OGDEN — An 8-½-by-11-inch piece of paper taped to the front door. Talk about your soft openings.Last Wednesday, The Oaks — one of the most iconic and beloved restaurants in Weber County — quietly reopened.“We opened super-soft,” admits Chris Bowler, who with his wife, Christina, are ...
Standard-Examiner staffOGDEN — The annual Ogden Restaurant Week, usually held in the spring, is moving to the fall.The yearly culinary celebration, which features about two dozen Ogden restaurants offering special menu items during a 10-day window, has traditionally been held in early April. ...
OGDEN — Sandwiches, soups and other cafe offerings have expanded over the years, but one priority has stayed the same for Great Harvest Bread Co. on Historic 25th Street.“The whole time I’ve been the owner we’ve made sandwiches, but from day one it’s always the bread,” said owner ...
It’s a Tuesday morning, but it could be any day. Sitting on one side in the 25th Street Waffle Love is a couple on the same side of the table. Across from them, under the incandescent bulbs strung from the high ceiling, is a mother with two small children.Despite being headquartered in ...
CLEARFIELD — Tasty food can be found in unexpected places.Driving through the winding roads of Clearfield’s Freeport Center, a complex of industrial buildings, you wouldn’t guess that you’re in the neighborhood of a popular lunch joint.Called Cafe Central, this neighborhood favorite ...
LAYTON — Ah, the luck of the Irish.Back in December, MacCool’s Public House in Layton was just a shamrock’s width from closing its doors for good.Struggles for the family-friendly Utah-based chain of Irish pubs had already claimed the lives of the two other two locations in the state — ...
OGDEN — The ethos behind Daily Rise Coffee, the small Ogden-based chain of coffee shops, can be summed up in three words — promoting positive energy.It’s emblazoned on the exterior of the original Daily Rise drive-through location at 2865 Washington Blvd., among other places.“That’s ...
OGDEN — In Ogden, there are many places to grab a cup of coffee.However, there are few with the neighborhood coffeeshop feel that <a href="https://www.kaffemercantile.com/" target="_blank">Kaffe Mercantil</a>e brings.The homey coffeehouse located near the corner of ...
Two Northern Utah locations of the Village Inn restaurant chain appear to have closed.Village Inn locations in North Salt Lake and Roy appeared to close earlier this week after the restaurant’s parent company, <a href="http://www.abrholdings.com/" target="_blank">American Blue ...
SOUTH OGDEN — In a roundabout way, and with doses of uncertainty and necessity, Jeff and Mara Criddle plunged into the restaurant business.That was nine years ago. The couple set up Criddle’s Cafe in what used to be a Chinese restaurant on a South Ogden side street.“It was still in the ...
