a taste of salt lake

one of my family's traditions is 

saturday lunch out.

(yay for no cooking and no dishes, right ladies?)

we always enjoy lunch out together on saturdays.

sometimes we find new places to eat,

and other times we go back to an old favorite.

my husband is the one who hunts down these fun new

places, and he found a winner this past saturday:

vinto.

 i liked it before we even tasted the food...

isn't the sign great?

 

oh, and i loved these light fixtures outside!

the interiors have a really sleek yet warm modern look.

the light marble and metal stools blend nicely with the

wood tones and warm paint colors.

 wowza.

what a light fixture!

me likey.

 this is where we ate.

hello stripes!

i was giddy as we sat down to look at the menu.

i kept wanting to lick the walls cuz they were so amazing.

but don't worry. i didn't.

the bold black and white stripes were so crisp...

and i love the little wood trimmed "window".

what was so amazing about this banquette was the fact that the

bottom stripe....

was the upholstered bench!

so genius!

love it.

 

even the area for wood for the wood burning pizza oven was stylish.

even if the food was bad (which it WASN'T),

i would still come back to this place 

just to bask in it's loveliness.

the next stop?

gourmandise.

sinful, yummy paradise awaits.

 the inside has a great coffered ceiling,

black and white checkerboard floors, and

nice lighting. 

bad lighting can literally RUIN a meal for me.

yeah, that's right.

i'm a lighting snob.

it's one of my many faults....

(my friends and husband like to tease me about the times we have

eaten out and i have asked to be moved because i had

a light shining in my eye, or had a terrible view of the

fluorescent lights in the kitchen.)

they also have a rotating display of local art.

and just take a peek at the goodies...

 

um, hello yumminess.

we ordered.
and then we ordered some more.

and then, just to cover our bases,

we ordered two more things.

and ended up with this cute box full of yummies to go.

guess what i had for breakfast sunday morning?