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Rio Grande Cafe

270 S Rio Grande St
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: (801) 364-3302
Fax: (801) 364-1857
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Cross Street:
W 300 S
Best of Citysearch:
Margarita 2006
Hours:
Mon-Thu 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm, Sun 4pm-9pm

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Rio Grande Cafe

Rio Grande Cafe offers Mexican food and service.

  • Combination Plates
  • Domestic and Imported Beer
  • Catering

The Rio Grande is a Salt Lake City institution, housed in the historic Rio Grande Train Station. Serving authentic Mexican cuisine, they offer tacos, tostadas, burritos, enchiladas, chimichangas, chili rellano, quesadillas, nachos, and chili rojo. They also serve domestic, local and imported beer as well as combination plates with a variety of choices all served with rice and beans.

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Editorial Review for Rio Grande Cafe – by Barbara Schmiett

The Scene
Crazy mobiles hang throughout the restaurant, including the notorious taco lady. The restaurant, based in the old Rio Grande train station, has maintained much of the original architecture. The casual atmosphere and inexpensive menu make this a great place to bring kids while Mom and Dad unwind with a frosty margarita. Bringing the adults? Get a pitcher.

The Food
It's mainstream Tex-Mex fare with good, basic flavors. The vegetable enchilada, filled with zucchini, red peppers and cheese, is consistently zesty and good. If you're looking for something meatier, try the Santa Fe enchilada with pork. Kids go for the quesadillas and the Little Engine menu offers a Sillydilla for just $1.50 and rice for 50 cents.

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The Extras

Dining with a large party? Rio Grande Cafe has tables to fit everyone together.

User Reviews for Rio Grande Cafe

Citysearch (12), Dine.com (8 ), All (20)

1 Star Rating: Not Recommended

11/15/2007 Posted by alisone4

Yes, this restaurant has been around for a long time. Yes, it's in a historic, interesting building. Other than that, it's possibly the worse service you'll ever have, very low-end gringo American Mexican, and nothing redeeming to make it truly worthwhile. Unfortunately, this restaurant has gone so far downhill over the past few years that it would be surprising if it even could make a comeback. Bottom line--don't waste your time or money on this has-been dump.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/23/2007 Posted by rxrapsdlef

The Rio Grande Cafe is one of the three oldest restaurants in Salt Lake and a very unique restaurant at that. There is truly nothing like it- A jukebox with old favorites, delicious barely-legal margaritas, ghost stories, and funky local art. They make all of their dishes from scratch, even their mouth watering chili rojo. If you have only one weekend to spend in SLC, you'd be a fool not to check it out!!!

Pros: Pitchers of Margaritas

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Editor's Review

Kids love the decorations, grown-ups love the margaritas--a great combination for family dining.  See the full editorial review.

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The Extras

Dining with a large party? Rio Grande Cafe has tables to fit everyone together.

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Restaurant Information

Smoking

  • No

Parking

  • Street

Hours

  • Mon-Thu 11am-2:30pm, 5pm-9:30pm
  • Fri-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm
  • Sun 4pm-9pm

Cuisines

  • Mexican

Payment Types

  • American Express
  • MasterCard
  • Visa
  • Discover

Recognition for Rio Grande Cafe

2006 Audience Winner - Margarita

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