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Lunch Ladies: The Happy Sumo Restaurant & Sushi Bar

Some mornings you wake up, you hit snooze, you hit it again, and again, and one more time for good measure, because after all, “the third time’s the charm,” right?Well for some reason this random morning I woke up about an hour and a half earlier than usual. Wide awake. As in I could hear ...

Drive-Thru Gourmet: Wendy’s Ghost Pepper Fries are frighteningly good

This week I reached out for an order of Ghost Pepper Fries — boo! — from America's No. 3 burger barn, Wendy's, with 6,500 restaurants in all 50 states. That's boo as in ghost. Not boo as in A-Rod on the road.As you may remember from when Popeyes unleashed Ghost Pepper Wings last year, ...

South County flair: Dining options abound in and around Payson

Living in Payson for the past four years, I've become quite familiar with the town's dining fare -- everything from fast food favorites to a delicious, popular steakhouse. For this week's restaurant review, I decided to do a bit of a round-up -- four restaurants in and around Payson just ...

Lehi family’s barbecue is gaining considerable out-of-state attention

There’s a common phrase in Latter-day Saint and other religious cultures, based on a verse in 1 Corinthians: “The milk before the meat.” For Fidel and Melissa Astorga, it’s actually been the other way around.“I was pregnant with our first and all I wanted was meat, so I just had him ...

N’awlins-themed Mimi’s Café offers a more affordable Louisiana purchase

Mimi’s Café has been in Orem as long as I’ve lived here. How it is I’d never been there until last week, I have no idea. Mea culpa.Admittedly, this review isn’t quite complete. Mimi’s has separate breakfast and lunch/dinner menus. It’d take two trips and more than $100 for a full ...

Lunch Ladies: 5 Star BBQ Company

One of the great joys of Instagram is being able to connect with people of similar interest and vicinities all through a few hashtags.Through our Lunch Ladies Instagram, @lunchladies, we have connected with several hundred followers who have shared in our love for local restaurants with unique ...