City Greek Express

City Greek Express
660 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801)364-3140
www.citygreekexpress.com

Three years ago I had the opportunity to visit Salt Lake City for the very first time. It was a business trip and my buddy Dave is based there with our company. Nick and I gave him a call and told him we expected him to show us the city and take us to some good places to eat. He did take us to some good places, which I have written about previously in this blog, but we purposely found little things to nitpick him about at every spot. I went back last year and again he took me to a couple of other great spots as well. This year I called him and gave him about a month's notice. When we got together last week, it was clear he was on a gastronomic mission to show me the best of Salt Lake City.

Dave picked me up early around 4:30 so we could get a head start on the crowds. When I hopped into his car he told me he wanted to head to a little spot owned by a buddy of his for us to have an appetizer before heading to dinner. We made a couple of turns away from the hotel and drove down South State Street. Not far from the hotel he parks his car on the street in front of a place called City Greek Express. I was very happy given that Greek food is one of my favorites.

As we enter the restaurant, it is clear that we have beaten all the crowds. There was only one other diner in the place at the time and the gentleman in the kitchen was doing prep work for the evening ahead. We sat at the counter and both ordered gyros. Since we still had dinner to tackle, we went with their smaller four inch version. They also serve a seven inch version. Since the restaurant was not busy, the young lady that took our order immediately started putting together our gyros. Within about five minutes we both had these wonderfully looking Greek sandwiches stuffed with sizzling strips of lamb, lettuce, diced tomatoes and a fantastic tzatziki that was so refreshing. All served on piping hot, soft pita bread. The gyro packed so much flavor in it that I was tempted to suggest we just stay there and have more gyros. However, our next stop was my true goal for the evening.

City Greek Express seems to be one of those places where the staff is friendly, the food exceptional and the interior comforting and inviting. I perused their menu and they have all the traditional dishes you would expect to find in a Greek restaurant. There is no doubt in my mind that I will back to City Greek Express.

For my first visit to City Greek Express, I am going to give them four Stiffy's. My goal is to go back and visit them so I can try a couple of other dishes. My guess is they have what it takes to reach the coveted five Stiffy's. I will keep you posted.

Eat, drink and be merry!

Harry