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All About Utah
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items Visiting Utah or wanting to sip the so called, Mormon Tea? This list showcases known locations that are popular such as food, landmarks, and hot locations
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Utah Staples 🌄
Landmarks & Hiking 🏕️
Museums, Tours, and Fun 🦣
Cafe’s, Diner’s, Restaurants 🍔
Shopping 🛍️
Utah Staples 🌄
The shop made popular by The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Soda shops are a hot commodity here due to religious reasons. Swig serves up dirty sodas, caffeine drinks, hot chocolate, cookies, and flavored water.
Swig
What is it? Mayo and ketchup mixed together. You’ll find this sauce at a lot of burger and sandwich shops. Some put it on salads, fries, burgers, or anything that would go well with this savory sauce. If you’re feeling really crazy, some also mix bbq...
Utah Fry Sauce
Bear Lake is the epitome of summertime, but combined with raspberry shakes? Perfection. Some say the raspberries here are the best in the nation.
Bear Lake Raspberry Shakes
It’s not a party if you don’t have a cheese ball. Think of it like a hefty solidified cheese dip. Mixed with cream cheese and other shredded cheese, it’s then rolled or covered in almonds, nuts, or sometimes fruit. Serve with your favorite chip, and ...
Cheese Ball
Most recognizable for being in Disney’s High School Musical. Yes! It still is operating as an actual high school and you can drive by it easily. Go Wildcats!
East High School
Also a commonly seen staple at parties or Christmas time. This salad is made different in every household, but common ingredients include jello, cool whip, fruit, cottage cheese, a type of crust, and more whipped cream on top! There’s several flavo...
Utah Jello
Landmarks & Hiking 🏕️
One of the most popular national parks that attracts a ton of visitors every year. The red rocks are popular and a must if you enjoy nature and hiking.
Arches National Park
A national park that leaves you gobsmacked. Another favorite for hikers!
Coyote Gulch - Glen Canyon
An local destination during the summer. A popular photography location for both landscape and wedding photographers!
Bridal Veil Falls
A well known location for how well it photographs. This hike is a bit more advanced, but is still well loved.
Kanarra Falls
A unique art piece. Yep, you read that right. Created in 1979 by artist Robert Smithson, he formed this spiral with black basalt rocks and earth. It measures over 1500 feet long and 15 feet wide.
Spiral Jetty
You may recognize this location from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. This location is commonly used in photography. The salt flats extend for many miles and is beautiful throughout the year.
Bonneville Salt Flats
Museums, Tours, and Fun 🦣
Also located at Thanksgiving Point. This is a hot ticket location for kids as it has a lot of exploration stations, fun facts about dinosaurs, and of course the gift shop.
Mountain America Museum of Ancient Life
The Midway Ice Castles are a great wintertime event. It’s different every year. It feels as if you have stepped into an ice wonderland. The location gained a lot of attention after music artist, Alex Boyé ft the One Voice Children’s Choir “Let It Go”...
Ice Castles
A wintertime event that showcases thousands of light. It’s an outdoor walkthrough experience with some interaction, so children can have some fun. At one point, there is a section dedicated to the birth of Jesus Christ, but this is a section you can ...
Luminaria
A great mountain coaster. Plenty of videos on YouTube to show what the experience is like and what times are best.
Snowbird Mountain Coaster
Housed in a historic building. This museum has free admission throughout the year and displays eclectic, modern, and thoughtful art pieces.
Springville Museum of Art
One of the newer immersive experiences in Utah. Ever wanted to feel like you’re in the middle of wonderland but during the night? This walkthrough exhibit will leave you starry eyed with wonder.
Dreamwalk Park
Near University of Utah, is the Red Butte Garden. It is open year round and often have outdoor concerts you can attend. There is an entrance fee if you’d like to access the gardens.
Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
An amazing fossil bone quarry that showcases over 1,500 dinosaur fossils! These bones have not been excavated and still lie within the rock. A must see visit if you’re passing through.
Dinosaur National Monument
Located about 40 minutes south of Provo, this is a 4.5 mile hike round trip. These showcase a collection of soaking hot pots and waterfalls. You may stumble to find people skinny dipping from time to time.
Fifth Water Hot Springs Trail, Utah
You get to create your own custom candle here. Options are endless with over 100 scents and mixing 1 of 3 together. There are currently four locations throughout Utah.
The Wick Lab
A well known stained glass and glass art studio. You can sign up for classes to make your own art or even purchase premade items displayed. This studio is so well known, that it helped create a stained glass exhibit that you can view at Utah Valley U...
Holdman Studios and Glass Art Institute
A lot of elementary, middle school and high school field trips took place here! Admissions are usually free and it’s a great activity for families. Very entertaining and chock full of scientific leering.
Clark Planetarium
Who doesn’t love the aquarium! Constantly growing and contributing to marine research, and even working with local schools to educate students. There is plenty to see. They have a cafe and gift shop. Plenty of additional add ons you can pay to intera...
Loveland Living Planet Aquarium
The Hogle Zoo has been around for a good while. The zoo often works with breeding programs in the nation to help with conservation efforts for endangered species.
Utah's Hogle Zoo
Nestled in St. George - this outdoor theater is a family favorite to visit during the summer. Its showcases a new selection every year, but The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Best play often. It’s surround by beautiful red rocks that are found in thi...
Tuacahn Theater
Cafe’s, Diner’s, Restaurants 🍔
Pretty similar to Costa Vida, but Utah locals go crazy for Cafe Rio!
Cafe Rio Fresh Modern Mexican
Similar to Panera Bread. This restaurant was born and raised here. It has spread to other states, but still remains very popular with an assortment of soups, salads, bowls, and sandwiches. Well known for their chocolate dipped strawberries.
Cafe Zupas
The steak house that has gained some attention from TikTok. Old Western to the core, you can even dine in a covered wagon and enjoy the prairie scene displayed in the middle of the dining room.
Prairie Schooner Steak House
A restaurant that is well known and combines Native American cooking traditions. The chef is owned by Bleu Adams who grew up in a Navajo Reservation before moving to Provo.
Black Sheep Cafe
A local chain established in 1978. Famous for their charbroiled burgers, specifically their pastrami burgers.
Crown Burgers Restaurant
On your way to St. George or Las Vegas? This is a great place to stop for a bite to eat. Using local milk, this place produces great cheeses, milks, and so many fun treats. They have an in house cafe and ice cream shop. A bit more on the expensive si...
The Creamery
A local favorite on BYU game days, birthdays, and other celebrations. Supplied with pizza, pasta, and a salad bar. Originally known for their “blue ranch”, but has now ceased to exist.
Brick Oven Pizza
Raising Cane’s is already a hit, but this pink version got all the media attention when Post Malone collaborated with them. Serves all your well known favorites, but it’s not very often you see a head-to-toe pink Raising Cane’s
Post Malone’s Raising Canes
A medieval themed restaurant that’s been open for over 50 years! It’s a five course dinner that you can choose from. It’s very cozy. A spot that’s become well known for celebrations, birthdays and etc.
Five Alls restaurant
A popular coffee truck that a lot of ex Mormons get a kick out of. Coffee is looked heavily down on via the Word of Wisdom in the LDS church. Offers well known varieties and house made flavors.
SINNERS & SAINTS COFFEE
Shopping 🛍️
Thanksgiving Point is sat in Lehi. This has a mixture of shops, restaurants, venues for weddings, activities, and even the well known Tulip Festival during early and late spring.
Thanksgiving Point
A mall that sits right next to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. It was developed by a well known religious affiliation, in an attempt to revitalize the area and make accessible to employees and help with the economy. This has a ton of stores, food co...
City Creek Center
A cute cottage-core themed shopping area. Known for hosting witch themed events during Halloween time. This area has shops, treats, and fun interactive events for the whole family.
Gardner Village
A mall that’s still going strong! A cute little mall that has well known stores and cute little shops, a food court, and Target!
Provo Towne Centre
A very popular mall in the area that has a bunch of well known stores. Known for hosting summer events in the grassy area, so it’s great if you’re looking for kid friendly events!
University Place