Sharon’s Cafe, City Weekly Dining Tour Day 1
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Today was the start of City Weekly’s Dining Tour. Each weekday between now and next Tuesday, they will be giving away free food at local restaurants. You need to show up at the right time, and voilà! Free food!
You’ll need to follow @CityWeekly on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook so you can find out what you’ll need to know to get your food, such as where and when to show up! (Don’t forget to bring a tip – it’s good karma!)
Today was lunch at Sharon’s Cafe, on Murray Holladay Road. I met up with a friend there, and we each got $25 gift certificates. One of them turned out to be enough to cover both of our meals, leaving us the second one to come back again so I can try their biscuits and gravy!
I got the Swiss Garlic Burger. This one is the regular size. The “Giant” 1 lb version uses the whole bun, instead of half, which I think is bigger than my head! (Sorry for the crappy phone pics – I’ll use a real camera next time!) I chose onion rings instead of the default chips.
The garlic burger was great, and doesn’t look nearly as big in this photo as it was – those onion rings weren’t small! I could have stood more garlic in it, but then I really like garlic. The garlic definitely didn’t overwhelm the burger, though. The onion ring batter was great! Very flaky, and tasty! I would definitely eat this again!
This is Sharon’s Breakfast Special, which was eggs, marinated pork, sweet potato hashbrowns, a tomato slice and feta cheese.
I didn’t care for the sweet potato hash browns, but then I generally don’t think that sweet potatoes are a good substitute for regular potatoes. The pork, however, was amazing! I’d like their marinade recipe! Very tender, and very flavorful!
We each got a shake to go, and soda pops with our meals, and still managed to eat for under $25, leaving us the other certificate to come back with another day. Since they are open 7 days a week until 2 PM, I think this may be a new weekend brunch stop for me. I’ll decide after trying their biscuits and gravy!
Not bad for a free lunch, eh?
I’ll be back tomorrow with the second day of the Salt Lake City Weekly Dining Tour, from The Sun and Moon Cafe.








