogy was a perfectly satisfactory entry in the popular young-adult sub-genre, but to use a sports metaphor, she’s “made the leap” with The Shadow Prince. Grounded in the Orpheus and Persephone myths, it follows a prince of the underworld named Haden who is called to take on a regular task in his world: visiting the human realm to bring back a young woman to serve as queen. But his target—16-year-old Daphne, the daughter of a celebrated rock star—may be more important than all those who came before, offering the disgraced Haden an opportunity to reclaim his place as heir to the kingdom. It’s not a particularly complex plot conflict—Haden has six months to convince Daphne to return to the underworld with him, of her own free will—but Despain fleshes it out with phenomenally rich worldbuilding. The details of the Underrealm— its hierarchies, its history, even its petty in-fighting—provide fantastic depth for Haden’s quest, with the familiar mythological stories interwoven gracefully enough

aybe it shouldn’t matter that Shannon Hale’s new novel is a young-adult super-hero adventure whose protagonist is female, non-white and disabled. How lovely it would be to live in a world of faeries and unicorns where stories in this genre that were not focused around white boys just grew on trees. There’s no question that Dangerous gains an added pop from a protagonist who’s coming at life-or-death scenarios from the unique perspective of someone whose selftalk might be that she can’t be the hero. There’s a dose of Fantastic Four to the setup that finds 16-year-old Maisie Danger Brown—half-Latina, and missing her right arm as a result of in utero issues—attending a space camp, and, along with four other adolescents, gaining strange abilities when they make contact with an alien technology housed at an asteroid-based space station. And yes, those abilities may be needed to save the world. Hale packs Dangerous full of plotting: a romantic triangle, shifting allegiances, extraterrestrial invasion, life-threatening action and an impressive amount of time devoted to the science and physiology of her protagonists’ super-powers. Indeed, it’s almost too densely packed, spinning Maisie through so many shifts in her situation and whom she thinks she can trust

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never used to go hiking. It didn’t interest me,” a friend told me last week as he stood in my kitchen, hoisting up two six-point elk antlers, one in each hand. “But since I started shed hunting I’ve been on every ridge around here and on every peak.” He handed me one of the pieces of ivory-gray and brown-streaked bone. I took it in both hands, afraid I might drop it or accidentally break one of the glass cabinets behind my shoulder. The stump of the antler, where it had once attached to the elk’s skull, was nearly as big around as my forearm. From point to burr, it looked about 4 feet long. It easily weighed 10 pounds. And it was part of a matching pair. Elk, deer and moose drop their antlers and paddles every year in the early spring and grow them again in time for the rut in the fall. Moose can start to shed their paddles as early as November, while elk drop their antlers late in the season, closer to April and May. With all those racks dropping every year, it seems like finding them should be as easy as a walk in the park. But somehow it’s never that simple, even for the best hunters. It’s all in the art of understanding animals —where they eat, where they winter. Some people, like my friend, have perfected the art well enough to turn it into a part-time seasonal job. But for most, finding a sixpoint elk shed could be the find of a lifetime, requiring hours and days of work and plenty of miles traveled to reach remote areas as the hunt heads out through dense sage, scrub oak, brush and timber. Good shed grounds become well-kept secrets. My own first taste of shed hunting came while fighting a fire outside of Blackfoot, Idaho. The land through which the fire swept was rolling swells of sage and grass. Shelves of rock cut through the soil terracing the hills, and where the earth tucked back in on itself, groves of aspen sprouted. The fire moved fiercely through the gentle landscape. It slicked off hundreds of acres, reducing grass and trees to a carpet of ash. Across the flattened terrain, deer and elk antlers started to reveal themselves. Large and small, old and new, some broken, some in perfect pairs, their tongs stuck up from

the smooth ground like beckoning fingers. Shed hunting is increasingly popular, but the growing interest has also exacerbated some problems. “We’ve seen signs and heard complaints about shed hunters chasing deer and elk cross-country in hopes the running will cause the animals antlers to fall off early,” says Randy Sheetz, conservation officer with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. “It’s about the worst thing they could do to these bucks and bulls.” Animal mortality during normal winters is already high, with 40 percent of deer fawns, 20 percent of elk calves and even 10 to 20 percent of full-grown adults succumbing to winter stress. By the time shed hunters come out in spring, these animals are down to their last reserves of fat, waiting for warm weather and new vegetation. In this tenuous state, getting spooked by people could be their last act. To combat the problem, in 2009, Utah instated a mandatory online course in antler-gathering ethics. Those who pass are issued a free license to gather sheds. Anyone caught shed hunting without a license faces a fine. We found dozens of pairs that day outside of Blackfoot, and we left them all. But, for me, the bug had bitten. The next spring I went out into the hills around Salt Lake City where I had seen sign of elk before. I looked along fence lines and ditches where antlers are likely to fall, jarred loose by a jumping bull. I trained my eyes on sticks, knowing that an antler could easily be mistaken for a weathered branch, but nothing appeared. CW

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David Rothman: Living the Life There’s a certain type of person who chooses such the ski-bum life—or, some claim, the life chooses them. They populate small mountain hamlets—like Telluride, Jackson Hole and Park City—that spring up around snow-capped mountains. These aren’t the wealthy, living in mega-cabins, but those who simply eke out a living just so they can ski on a daily basis. Author and skier David Rothman is part of that clan, and his new collection of stories and essays, Living the Life: Tales from America’s Mountains & Ski Towns, provides an insider’s look into these close knit communities. He writes of the “adrenaline rush versus impending peril” dynamic that every skier faces at some point, be it in the backcountry, at a resort, racing or even cross-country trekking between snowbound huts. Rothman also writes about the disquiet of the offseason, when everyone else departs for other climes and the skiers are left on the snowless mountain, painfully and eagerly waiting for next year’s powder to arrive. (Jacob Stringer) David Rothman: Living the Life @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-4849100, March 27, 7 p.m., free. KingsEnglish.com

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Plan-B Theatre Company has dedicated an entire season to the work of local playwright Eric Samuelsen, and it has shown just how many compelling stories Samuelsen has up his sleeve. In fact, just this final production in the “Season of Eric” finds him exploring three different tales of contemporary Mormon women facing tensions between their faith and the broader world. The evening of three short plays—each featuring a cast of three performers, which Samuelsen describes as a way of co-opting the significance of the number “3” in Mormon theology—begins

Sidney Bruhl hasn’t written a hit play in years. So when a hot new script comes into his hands—a murder mystery penned by one of his former students—the washed-up old playwright doesn’t want to let it go. Offering to help improve the play, Sidney invites the young playwright to his home. But Sidney’s wife isn’t so sure that her husband’s offer doesn’t hold sinister designs. Would her husband go so far as to kill for a good script? So begins Ira Levin’s 1978 hit play Deathtrap, Broadway’s longest-running comedy-thriller, opening this week at Pioneer Theatre Company and guest directed by Yale School of Drama professor May Adrales. The play’s set-up is simple— one set with five actors. It’s against this simplicity that the plot is allowed to shine. Cleverly set as a play within a play, Deathtrap is also the name of the coveted script, and the plot holds enough twists and turns, deceits and thrills to keep an audience on its toes. (Katherine Pioli) Pioneer Theatre Company: Deathtrap @ Pioneer Memorial Theater, 300 S. 1400 East, University of Utah, 801-581-6961, March 28-April 12, 7:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 & 8 p.m. Saturday, $33-$39. PioneerTheatre.org

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Twelve international photographers and 12 local photographers were asked to contribute one photograph each to Alpine Art’s You’ve Been Instantly Framed exhibition. Their contribution was not to be sophisticated works of photographic complexity, but one image from what is often several thousand on any given iPhone. The change in technology—as most people now carry a high-definition camera that’s accessible at any moment—has forever changed what we understand as photography. But what about the singular photograph—something extra-special that becomes lost within the device? Alpine Art is launching a free iPhone app called InstantlyFramed that lets artists, businesses or individuals upload an iPhone image and have it reproduced in a choice of sizes, with archival ink on acid-free paper, and matted with archival-quality board in a handcrafted walnut wood frame—a permanent showcase for the exceptional photograph. It’s an ingenuous and exciting extension to the 30-year tradition of Alpine Art’s contribution to the framing industry. (Ehren Clark) You’ve Been Instantly Framed @ Alpine Art, 430 E. South Temple, 801-355-1155, through May 1, free. AlpineArtInc.com, InstantlyFramed.com

with Bar & Kell, about two women helping a neighbor for perhaps ulterior motives. Community Standard finds a Mormon woman serving on a jury for an indecency trial, facing the state’s unique climate for objectifying women. And Duets addresses the struggle of a woman who finds out that man she married is gay. Perhaps there’s plenty of truth in the old saying that good things come in threes. (Scott Renshaw) Plan-B Theatre Company: 3 @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-3552787, March 27-April 6, 8 p.m. Thursday & Friday, 4 & 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $20. PlanBTheatre.org

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Comedian Josh Blue has a routine about being born in Cameroon, West Africa. The fact he now resides in Denver, he says, technically makes him an African-American. “It’s awesome being an African-American, especially a white one.” The bit continues on with a cop pulling him over: “‘Do you know why I pulled you over?’ ‘Yes, it’s because I’m African-American.’ ‘No, it’s because you were driving on the sidewalk.’” Underlying the punch line is the fact that the Last Comic Standing winner is probably best known as a comedian with cerebral palsy, a disability that causes some jerky movements and slurred speech that Blue often mines for self-deprecating humor. It’s not that he spends a ton of time poking fun at his disability, but he does like to highlight the miscommunication that often comes because of people’s reaction to him (like constantly thinking he’s high or drunk). His other notable talent? Being a steady presence on the U.S. Paralympic soccer team. (Jacob Stringer) Josh Blue @ Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, 801463-2909, March 29, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20. WiseguysComedy.com

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Pho Thin is a little different than most of Salt Lake’s Vietnamese restaurants. It’s a bit more upscale than you might normally expect, with a vibrant color palette and subdued lighting. The menu is huge, with a half-dozen appetizers, a myriad of pho combinations, rice plates, specialty sandwiches, a variety of spring rolls, curries, wok specialties and desserts—plus, a decent wine and beer selection. We started with the skewered chicken lemongrass rice rolls, a DIY operation: place a few chunks of grilled chicken and some noodles on the rice paper, then add your favorite condiments—shredded carrot, cucumber and radish, along with fresh mint, basil, cilantro and bean sprouts. The end result is a wonderful explosion of flavors and textures. And the pho broth at Pho Thin is as good as any I’ve tasted. It’s very clear and puretasting—pretty much the definition of good pho. Reviewed March 20. 2121 McClelland St., Salt Lake City, 801-485-2323

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From Scratch’s menu is small, and everything is truly made in-house: the sourdough used for the pasta and the cornmeal used for pizzas; the hand-pulled mozzarella; and even the butter and jam. The Margherita pizza is made from scratch—including the flour, which is ground on the premises in a wooden Austrian flourmill—and was easily the best wood-fired pizza I’ve eaten in Salt Lake City. The biggest surprise, however, was the magnificent Scratch burger: a huge, juicy beef patty topped with Gold Creek Farms smoked cheddar, shoestring onions, lettuce and housemade ketchup, with a glistening, sesame-seed bun that’s made, of course, in-house. Reviewed Feb. 27. 62 E. Gallivan Ave., 801538-5090, FromScratchSLC.com

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When Faustina lost its talented executive chef, Billy Sotelo, to La Caille a few months ago, I feared it might be curtains for Faustina. But with new Chef de Cuisine Joe Kemp and a new small-plates menu, Faustina’s food has been re-energized. Too often, small plates are accompanied by big prices. That’s not the case here, where the small-plates menu ranges from $4 for a plate of mixed olives to $12 for filet au poivre. I love a good steak—for three or four bites. So, I found the Oscar fillet to be quite satisfying. It’s a petite filet mignon seared to medium-rare and served Oscar-style, with lump blue crab and grilled asparagus, topped with a heavenly béarnaise sauce. True, I could eat a pair of Doc Martens bathed in béarnaise, but this mini-mignon was marvelous. Reviewed March 6. 454 E. 300 South, 801-746-4441, FaustinaSLC.com

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Coffee Links blurs the line between coffee shop and art gallery. Established in 2013, this family-owned coffee shop/gallery specializes in latte art, making more than just a tasteful brew. But the brew itself is plenty tasty—there’s a good selection of espresso drinks, like Americanos and cappuccinos, plus frappes and teas. You can also find a variety of delectable housemade pastries to pair with your beverage. Pieces from a featured artist hang on the walls each month, bringing a gallery feel to Coffee Links. 3725 S. Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801394-3525, ClickTheFlavor.com

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As Park City’s first brewery since Prohibition, Wasatch Brew Pub is a staple to any Park City visit. The pub features a variety of hand-crafted brews such as Polygamy Porter, First Amendment Lager, and Evolution Amber Ale as well as a full liquor service. The lunch and dinner menus aren’t too shabby either, with pub favorites such as ale-battered fish & chips, mac & cheese, tacos and coconut crunchy shrimp. Wasatch also serves weekend brunch with menu items from Greek yogurt parfaits to fried chicken and Wasatch waffles. 250 Main, Park City, 435-649-0900, WasatchBeers.com

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Located on Main Street inside Dr. Christopher’s Herb Shop, this unique eatery offers organic, vegetarian, vegan and raw options to satisfy health concerns without sacrificing taste. Ginger’s Garden Cafe has taken the liberty of reworking some favorite classic dishes and making them a little more wholesome for you. You can dine in or take your grub to go, with the entire menu available for take-out. Most of the menu is vegan, but several free-range meat options are also offered. Ginger’s features wholesome soups, salads, pizzas, smoothies, sandwiches and more.

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A taste of Tibet in downtown Salt Lake City, Shambala features “Nuage” Tibetan and Japanese cuisine. The restaurant is comfy and colorful, as vibrant as many of the dishes served here. Choices range from Tibetanstyle khampa and khatsa to curries and noodles such as she-thuk bhoethuk. Be sure to give the scrumptious beef momos a try. On the Asian side of the menu, options run from chow mein and shrimp with snow peas to tepanyaki dishes such as hibachi Chateaubriand, yakisoba, salmon and tuna. There are plenty of vegetarian-friendly menu items as well, including alu gobi, vegetable momos, cholay, garlic and ginger green beans and teriyaki tofu. For beverages, there are fresh lassi drinks, Tibetan butter tea, sodas and herbal teas. And, at lunchtime—Monday through Saturday, Shambala features an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. 123 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-0343

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Arella specializes in thin-crust, wood-fired pizzas and calzones. Kick off your meal with an order of bruschetta, garlic bread or chicken wings before jumping into a pizza. Pizza options run the gamut from a traditional Margherita or white pizza to an excellent barbecue chicken pizza. You can also create your own pizza or calzone from a lengthy list of ingredients that includes caramelized onions, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives and Brie. The salads are generously portioned, and there’s also beer and wine available. Wonder where the name Arella came from? It comes from “mozzarella,” which is featured prominently in most Arella pizzas. 535 W. 400 North, Bountiful, 801294-8800, ArellaPizzeria.com

Lunch specials here are cheap and include an egg roll or paper-wrapped chicken and fried or steamed rice. The menu is extensive, but popular items include dishes such as kung pao chicken, beef with broccoli and snow peas, chow fun, tangerine beef, black-bean pork, Sichuan shrimp, egg foo young, ma bo tofu and mu shu. Dragon Diner is also one of the few Chinese restaurants in town that does home delivery. 1331 E. 3900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-272-9333, TheDragonDiner.com

As the name states, the noodles at Mi La Cai Noodle House are the main attraction. Noodle choices include everything from stir-fried flat rice noodles to búnvermicelli noodles. Added to meat and toppings or put in a broth, their noodles create a deliciously affordable and exotic meal. Although the noodles take the spotlight, the other Asian dishes, such as the tasty pork chops & dried scallop sauce, still hold their own. Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the lunch special features any entree with rice at a reduced price. 961 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-322-3590, LaCaiNoodleHouse.com

Dragon Diner

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New Golden Dragon offers Chinese fare at some of the most affordable prices in town, with few entrees hitting the $8 mark. Family dinners start at $10.95 per person for two. Specialties include fresh lobster, chicken with straw mushrooms, pon pon chicken, salt-baked pork ribs, honey-glazed walnut shrimp, Peking duck and an assorted seafood, pork and chicken medley called Treasure in a Love Nest. Seafood lovers will also enjoy the Fisherman’s sizzling platter. Dim sum items are also featured. 1716 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-4879888, SLCNewGoldenDragon.com

free and sugar-free options for soups, salads and paninis that regulars often enjoy on a cozy patio. There’s a great selection of espresso beverages, specialty teas, smoothies, quick breakfast sandwiches and pastries in addition to panini sandwiches, pizzas, wraps, amazing salads and daily specials. Cafe Soleil is located just outside Zion National Park and offers boxed picnic lunches to take inside. 205 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, 435-772-0505

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a kids menu, fresh beverages and desserts. 188 S. Main, Springville, 801-489-1863, GingersGardenCafe.com

er, enjoy their nice patio for al fresco dining. 255 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-238-4877

Chickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe

This Heber City landmark is known for its scones and chicken-fried steak, but also try the ham special with a baked potato, soup and salad. The scones are in a class all their own. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so dense, your tongue, as well as the waistband of your jeans, will quake at the mere sight of one. Ask the waitress about the number of calories they have, and she defers to the cook, who mumbles, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot.â&#x20AC;? Chickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serves up great breakfasts, too. 154 S. Main, 435-654-1771, Heber

The friendly family vibe and atmosphere at Geckoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mexican Grill makes this dining spot a good alternative to cookie-cutter chain restaurants. Service is very attentive, and empty drink glasses are quickly refilled. Large portion sizes mean that you can share many of the dishes at Geckoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, from chips & salsa and the chicken taco salad to chile verde and the daily lunch specials. And the cooks will happily accommodate vegan and vegetarian requests. 781 W. 10600 South, South Jordan, 801-253-8668, GeckosMexicanGrill.com

El Sonsonateco

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In Rose Park, El Sonsonateco serves fresh, tasty Salvadorian fare in an upbeat, friendly atmosphere. This hole-in-the-wall gem gives patrons a vision of Salvadoran cuisine, as the cooks and staff are all genuine Salvadorans. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never tried the appealing Central American cuisine of El Salvadorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including pupusas, (Salvadoran stuffed masa flatbread), tamales, plantains with beans and creamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;this is the place to give it a go. 1264 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 801-359-4438

Tea Grotto

This is a San Francisco-style tearoom with more than 80 teas and a tonic bar, plus great sandwiches and pastries. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a tea expert or a curious rookie, Tea Grotto is the place for you. Owners Brad and Molly Heller and their staff are incredibly friendly and supportive, answering every tea question with patience and expertise. Stop by for a free tasting and tea lessons during the week. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also find live music and tarot/tea-leaf readings to go along with all that great imported tea. 401 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-466-8255, TeaGrotto.com MON-SAT: 9AM-10PM SUNDAY: 11AM-9PM

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Trofi

Located in the downtown Salt Lake City Hilton, Trofi offers contemporary American breakfast cuisine, including a buckwheat blini and beet tower, which are superb. The popular breakfast buffet offers a variety of fresh, traditional breakfast fare including fresh fruits, specialty omelets and waffles and Starbucks coffee. In warm weath-

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House of Tibet is a family-run restaurant where you will find a very friendly environment and traditional Tibetan decor. Specialties here include Tibetan steamed dumplingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;similar to Chinese potstickers, vegetable curry, spicy potatoes, lamb curry, lemon chicken, noodles & fried rice, lentil soup and more, including hot butter tea. Stop in at lunchtime for the inexpensive all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. 145 E. 1300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-364-1376, HouseOfTibetSaltLakeCity.com

Roulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe

At Roulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find a tasty selection of American and Greek fare. Bagels, deli sandwiches, salads and fresh soups accompany Greek items such as chicken souvlaki and baklava. Good salads include the seafood salad, Cobb and Caesar. Roulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also serves coffee, sodas and Roulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world-famous brownies. 405 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-924-0330, RoulasCafe.com

La Puente

A Tex-Mex paradise headed by chef Viola Tovar, A Puente delivers delicious Mexican food to the belly. The smothered chile verde burrito is a house favorite, as are the fajitas. The sweet pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is the decadent flan. The low prices will also leave a good taste in your mouth and a good feeling in your wallet. 3540 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-2813272, LaPuenteSLC.com

Amber Restaurant

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Dylan’s Drive In

268 S. STATE STREET, SLC (801) 779-4747 · MON - FRI 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM SAT 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM · SUN 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM BAR MENU DAILY 2:00 PM - CLOSE

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Dylan’s Drive In features burgers, fries, shakes, salads, sandwiches and more, all made from scratch daily and cooked to order. For breakfast, there’s an extensive menu that includes breakfast wraps, biscuits & gravy, pancakes, French toast, omelets and breakfast burritos. For lunch and dinner, the burgers and classic American sandwiches are great. Be sure to try the yummy Rocky Mountain Reuben, halibut & chips and the chicken Philly. 185 N. Main, Kaysville, 801498-7777; 981 E. 12th St., Ogden, 801-3934545, Dylans-Warrens.com

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This cozy cafe specializes in locally grown organic and gluten-free food and beverages, including free-trade espresso and vegan and veggie goodies from nearby Sage’s Cafe and Granato’s. Alchemy Coffee also offers a large selection of fine teas and other non-caffeinated beverages, housemade soups and sandwiches. And as a bonus, you’ll also find free Wi-Fi, music on weekends, and open-mic nights throughout the week. 390 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City, 801-322-0735, AlchemyCoffee.com 11 NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS |

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Take the family out for fresh, inventive fare including the popular strawberry chicken salad. The fun food has a Southwestern/Mexican touch, combining burgers and salads with tacos, chile rellenos, tostadas, quesadillas, and chimichangas. Round out your Pepperbelly’s meal with some deep-fried ice cream. 141 N. Main, Kaysville, 801-444-3132; 680 S. Cove View Road, Richfield, 435-896-2097, PepperbellysRestaurant.com

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