Ruth's Diner

Ruth's Diner is a Salt Lake City tradition. Seriously, the place has been around forever (since 1930), and with its lovely location in Emigration Canyon, it was a must-visit. Somehow, Tammy has lived here since 1999 but has never managed a visit, despite being quite a foodie. It's good that has changed, because our experience was wonderful.

Yeah, we promised this blog was all about the food, and it is. But the atmosphere at Ruth's was probably the loveliest we've experienced so far. Our booth in an old diner-style train car was comfortable and charming, and the service was attentive and prompt. Ruth's famous "mile-high" biscuits (the diner is approximately a mile above sea level) were delivered with our drinks (coffee for Tammy and hot chocolate and Coke for Kelly), and they were as good as we'd been led to expect.


But how was the sauce? OK, we'll get to the point already! The sauce was delicious, tying with Market Street Grill for the best-tasting sauce we'd had so far. It was perfectly lemony, and like Market Street, had a little bit of a kick to it. The only problem was that it was definitely a bit too thin and runny to be Kelly's perfect sauce. The rest of the dish was equally wonderful, with beautifully round eggs poached perfectly, homemade English muffin toasted exactly right, and tasty Canadian bacon of the correct thickness. Kelly ate every bit enthusiastically, sopping up all the sauce and licking her lips with delight. Yeah, we'll be back.


9/10 leggs