The remote and sustainable restaurant has become a destination for travelers seeking a taste of its terroir-driven fare.įor the past two years, the business partners and best friends have been named as semifinalists for "Best Chef: Southwest" by the James Beard Foundation.
It's an amalgam of Mormon pioneer, Western range cowboy and traditional Southwest flavors, like juniper lamb posole or grilled pork chops with Boulder crabapple barbecue sauce. The remote and sustainable restaurant has become a destination for culinary travelers seeking a taste of its terroir-driven fare.
Nearly 20 years ago, Spalding and her business partner, Jen Castle, founded Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Utah, on the edge of the then-newly designated Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, about 250 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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"It's full of dinosaur fossils and more than 650 documented species of wild bees." "That is one of the areas they're hoping to mine," she tells a group of visiting chefs from Salt Lake City. The looming bluff is dotted with thousand-year-old pinyon pine and juniper trees. Standing between peach and cherry trees on her 6.5-acre Utah farm, Blake Spalding points to the Kaiparowits Plateau. The restaurant's owners are fighting Trump's plans to slash the size of nearby Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by more than half. Winners will be announced in June.Hell's Backbone Grill is located in Boulder, Utah, about 250 miles south of Salt Lake City. 1500 East, Salt Lake City.įinalists will be named in March. (The Angry Korean has a second location, at 6945 S.
Young-Ho Kang and Peter Kim, The Angry Korean, 11587 S. Briar Handly, Handle, 136 Heber Ave., Park City. Paul Chamberlain and Logen Crew, SLC Eatery, 1017 S. Seven Utahns at five restaurants were among the 20 eateries named Best Chef semifinalists in the Mountain region, comprised of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming: And Post Office Place, which was “born out of a love for travel and food” and “has been an outlet for an abundance of ideas and a passion for providing place,” is a national semifinalist as Outstanding Bar. locally sourced milk from happy cows” and its “knack for snagging the very best ingredients,” is one of 20 national semifinalists as Outstanding Bakery. Normal Ice Cream, which touts its “unconventional flavor combos. (900 South) remains closed after suffering water damage in early January it is expected to reopen sometime in February. Manoli’s, which “reinterprets Greek cuisine by using fresh, local and seasonal products,” is one of 20 national semifinalists in the Outstanding Hospitality category. Three Salt Lake City establishments were named semifinalists in other James Beard categories: “Your belief in us has not only helped us believe in ourselves again, it’s renewed our faith in humanity.” “Through hundreds of handwritten letters, calls, emails, texts, posts, and comments - and thousands of donations - you’ve granted us something invaluable: The courage, confidence, inspiration, peace of mind, determination and resources to carry on with the work we deeply love,” they wrote on the page. Castle and Spalding wrote that they were “absolutely undone” by the support. As of Wednesday, the restaurant’s GoFundMe page has raised more than $405,000 - well beyond the original goal of $324,000. Since Hell’s Backbone was named one of 20 national Outstanding Restaurant semifinalists in 2022, Castle and Spalding have had to turn to crowd-funding to keep their restaurant open. Winter at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder Utah
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