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Fireside Dining

  • Location: Empire Canyon Lodge - Upper mountain area
  • Dining Type: European
  • Business Hours: Currently Closed. 2013 - 2014 Service will resume on December 14, 2013

Join us for local favorites from the European Alps. Fireside Dining at Empire Canyon Lodge features four courses served from our five stone fireplaces. Enjoy warm Swiss raclette cheese, cured meats, salads, delectable stews, potato rosti, risotto or polenta, fire-roasted leg of lamb, fresh baked breads and dessert fondues. A full bar is available as well as specially selected wines and imported beer to complement each course. Horse-drawn sleigh rides are available for hire or consider an adventurous trek before dinner on snowshoes.

For more information on these options, please ask the reservation agent at the time of booking. Access the Empire Canyon Lodge easily by car via Marsac Avenue. Complimentary evening parking is available. Click here to view the Deer Valley Resort Evening Restaurant Map.

Prices
Adults, $58
Children (11 years and younger), $28
Prices do not include beverages, tax or gratuity

Reservations are required
435-645-6632

Please note: menu selections and prices may change.

Fireside Dining Menu

Empire Fireplace

Warm Swiss raclette cheese accompanied by steamed new potatoes, house-marinated pearl onions, cornichons, cured Italian and Swiss meats, freshly baked baguettes and condiments including house-made Fireside fig mustard and strawberry chutney.

North Fireplace

Simmering stews and fricassées with hearty alpine ingredients such as veal, venison, chicken, beef short ribs, quail, wild mushrooms, leeks, roasted tomatoes, root vegetables and lots of fresh herbs accompanied by our hand-grated, crisp, buttery potato rösti, specialty salads and house-made ciabatta bread.

Weekly delicacies may include:

  • Almond flour-dusted Utah trout
  • Capons~ braised pork, Spanish olives wrapped in Swiss chard
  • Simmered beef short ribs with pearl onions, bacon and red wine sauce
  • Braised chicken fricassée with tomatoes, leeks and fresh herbs
  • Ribollita~ rich thick vegetable and flageolet bean stew with house-made venison sausage meatballs
  • Roasted vegetable and beluga lentil stew, house-made herb biscuit
  • Swiss veal and wild mushroom stew
  • Pork Picholine~ seared pork, tomatoes and green olives
  • Seared venison or beef medallions
  • Traditional duck confit~ white beans, prosciutto de parma
  • Seared pheasant with roasted yams, sugar snap peas, pears, fresh sage butter
  • Grilled quail with pickled purple cabbage, bacon, cognac black currant au jus
  • Seared rabbit, red wine, rutabagas, celeriac, bacon bits, roma tomatoes, house-made currant jam

Ontario Fireplace

Fire-roasted leg of lamb, cooked slowly by the fire, brushed with fresh herbs and seasoning and accompanied by Dutch oven specialties.

Selections May Include

  • Mountain Macaroni~ baby penne with gruyere, raclette and bacon lardons
  • Basil pesto mashed potatoes, parmesan, Italian parsley
  • Wild mushroom and shallot risotto served in a parmesan wheel
  • Dutch oven potatoes with leek and cambozola cheese
  • Andouille sausage and white cheddar grits
  • Jack Daniels, Roquefort sweet potatoes
  • Polenta au gratin
  • Vidalia onion bread pudding
  • Green olive mashers (castelvetrano olives)
  • Roasted butternut squash, candied pecans, dried cranberries, Granny Smith apples, fresh sage apple cider vinaigrette
  • Roasted cauliflower, Maui onions, fresh oregano with goat cheese dressing
  • Brown sugar roasted acorn squash with Jack Daniels caramel
  • Braised brussel sprouts, warm red onion vinaigrette
  • Steamed green beans, sautéed shiitake mushrooms, roasted red peppers, roasted garlic dressing
  • Stacked ratatouille, provençal style
  • Roasted vegetable medley with fingerling potatoes, baby carrots, pearl onions
  • Buttered fava beans, lima beans, stewed roma tomatoes, white wine
  • Sautéed spaghetti squash, banana squash, sweet Maui onions
  • Beet celeriac casserole, fresh thyme, juniper berries
  • Steamed asparagus

Specialty Soups and Salads

  • Grilled romaine hearts with blue cheese crumbles, port wine vinaigrette
  • Santa Maria lettuce blend with Roaring 40’s blue cheese, Forelli pears, celery root, figs, orange lemon dressing
  • Baby spinach salad with crimini mushrooms, crisp bacon, Spanish onions, red peppers, honey mustard dressing
  • Baby wedge salad with pickled beets, heirloom tomatoes, baby carrots, Italian vinaigrette
  • Arugula with D’Anjou pears, dried cranberries,black mission figs, lemon olive oil
  • CMF ~ Copper Moose Farms field greens, seasonal vegetables and red onion vinaigrette

Specialty Soups May Include

Swiss Onion Soup
sherry and gruyere

White Bean Chili
zucchini, flageolet beans

Italian Peasant Soup
baby lima beans, spinach, yellow tomatoes, fontina cheese

Garlic, Chickpea and Spinach Soup

Dill Pickle Soup
garlic, sour cream, dill

Carrot Ginger Soup

Potato Leek Soup

Potato Pesto Soup
pine nuts, parmesan cheese

Roasted Cauliflower Soup
cambozola cheese, caraway, Wasatch Evolution Ale

Roasted Corn Lima Bean Soup

Sweet Potato Peanut Soup

Tomato Soup
roma tomatoes, cream and butter

Lobby Fireplace

Chocolate, caramel and white chocolate Grand Marnier fondues served with strawberries, bananas, apples, dried apricots, cinnamon pound cake, Deer Valley cookies and almond biscotti

Special Desserts

  • Alpine Bread Pudding ~ brioche custard bread pudding with whiskey caramel sauce
  • Apple Almond Jalousie ~ France's answer to apple strudel, caramelized apple and almond filling baked inside puff pastry
  • Apple Berry Kuchen ~ brandied apple berry filling, rich butter cake topping
  • Chocolate Walnut Pudding ~ chocolate pastry cream enrobed walnut torte
  • Yule Log ~ chocolate ladyfinger rolled around rum mascarpone cream filling

Beverages

  • Locally-roasted Mill Creek coffee
  • a fine selection of teas
  • hot chocolate
  • a full selection of premium cocktails, wines and beer

Reserve A Table

Or Call

435-645-6632

Now accepting telephone reservations

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