Next Time You Ski in Salt Lake City — Don’t Just Eat in Chinatown! 🏔️

Went skiing in Salt Lake City with family and friends for seven days — ate out every day and tried lots of spots. Skipping the usual Chinatown classics, here are some less-mentioned finds: 🥩 Top Pot — Seems newly opened, and the value blew my mind! $30 AYCE for either Korean BBQ, mini hot pot, or sushi. $36 gets you all three! We went with the $30 BBQ — meat isn’t top-tier, but for this price? In Seattle this would easily be $60+ per person — can’t complain! Plus a whole fridge of drinks to grab, including Wanglaoji herbal tea — so worth it! ☕ Publik Coffee Roasters — A local favorite. We went to the 3rd St. location and tried the brown sugar latte — basically a latte with brown sugar syrup, pretty creative. Also picked up a couple bags of beans to bring home as gifts. 🥐 Gourmandise — Right by the Salt Lake City Public Library, a French-style café with pastries and brunch. Pastries were not too sweet and super fresh, brunch was delicious — an unexpected gem! Lots of locals go here, so be ready to wait. If you can’t make it to the café, there’s a bakery counter right as you go up the escalator in Terminal B at SLC Airport — highly recommend! 🚫 Avoid: Aranya Thai Kitchen Saw it recommended online, but… regret. Only three tables including ours, and service was painfully slow — felt like one cook in the kitchen. The Pad Kee Mao tasted only of soy sauce — none of the Thai herbs or wok breath you’d expect. Big letdown. #SkiSaltLakeCity #SaltLakeCity #SLCFood #SaltLakeCityTravel ❄️🍜