Dairy Keen - Home of the Train in Heber, Utah

If you are in the mood for a great hamburger in Heber, Utah then "hold on tight" because I have a great recommendation for you! Let me suggest The Home of the Train, also known as Dairy Keen in Heber, Utah. No that's not a typo! It is really called Dairy Keen. The building used to be a Dairy Queen Restaurant and when the new owners took over the building they renamed it Dairy Keen because it was cheaper and easier to just replace the "qu" with a "k". You can read the history of the Dairy Keen in Heber by visiting their website http://www.swissalpsinn.com/.

Dairy Keen is located on Main Street in Heber, Utah. Normally I don't blog about fast food but I have to because this place is unique. It's a great place to take your kids. To celebrate the history of the Heber Creeper (which is a train that used to deliver supplies to Heber City and sheep to Salt Lake but now is a tourist attraction) the owners have created a miniature replica of the Heber Creeper overhead inside the Dairy Keen. Thus the Dairy Keen in Heber is also referred to as the Home of the Train. My son, along with the other kids thought that the train was awesome!

Now to the Food!!! When you make it to the Dairy Keen try the Train Burger Combo. It's delicious. The Train Burger has on it a Juicy Hamburger, Ham, Melted Swiss and American Cheese, Special Sauce, Tomato, Lettuce and Pickles. The combo of course comes with fries and a soft drink. My son and I also ordered a large Raspberry Shake to share. It was awesome! We had a group of eight people and we all loved the food at the Dairy Keen in Heber.

So if you're passing through Heber and you want a great Hamburger or Shake then stop by the Dairy Keen. Their parking lot and the restaurant will be jam packed because people love the Dairy Keen's food but don't let that deter you. The service is fantastic and you won't have to wait long to get your food!

Epic Casual Dining in Midvale

Last night for Valentine's Day we went out to one of my favorite Restaurants, Epic Casual Dining in Midvale. Epic Casual Dining is located at about 700 East and Ft. Union Blvd in Midvale. Epic Casual Dining is open from 5pm to 10 pm.

One of the things that I like the most about Epic is their menu because it is simple. Epic's menu consists of about 5 appetizers, 5 salads, and 5 entrees to choose from. This is great for guys like me who have a tough time choosing their dish if there are too many to choose from.

For an appetizer we got their Flatbread with chicken, walnuts, cranberry cheese and a tasty green sauce lightly drizzled on top of it. We always get this appetizer when we go to Epic and it is tasty!

This year neither one of us was in the mood for a salad but in the past we have ordered their salads and I would highly recommend any salad at Epic!

This year I decided to try something a little bit different on their menu, the Ahi Tuna with Epic's Peanut Sauce over Rice and Vegetables. It was fantastic! My wife got their Chicken Marsala dish and it was also tasty!

We topped the our "Dining Experience" off we shared a piece of cheesecake which was delicious!

If you love flavor then try Epic Casual Dining in Midvale! Perhaps the best thing about Epic is that every dish is full of flavor! I highly recommend this Restaurant!!!!

Chez Betty - Overpriced and Overrated

Last night for New Year's Eve my wife and I went to Chez Betty's in Park City. Chez Betty's came recommended to us by a relative of mine. Chez Betty's is a French-American Fine Dining establishment at the base of main street in Park City. Chez Betty's is on the pricey side so I expected the food to be awesome! Boy was I disappointed!

The ambience wasn't as great as I expected. They basically squished a ton of tables in a very small room with nice tablecloths and tableware and called it a restaurant. I didn't feel very comfortable having a nice conversation with my wife because the people who were next to us were only about 3 feet away...you could literally hear their whole conversation!

We started off with the Crab Stuffed Portabello Mushroom as an appetizer. To me it tasted like someone took Tuna Fish and slapped it on a Portabello.

Next we split a salad. We had the Warm Spinach Salad. My wife loved it and I thought it was just so so. The salad itself was all spinach with some bacon, feta cheese, croutons and I think a balsamic vinegar dressing served warm. Looking back I don't think that the pepper shaker/grinder was working as the waiter tried to put pepper on our salads. All in all the salad was maybe a 5 out of 10 in my book.

I ordered the Grille Beef Tenderloin on a Crispy Potato Pancake and it was lackluster. Not a whole lot of flavor. My wife ordered the Frenched Chicken Breast. It was so so. Both entrees were about a 5 out of 10.

I wanted to try the dessert to see if it would make up for the lackluster food but again I was highly disappointed. I ordered the Apple Bread Pudding and I will guarantee you that I can make a better bread pudding than Chez Betty's. My wife had a Chocolate Mousse with Chocolate Cake and after tasting her dessert I was still stifled why people raved about Chez Betty's.

My brother recommended the restaurant to us probably a couple of years ago. Maybe we should have eaten at Chez Betty's 2 years ago...maybe the food was better back then. Not!!Check out some other reviews here: http://utah.citysearch.com/review/10358460. Even though the reviews were written a couple of years ago I think these people are nuts! They probably had a lot of alcohol with their food.

I will never go back to Chez Betty's and do yourselves a favor, don't waste your time nor money at Chez Betty's. It seems to me that Chez Betty's is a true reflection of Park City. Overpriced and Overrated!!!

On a funny note my wife overheard the waiter at another table explaining why the Duck dish at Chez Betty's was so special. Apparently the duck that Chez Betty serves flies away during the summer and returns in the winter thus making it a better tasting duck. If anyone can explain that one to me please do so that I can understand how that makes a duck taste better.

Zinn Bistro

Wow!! Last Friday we went out to eat at Zinn Bistro 2020 East and 33rd South in Salt Lake. It was awesome. The restaurant came highly recommended by my brother, Chris, the restaurant connoisseur himself. He did warn us about the customer service though. Read the following reviews here: http://utah.citysearch.com/review/35829139

Zinn Bistro is very unique in that the hours that it operates are very limited and from what my wife tells me they will only take you if you have reservations.

My wife called to make the reservations and they make you leave a message and then they will get back with you to confirm. There aren't that many tables in the restaurant which is kind of nice. It makes for a warm and cozy atmosphere. I think that they are only open for lunch on weekdays and dinner on Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 pm to 8:30pm.

Everything at Zinn Bistro is homemade. My brother tells me that the restaurant is ran by a mother and her 2 or 3 daughters. To start off they bring you the menu and their selection of sweet breads. Their rolls are awesome. They taste almost like cream puffs without the cream. We were a little hesitant to ask for seconds on the bread/rolls because I didn't know if it was acceptable. We had been warned about the service and frankly I was a little nervous to ask for seconds.

There aren't very many items on the menu to choose from, which was refreshing! 5 to 6 appetizers and 5 to 6 entrees. For an appetizer we ordered the chips and artichoke dip. The chips that they bring to you are a soft homemade chip and the dip is amazing. To be honest I could have eaten the appetizer all night long.

My brother told me to order the meatloaf so that's what I did. I was a little bit shocked that a restaurant would serve meatloaf...because, really, who likes meatloaf? But I went with my brother's recommendation and boy was I glad that I did. Zinn knows how to cook meatloaf. What a pleasant surprise!!! The meatloaf itself was fantastic! And they put a sauce on top of it that well let's just say "addicting". My dish came with mash potatoes and green beans. It was perfect!

For dessert we shared their bread pudding. It was covered in caramel and ice cream and had the perfect texture and flavor. My wife and I found ourselves fighting over who got the last bite.

Zinn Bistro was a memorable experience! The servers there are not going to try to impress you. Why? Because they don't have to!!! The quality of the food allows them to be as cold as they want towards you because they know you'll come back just for the food. And if you don't there are others who will. Don't worry, your server will keep your water full and make sure that you get your food etc but just don't expect them to smile and be friendly, because they won't.

The food at Zinn Bistro far exceeded my expectations! The price was extremely fair and the service was, let's just say, "unique". You absolutely have to go try Zinn Bistro. Don't waste your money at another restaurant until you've tried the Zinn!