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Just minutes from summer’s outdoor adventure and winter’s world-class ski resorts with what is known world over as “The Greatest Snow On Earth”, Salt Lake City hasn’t relied solely on what mother nature has provided to feed the souls of local residents and worldwide visitors.

In this mountain city that just happens to border the desert, the restaurants and diners, bars and brewpubs, coffee shops and bakeries are just as vital to the local climate and lifestyle as skiing and biking and hiking in the towering Wasatch mountains of which the city is best known for.

As the epicenter of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—aka the Mormons—Salt Lake City may be considered modest by some larger city’s standards.

Far from mundane or chaste, Salt Lake City’s original landscape was ripe with a convivial spirit, even boasting a stretch of what is now downtown’s Main Street as “Whiskey Street”, named by the founder of Salt Lake City himself, Brigham Young, where gentiles (including Mr. Young) were able to quench their thirst and enjoy in the revelry.

Today, that spirit for food and drink is alive and well and totally on point with those bigger locales thanks to award-winning craft breweries, nationally recognized 4-diamond restaurants, plus favorite local haunts that have stood the test of time.

Following are a few Salt Lake City standouts from local food bloggers, who are dining in and dining out, and always taking in the scene.

continue to the recipe… about Food Bloggers’ Guide of Where to Eat in Salt Lake City, UT

Great cities in the middle of the country sometimes get overlooked, but this month we’re here to tell you that dining in Kansas City is just too cool to pass up.

Famously known for its jazz, blues and the red hot Royals, this heartland hub has a quaint, laid-back midwestern pace, with a surprisingly cosmopolitan vibe. Home to many a museum, beautiful fountains (there are around 200 of them!), and a magnificent farmers’ market that could give Pike Place a run for its money, KC is booming with culture and beauty. With more boulevards west of the Champs-Élysées, its been donned the “Paris of the Plains.”

In recent years, there’s been a huge revitalization to Kansas City’s downtown area, and new places are sprouting up left and right, making it more of an exciting place to visit than ever.

Don’t even get us started on the BBQ (this town is a meat lover’s mecca, with around 100 barbecue restaurants!) If you’re never had proper Kansas City barbecue (cooked slow and smoky, with a signature tomato and molasses-based sauce), that there is reason enough to hop a plane.

We recently picked the brains of four food bloggers and proud KC locals, to find out what they claim as their favorite food joints in the city.

Ready? Set? Kansas City, or bust!

*Note* Start planning your trip now, and you can catch the Chopped Conference in October! It’s a one-day food blogging conference right in the heart of Kansas City and the perfect excuse to eat your way through the city.

continue to the recipe… about Food Bloggers’ Guide of Where to Eat in Kansas City, MO