ensenadajim:
I do live there. I'm aware of Ninth & Ninth (for the uninitiated, that's the term for the area that surrounds Ninth East and Ninth South in SLC). I'm also aware that Ninth & Ninth targets the sector that fancies itself as up and coming, decidedly pretentious and willing to spare no expense for fare that is, when it's all said and done, ordinary. You will find the same wares in any city or large town, catering to the same clientle more than happy to pay for their ignorance through the nose.
Probably correct, as numbers go. Utah County is ground zero in terms of Mormon population and practice. But that has nothing to do with Ranee's proposal that they aim to serve returning missionaries. And it has nothing to do with the quality of its restaurants. They are as bland as everywhere else in the state, and they tend to be franchises that concern themselves with just one national marketing demographic.
The whole concept of Sundance is a joke. It's a tourist trap, anymore. What was once a effective backhanded salute to the snobbery of mainstream Hollywood movie making has become what it intended to deride.
