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Shooting Star Saloon
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Good For:
- Late Night, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Brunch
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Sun, Sat
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Drive-Thru:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Ambience:
- Dive-y, Touristy
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
10 reviews for Shooting Star Saloon
10 reviews in English
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Review from Alan D.
Heber, UT
1/9/2012 2 photos
I love the shooting star. my father in law and I make a point each holiday to go up, have a couple of beers and enjoy the history.
All bars have personality. Some are good, some are bad. if you're looking for a homogenized, hoity toity bar that serves mixed spritzers and a jukebox that plays lady gaga, this aint your place. You should know before you go.
Here's what it is:
Its the oldest bar in Utah. hell, the barmaid claims that if you count continuously running, its the oldest bar in the west. I like the story, so I choose to believe it. Consider that its a tiny mormon town where a Mormon Prophet was born, and that it ran through prohibition..... Its got the original bar... thats part of the charm of the 1879 founded Shooting star.
Walk inside and there is a stuffed st bernard, the world record holder for size at the time. There's other stuffed irreverent things in there as well. To me, a non mormon in mormon utah, the place has style.
Add in that they serve guinness (a personal plus for me), and the Shooting star burger is awesome. Nope, not whole grain bun with hand picked lettuce and organic beef. Its just a damn good bar burger. With bratwurst on it.
For a local bar Ive found the waitresses to be what they should be: Be friendly, and they'll fire friendliness right back at ya and even tell you some stories.
yeah, I love the shooting star. For bars, all things considered its a 5 star place for me. -
Review from Ryan W.
12/28/2011
This place has it all: a haunted jukebox, a stuffed Saint Bernard head on the wall, heart-stopping burgers, super-sweet bar staff, a cheap pool table, and pitchers of delicious beer. It only gets better if you combine a stop here with a hike down Ogden Canyon, a day sunbathing at Pineview Reservoir, or a day at Snowbasin Ski Resort.
Seriously. If you can only visit one bar in all of Utah, make it the Shooting Star. This place is special, and not just because it's full of ghosts. -
Review from Dave M.
Salt Lake City, UT
9/5/2010
You may think i'm nuts...but I almost gave the Shooting Star Saloon 4 stars. And it wasn't because I loved their food (which is limited to hamburgers).
This place has beer and burgers..thats it. No fries ( chips ).
My burger ( the house special ) was a monstrosity that included 2 patties and a polish sausage..yes meat on meat!....plus cheese, lettuce , tomato and grilled onions. My wife had the single version of the same burger.
I have had better..maybe 2.5 stars. My wife said she really liked the"sausage in burger" concept and ate the whole thing with a silly smile on her face. She gave her's a 3 star.
So why is this an ( almost ) 4 star place?
Because it's OLD!...Really, Really OLD!
This small bar has been in continuous operation for over 130 years. The exterior photo posted here does not do justice to ancient vibe of this place. The bar maid told me that they even stayed open during prohibition. The feds never came up into the mountains to bust them. Until the 1940's they also served whiskey ( they made their own ! )..how cool is that?. The Utah Alcohol Commission made them get a beer only licensee in the late forties so now its jut a beer bar.
Did I mention this place is really old?
A few tips:
- Tie your horse or your Subaru out front.
- Push open the stiff old wooden door and step back into the past.
- Order your food and beer ( or pop) at the bar.
- You can not have your burger "your way" ..so don't ask.
- Don't bring kids ( 21 and over only ).
- Bring cash ( no credit cards allowed ).
- Be sure to check out the bathrooms..they are soooo old.
(but its OK..they are clean :)
- And last, but not least...enjoy setting right in the middle of a living piece of the American West. -
Review from Jenn L.
Los Angeles, CA
2/15/2010
Not a fan.
The burgers were alright - only about $6, but In and Out burgers are better, seriously. Having a polish sausage in it didn't make it much better. It only comes with potato chips (no fries available at this place....bummer! )
The place had a weird vibe. The workers weren't friendly.. there were some weird ppl there too. I would not go back. -
Review from Maura H.
MA
6/21/2008
When you see a St. Bernard's head taxidermied on the wall and a sign next to it that states: "Our specialties are: BEER Burgers and Chips BEER, please do not ask for yogurt, fries, or salsa, we do not serve fancy things like that" you know you're in for a treat.
The Star Burger is the star of the 6 item menu: 2 hamburger patties with a sliced polish knock wurst on top with all the fixin's (that are not substitutable or changeable...per the menu).
It's a seat yourself, order at the counter dive bar with a pool table and a decent selection of local beers. Apparently, it's also the oldest bar West of the Mississippi with the same name. For a taste of the character of Weber County, I recommend checking it out! -
Review from Amelia P.
Emeryville, CA
1/6/2007
The best burger I have ever had.
I'm not kidding.
I had it in July, and I've thought of that one every time I've had a burger since. -
Review from Jenn R.
Lancaster, PA
3/23/2011
Not bad, but not great either. Standard local watering hole. Burger was good. Go for a good time with friends, not the beer or burger.
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Review from Bri V.
Renton, WA
3/21/2011
I give 4 -stars for the Star burger and Dog head. I'm not sure what people are looking for when they come here. I think they're kind of stupid when they end up comparing the food (burger only) to In N Out because the burgers are entirely different for one thing and the whole atmosphere is another thing.
First of all, it's bar / saloon. The thing that keeps this place going are the locals. Of course, they're gonna get a little annoyed by the tourists who come in maybe ONE TIME only. I'm not a local but I don't claim to know better than them or stick my nose up in the air. And this place will still stand for MORE years to come so the negative review by one person on here probably resulted from him being intimidated by his manli-less-ness.
If you can get by the snobby attitude of the holier-than-thou "tourists" then one might see this place for what it's worth. It's a great place to hang after skiing. There's no sense or sensibility about it, it's just a saloon with great history. Currency on the ceiling. Squeaky wooden floors.
Personally, I LOVE their burgers. Greasy, no frills. You want fries than go back to Crap In N Crap Out.
It's a dive-y bar with dive-y food. But it has a LOT of history to it. A pitcher of beer and their burgs help too. -
Review from Pete N.
WA
3/22/2010
After hearing about the 'legendary' Shooting Star we decided to give it a try, and frankly, had an unpleasant experience there. A self-appointed 'mayor' of bar was rude to us, in front of the staff, (who found it amusing). Making fun of tourists in a ski-town must be loads of fun, especially if you never go anywhere but the corner stool of the oldest bar in Utah. After suffering through the clown mayor we choked down some lousy burgers with chips. Nothing special. Same beef-heart burgers you get at any hole in the wall. There's no table service and no condiments. No salsa, fries, salad or other 'exotic' food either. Skip the Shooting Star, it's nothing special.
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Review from Jarett S.
Rohnert Park, CA
1/19/2009
A few years ago I went to Utah to visit some friends. We cruised out towards Snow Basin and all around the area and stumbled upon this cool little bar/grill place. I guess its been there forever. Anyhow, the food was good. I think i had a burger that was topped with like a sausage or a hotdog. i cant remember really. but i do remember it being really good. Who knew, hot dogs are now a topping for burgers! Id go back to this place when if im out that way again.
