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Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes: Where to Get One and Why They’re a Utah Summer Ritual
Every summer, families drive to Garden City for two things: Bear Lake’s turquoise water and a thick, pink raspberry shake. Here’s where to get…
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Best Classic Drive-Ins Still Open in Utah: 6 Old-School Burger Stands Worth the Road Trip
Frosty mugs of homemade root beer, hand-cut fries and burgers named after trains. These six family-run Utah drive-ins have been doing it the old-fashioned…
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Last Call at the Top of Main: How Utah’s First Brewpub Changed Park City and Utah Beer
Greg Schirf moved from Milwaukee, couldn’t find a decent beer, and ended up changing Utah law to open the state’s first brewpub at the…
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Best Dirty Soda Shops in Utah: Where the Trend Was Born and What to Order
Dirty soda started at a tiny St. George drive-thru in 2010 and became a national obsession. Here are the Utah-born soda shops worth a…
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Best Fry Sauce in Utah: The History of Utah’s Pink Condiment and Where to Dip
Ketchup plus mayo sounds simple. In Utah, it’s a cultural identity. Here’s the disputed history of fry sauce, from Don Carlos Edwards to a…
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Sweet Candy Company: Five Generations of Taffy, Cinnamon Bears and Orange Sticks in Salt Lake City
Leon Sweet started selling candy from a horse-drawn wagon in 1892. Today the Sweet family is in its fifth generation of candy making in…
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Best Historic Main Streets in Utah: 6 Old-Town Strolls Full of Stories
Mining towns, railroad hubs and pioneer settlements: Utah’s historic Main Streets are packed with stories. Here are six worth a stroll, from Park City’s…
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Gossner Foods: The Swiss Immigrant Who Turned Cache Valley Into Utah’s Cheese Country
Ed Gossner left a Swiss farm with no money and no English, and found his “Little Switzerland of the Rockies” in Cache Valley. Four…
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Utah’s Oldest Family Businesses Still Open Today: 9 Companies That Have Stayed in the Family for Generations
A furniture store in its seventh generation. A candy company older than statehood. An inn that helped put Bryce Canyon on the map. Here…
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Ruby’s Inn: The Syrett Family Has Welcomed Bryce Canyon Visitors for More Than 100 Years
In 1916, a rancher named Ruby Syrett took a Sunday ride to the rim of a canyon his neighbors called Bryce. More than a…
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Brick Oven: Provo’s 70-Year-Old Pizza Parlor, Famous for Root Beer and First Dates
Brick Oven started as a corner cafe near BYU in 1956 and became one of Utah’s first pizza parlors. Seventy years of homemade root…
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Best Pastrami Burgers in Utah: 4 Greek-Family Burger Joints Worth the Drive
The pastrami burger is Utah’s signature sandwich, and almost every great one comes from a Greek immigrant family. Here are four Salt Lake Valley…