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New Pars Market includes a restaurant

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:49:02 MDT

New Pars Market includes a restaurant

By Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 11:49AM MDT

Pars Market in Holladay has a new location, a new name and the owners have added a restaurant. Pars Market and Cuisine, now at 4233 S. Highland Drive, serves lunch and dinner. Entrees range from $10-$17 and include beef and chicken kabobs as well as basmati rice dishes served with beef, chicken or lamb. The business still includes a Middle Eastern and Mediterranean market full of items not easily found including avocado, almond and mustard oils, rose preserve, eggplant spreads, sweet lemons, P...

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Movie review: ‘Source Family’ traces the half-life of a ’70s cult

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:21:32 MDT

Movie review: ‘Source Family’ traces the half-life of a ’70s cult

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 20, 2013 02:21PM MDT

Hippies didn’t get much more hip than the members of the California cult depicted in the fascinating and freaky documentary “The Source Family.” It starts in the early 1970s with a Sunset Strip health-food restaurant that drew celebrities such as Warren Beatty and John Lennon to sample its organic goods. Those working the restaurant were all followers of Father Yod, a larger-than-life spiritual leader who taught a mishmash of religious beliefs and fronted his own rock band (whose music makes up...

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Dining review: French passion lacking at Caterina

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:05:39 MDT

Dining review: French passion lacking at Caterina

By Heather L. King Special to The Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 05:05PM MDT

Caterina seems like a solid dining addition to Sugar House with its prime location in the old post office, its reasonable prices, and its emphasis on French food —which has been under-represented in Utah’s dining landscape. It also has a pedigree. It is the newest addition to the Cucina Restaurant Group which includes Cucina Toscana and Vivace, in downtown Salt Lake City. But for all its assets, Caterina under-whelmed my senses. Jean Louis Montecot, previously of Jean Louis in Park City, is the ...

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New sushi restaurant banks on Layton’s future

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:14:03 MDT

New sushi restaurant banks on Layton’s future

By Jim Dalrymple II The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 09:14AM MDT

Layton • The restaurant sits on a wide street where the whir of speeding SUVs almost never stops. To the south, a stubble of spring weeds covers a vacant lot. To the north, a brown 1970s-era building is draped with vinyl signs advertising Asian massages. But Tonys’ Grill and Sushi Bar is banking on the spot. The Layton eatery is the brainchild of chef Tony Lei and manager Tony Ho. The two Tonys — “the apostrophe after the ‘s’ isn’t a mistake,” Ho emphasizes — opened their doors in January. Du...

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Restaurant empire gone, Kwon awaits prison

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:08:02 MDT

Restaurant empire gone, Kwon awaits prison

By dawn house The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 07:08PM MDT

Gene Kwon, once one of the Wasatch Front’s most prominent restaurateurs, was in the Salt Lake County jail Tuesday awaiting a spot in prison, his business empire only a memory. Several years after he entangled friends and others in a trail of fraudulent loans, Kwon, 45, was sentenced last week to one to 15 years on his guilty pleas to one count of theft, three counts of securities fraud and a pattern of unlawful activity, all second-degree felonies. Third District Judge Judith Atherton ordered...

Study questions how sharply U.S. should cut the salt

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:16:02 MDT

Study questions how sharply U.S. should cut the salt

Updated May 14, 2013 10:16PM MDT

Washington • A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it’s not clear whether eating super-low levels is worth the struggle. Make no mistake: Most Americans eat way too much salt, not just from salt shakers but because of sodium hidden inside processed foods and restaurant meals. Tuesday’s report stresses that, overall, the nation needs to ease back on the sodium for better heart health. But there’s no good evidence that eating ...

Renovation set for revered Little America Coffee Shop

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:55:18 MDT

Renovation set for revered Little America Coffee Shop

By Heather May The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 8, 2013 01:55PM MDT

The pink vinyl seats and floral wall hangings may disappear, but the coconut pie topped with fresh cream and chocolate will stay put as the Little America Coffee Shop undergoes a six-month renovation. On Monday, the restaurant will close for remodeling. However, breakfast, lunch and dinner will still be available next door in the steakhouse dining room. The renovation takes place at the same time the first floor of the downtown hotel, 500 South Main, also receives a face-lift. When the space re...