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Lamb's Grill

169 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT

Utah's oldest restaurant started in Logan on Washington's birthday, then spent 78 years on Main Street before closing in 2017.

📅 1919–2017🏛️ RestaurantClosed
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The story

Greek immigrant George Lamb opened his cafe in Logan on George Washington's birthday in 1919. In 1939 he moved it to Salt Lake City, to 169 S. Main St., and carried along the chairs and tables from Logan. A portrait of Washington from the Logan days was still hanging in the dining room in 2015.

The address was the Herald Building, put up in 1905 for a newspaper. The Speros family ran Lamb's for about 70 years, and braised lamb shank and rice pudding stayed on the menu. In 2014 the majority ownership changed hands, and the state liquor authority said it was not told. It revoked the liquor license in October 2016, fined the restaurant, and restored the license in December after the fine was paid. The restaurant closed in April 2017, with a voicemail hinting the closure might be temporary. It was not.

What's There Now

The Herald Building still stands on Main Street and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The dining room still held the tables and chairs George Lamb hauled down from Logan in 1939.
The Herald Building was the first place in Salt Lake City to use a concrete mixer and a concrete foundation, according to Wikipedia.
KUTV reported the restaurant had served more than 14 million people since 1919.

Nearby history

Walker Bank Building

175 S Main Street · 29 m away
The Walker brothers' bank headquarters topped the city in 1912 and still carries a rooftop weather beacon.

Salt Lake Tribune Building (Ezra Thompson Building)

143 S Main St · 62 m away
The Tribune bought this 1924 mining-mayor's tower in 1937 and left in 2005; now it is a university.

Kearns Building

132 S Main Street · 101 m away
Thomas Kearns's white terracotta office tower opened in 1911 and housed what was billed as the most beautiful buffet in

Utah Theatre (Pantages)

144 S Main Street · 146 m away
A Pantages vaudeville house that became the Utah Theatre, was split in two in 1968, and was torn down in 2022 despite a

Capitol Theatre (Orpheum)

50 W 200 South · 148 m away
Opened as the Orpheum Theatre in 1913, it became the Capitol in 1927 and now hosts Ballet West and Utah Opera.

Crazy Goat Saloon

165 S West Temple · 187 m away
The Dead Goat renamed and reopened as a strip club, which led to a lawsuit with the LDS Church.

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Sourceshttps://www.deseret.com/2015/2/1/20557677/about-utah-lamb-s-is-turning-96-and-still-cooking/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herald_Building_(Salt_Lake_City)