The District — Local services in South Jordan

District is a lovely place in town for a getaway from busy life. Lot of lovely dining places and shopping areas. Movie theater also located in walking distance. Here are some dining options:

• The Wild Rose: Fine dining with contemporary American cuisine. • Location: 11516 S District Dr, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $$$$ • Tsunami Restaurant & Sushi Bar: High-quality sushi and Japanese dishes. • Location: 10722 S River Front Pkwy, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $$$ • R&R BBQ: Smoked meats and classic barbecue sides. • Location: 10646 S 300 W, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $$ • Porch Restaurant: Southern-inspired comfort food with craft cocktails. • Location: 11274 S Kestrel Rise Rd, South Jordan, UT 84009 • Price: $$$ • Blue Fish Sushi Bar: Fresh sushi and creative rolls. • Location: 11587 S District Dr, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $$ • Saffron Valley: Indian cuisine with rich flavors. • Location: 1098 W South Jordan Pkwy, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $$ • Pizzeria Limone: Artisanal pizzas blending traditional and innovative flavors. • Location: 11464 S Parkway Plaza Dr, South Jordan, UT 84095 • Price: $ • Himalayan Kitchen: Indian and Nepali dishes with authentic recipes. • Location: 11521 S 4000 W, South Jordan, UT...

Remember the scene in Ladybird, where Saoirse Ronan describes getting emotional when she drives through her hometown for the first time? How seeing the streets and shops she'd been by all her life was surreal to drive through? That was my experience today.

Going to The District unleashed a flood of nostalgia, from the brick wall I used to bounce my lacrosse ball against, to the alley way where me and my friends tortured a dying cat, to the Megaplex Theatre where we used to wait for someone to use the back exit, sneak in, and then watch four or five movies back to back without paying.

Every inch of The District holds a special place in my heart. From the staircase of the TJ Maxx where we used to sit and harass the women that walked by, to the Target where we bought alkaseltzer and feed it to birds to see if they would explode.

Seeing the bike lock by Harmon's where we used to steal people's bikes, take the wheels off, and then dump them down the sewer drain made me tear up, to the point that I almost ran over some highschool kids while driving.

If only, I dreamt, I could be one of those highschool kids again. The one girl that was with them...

They designed the intersection for this place back when they only had a half dozen shops so. Since the it's grown by leaps and bounds and the intersection is horrible. Actually, intersection isn't even what it is. I think what they were going for a pretty looking roundabout and what they ended up with is a non functioning of oval shaped thingy that works just about as good some of the unholy road grids I made in SimCity 2000.

Also the parking is minimal except for the large stores like Target or Petco, which is odd considering it's located way the hell out in some undiscovered crevice of an obese T-Rex's ass crack. Okay it's not that bad anymore but when they started this it was definitely way out there. Then as it developed they decided they didn't need parking for all the smaller shops.

Anyway, I digress. Long story short, there's lots of different shops and stores, mostly chains, but getting in and out of there is a nightmare and parking isn't awesome for the smaller retail outlets. And unless you live in overpriced DayBreak you probably have the same options closer to you and...