New in the Neighborhood
They won't be open for several weeks, but I'm excited about two new neighborhood restaurants taking shape in Salt Lake City.
Forage will be an upscale, 34-seat restaurant located in a renovated home one block west of Liberty Park. It will have a fixed-price menu that changes depending on the season and what's available locally. Chef/owners Viet Pham and Bowman Brown have built a greenhouse in the back so they can grow their own herbs and vegetables. They also plan to use non-traditional cooking methods and ingredients that have been overlooked. A sample menu faxed to The Tribune included hibiscus glazed pork belly, duck and foie gras sausage and roasted rabbit loin.
Pago, a casual restaurant and wine bar, will be opening toward the end of May in Salt Lake City's 900 South 900 East neighborhood. Owner Scott Evans, formerly of Squatters, already hired his co-chefs: Adam Findlay, formerly of Metropolitan and Viking Yurt, and Michael Richey, native of Northern California. The restaurant will seat about 50 people and rely heavily on ingredients that are seasonal and local.
Forage will be an upscale, 34-seat restaurant located in a renovated home one block west of Liberty Park. It will have a fixed-price menu that changes depending on the season and what's available locally. Chef/owners Viet Pham and Bowman Brown have built a greenhouse in the back so they can grow their own herbs and vegetables. They also plan to use non-traditional cooking methods and ingredients that have been overlooked. A sample menu faxed to The Tribune included hibiscus glazed pork belly, duck and foie gras sausage and roasted rabbit loin.
Pago, a casual restaurant and wine bar, will be opening toward the end of May in Salt Lake City's 900 South 900 East neighborhood. Owner Scott Evans, formerly of Squatters, already hired his co-chefs: Adam Findlay, formerly of Metropolitan and Viking Yurt, and Michael Richey, native of Northern California. The restaurant will seat about 50 people and rely heavily on ingredients that are seasonal and local.
