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OGDEN — Ogden’s Restaurant Week is back, offering deals for diners to revisit beloved Ogden spots or find a new favorite.
The city has been hosting the tasty event since 2013. For 2016, the annual restaurant week will start Thursday and run through April 17. More than 20 participating restaurants are listed on the Visit Ogden webpage and all will have 2-course lunch options for $10 and 3-course dinner options for $17.
Below are five restaurants to try during the event. For more recommendations, see our article from 2015.
Slackwater Pub & Pizzeria =========================
This restaurant offers tasty pizzas with clever names like “Fury of Curry,” “From the Earth” and “Cardiac Arrest.” It also has sandwiches, salads and other pub food. For its restaurant week menu, options include Gyro Trip or Grassy Knoll pizzas, BBQ brisket sliders and a spring raspberry salad. Smoked pork chili verde nachos are included among options for a first course, while beignets and cheesecake are available for a sweet dessert.
Location: 1895 Washington Boulevard
This popular gathering spot in Union Station is home to a wide menu that includes everything from chicken cucumber lettuce wraps to savory meat medallions and fiesta fajitas. For Ogden Restaurant Week, Union Grill’s large lunch menu includes numerous options like a barbacoa BBQ chicken sandwich or chicken tostada with dessert or an appetizer. For dinner, guests can choose from options that include barbacoa polenta and grilled tilapia, plus appetizers like a blackened salmon wonton cup and desserts that include a strawberry shortcake.
Location: 2501 Wall Avenue
Pig & A Jelly Jar =================
Breakfast and comfort food rules supreme at this Ogden restaurant. Everything from sausage to jam is made fresh, according to Pig & A Jelly Jar. Its lunch menu for Ogden Restaurant Week features beignets with blueberry lavender jam or chicken and waffles with fried dill pickles or buffalo chicken sliders. For dinner, guests can enjoy entrees like biscuits and gravy or the “kitchen sink,” plus big berry shortcakes, a pulled pork salad and more.
Location: 227 25th Street
Many of the items on the menu at this Ogden hotspot are cooked in the kitchen’s Tuscan wood-burning oven. For lunch during Ogden Restaurant Week, guest can choose from three entrees: a Moroccan chicken salad sandwich, ‘slow food’ stroganoff or pad thai. Dinner options include truffle frites for an appetizer, gulf shrimp puttanesca for the main course and seasonal crème brulee for dessert. The restaurant is also offering a six-course chef’s tasting for $40.
Location: 195 25th Street
Even Stevens Sandwiches =======================
This popular Salt Lake City sandwich shop just opened a new location in Ogden. Jumping straight into Ogden Restaurant Week, the new spot will be offering a lunch with brava tots or Mediterranean salad for an appetizer with a muffaletta or capreezy sandwich. For dinner, patrons enjoy the same options with an ice cream sandwich as dessert.
Location: 2214 Washington Boulevard
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