Best Meatloaf in Utah Restaurants

Best Meatloaf in Utah Restaurants
- revised 21 Dec 2018, 9 Aug 2021


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Of dozens of Meatloaf we've tried nationwide, and many in Utah, there are only a few decent places:

THE TOP 6:

1. Ruth's Diner. Char-grilled for a nice touch. A- alone, A with demiglaze.

2. Garden Restaurant, downtown Salt Lake City, atop old Hotel Utah at Joseph Smith Memorial Building. The sausage flavor comes through amidst the beef. Of all these listings, this one is most important to eat hot, when freshly served, as it's not so good just warm. Comes as only a sandwich currently, so we suggest you remove half of it from the sandwich and eat it alone, like an entree. As a sandwich it's great also. Meatloaf alone B+, with gravy A   

3. Harvest Restaurant, Thanksgiving Point at Lehi, Utah. Alone or with sauce: B+ 
(Note that this is among the top 3 pure meatloafs alone, not counting any glaze or sauce added.)

4. Windy Ridge, Park City. Alone it's a B/B+. With the mushroom gravy it's a B+

5. MacCool's Pub, SLC, Bountiful, Layton B+

6. Communal, Provo (served occasionally) 2014 version: B - alone. But with sauce: B+

OTHERS, FROM FAIR TO DECENT: 

7. Franck's, Holliday, B

8. Wingers, various locations. Grade: B. Great texture, but a bit too spicy and the flavor is only good.

9. Purple Sage, Park City. B

10. Left Fork Grill, Murray B

Note 1: For our favorite Eastern meatloaf, check out: Pennsylvania Dutch Farmer's Market (aka "The Amish Market") in Annapolis, Maryland (Thursday-Saturdays, when an Amish group is transported every weekend from Lancaster County, PA).

Note 2: Shoney's Restaurants once served meatloaf - no more. They were once in Utah, but now are only in the Southeast and Midwest, and no longer even has it on their menu, but their meatloaf was amazing in 1996.

Note 3: All the national chain restaurants have meatloaf that rates not higher than a C+ or B-, and we've tried them all plus at many mom-and-pop cafes. These are the national chains in Utah where it's currently on the menu (some chains have it for awhile then take it off):

10. Cracker Barrel. Grade: C++ (but part with ketchup sauce is B-/B)

11. Iggy's. Grade C+ (the added sausage is a nice touch)

12. R & R BBQ, local chain. Grade: C+

13. Marie Calendar restaurant. Grade: C-

INDECENT:

14. Mimi's. The worst meatloaf on American soil. (In fact it tastes like it came from American soil.)

(Note: Mimi's does have some good things, however. See our site, "Best Restaurants in Utah.")

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