What’s Up in Millcreek

Welcome to the neighborhood! You may know of the scenic mountain vistas of the Salt Lake Valley, but do you truly know of all the experiences, events, and opportunities available to you when you choose to live in Millcreek? Take a walk through Big Cottonwood Regional Park, get a bite at the Cancun Café, shop ‘till you drop at City Creek Shopping Center, or hit the slopes at the largest ski resort in the country. It’s all at your fingertips when you choose Millcreek.

Food and Drink

Feeling the urge to go out on the town? Or maybe you’re simply looking for a cozy dinner for two? You’re in luck. Within 5 miles of your new home, you can find more than 50 restaurants and bars of every variety.

Bars

All around Millcreek, there’s a variety of entertainment options to keep the party alive. Choose from pubs and lounges to relax with a friendly game of pool or go to a sports bar for a big-screen sporting event.

• Liquid Joe’s
• Bongo Lounge
• Bout Time Pub & Grub
• Lumpys Bar
• A Bar Named Sue
• Ice Haus
• Crow and the Pitcher
• Prohibition
• The Cotton Bottom Inn
• Barbary Coast Saloon
• Club 48
• Highlander Club
• Leprechaun Inn
• The Point After
• And much more, including easy access to the nightlife of Downtown Salt Lake!

Restaurants

With fare from all around the world, you can find whatever you’re craving right in your back yard.

American

• Log Haven
• Provisions Restaurant
• Table X
• Citris Grill
• Dragon Diner
• Stella Grill
• Crown Burger
• The Wing Coop
• Tickles Restaurant
• Wing Nuts
• Marie Callender’s

Mexican

• Cancun Café
• El Chihuahua Restaurant
• La Fountain
• Maria’s Mexican Grill
• La Frontera Restaurant
• Hector’s Mexican Food
• Café Silvestre
• Salazar’s Mexican Café
• Restaurant Morelia

Bakery/Deli

• Feldman’s Deli
• Greenhouse Effect Coffee & Crepes
• Beaumont Bakery and Café
• Munchies SLC
• Lazy Day Café
• Over the Counter Café
• Roots Café
• Europa Café & Deli
• Frank Granato Importing
• Higher Ground Coffee
• Millcreek Café & Eggworks
• Eggs in the City

Asian/Indian

• Kubo Express Smoothies and Grill
• Kobe Japanese Cuisine & Sushi Bar
• Tandoor the Indian Grill
• Tokai Sushi
• Kathmandu House
• Koyo Restaurant
• Mings Garden
• New Flavor Fortune Cuisine
• Pan Wok
• Sushi Groove
• Tokyo Sushi*

Italian/Greek

• Spedelli’s
• Antica Sicilia
• Nuch’s Pizzeria
• Per No Trattoria
• Big Apple Pizzeria
• Pizza Factory
• Wasatch Pizza
• Yanni’s Greek Express

Exploring IRL (in real life!)

While school and even work may be online right now, get your family out in the world with hands-on learning and exploring activities. Take them to the local libraries, museums, and outdoor recreation throughout Salt Lake.

Libraries, Museums, Interactive Activities

• Hogle Zoo
• Living Planet Aquarium
• The Leonardo
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts
• Natural History Museum of Utah
• Fort Douglas Military Museum*
• Millcreek Community Library
• Calvin S. Smith Library
• Salt Lake City Public Library

Recreation

Utah is nature’s playground—and Millcreek is the perfect basecamp for your exploring. Hiking and biking adventures await, nearby national parks and monuments are only a day trip away, you can explore the desert and forest, then shred the snow at one of the many ski resorts within a few hours drive.

Arches, Canyonlands, Bryce, Zion, and Capitol Reef are all just a day’s drive away from Salt Lake. Meanwhile, smaller state parks like Great Salt Lake, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Goblin Valley, Antelope Island, and Jordanelle make for shorter getaways.

Skiing and Snowboarding

When you move to Millcreek, you’ll have total access to skiing and snowboarding less than 30 minutes away. Enjoy the best snow on earth at Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude.

Shopping

With more than 250 complexes, villages, and shops within 10 minutes of home, you’ll easily find anything you’re looking for. Be it clothes, shoes, furniture, sporting goods, or more, you can get it in and around Millcreek. Here are just a few of the options available to you.

• City Creek Center
• Fashion Place Mall
• Brickyard Plaza
• The Shops at Fort Union
• Gardner Village
• Historic Trolly Square

Furnish your home with Ikea, Ashley Home Furnishings, or RC Willey. Shop for shoes and fashion with access to stores like Aldo, Dillard’s, H&M, Macy’s. Get your quick trip done with grocery stores within a mile of your home. If you need it, you can find it close to home.

Events

Lastly, when you live in Millcreek, you have the opportunity to take advantage of Salt Lake City’s many, varied events. Head over to the Salt Palace Convention Center during FanX to nerd out or enjoy yourself at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City and see all the latest in independent filmmaking. Watch a ballet or attend a Broadway production at the Eccles Theater in Downtown Salt Lake or see a musical down at Hale Center Theater in Sandy. Within minutes of Millcreek, you can go to conventions, musicals, performing arts productions, concerts or even a Jazz game! Check out these local events that happen throughout the year:

• Lumaze presents: A Fairytale Christmas
• Michael Bubble in Concert – Vivint Arena
• Justin Bieber – Vivint Arena
• Utah Jazz NBA Games
• Sundance Film Festival
• Utah Arts Festival
• FanX Comic Convention
• Twilight Concert Series
• Days of 47 Parade

So, what’s up in Millcreek?

You’re out for the night life, enjoying dinner, exploring the world, getting your shopping fix, or attending a world-class performance, and you never had to leave your back yard! Millcreek is an incredible city nestled beneath the eastern mountains of the Salt Lake Valley with stunning views and easy access to both the city and the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Your life will never be boring when you’re on an adventure in Millcreek, so what are you waiting for? Come see what we’re all about.