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We try really hard every day.
We care a lot.
We grew that.
✨ 2023 & 2022 Semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant USA James Beard Awards 💫

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Compared to the shuttles, tourists and busyness of Zion, Escalante was a breath of fresh air.

The major trails were spread out and connected by a beautiful scenic drive with a tiny little town of restaurants.

You can’t beat the waterfall views at📍Lower Calf Creek Falls and the peaceful walk to the 📍Escalante Natural Bridge, wading through multiple streams along the way. We met our spirit guide Billie (the dog) who led us through 📍Peekaboo and Spooky slot canyons.

Staying at @oflandhotels was an oasis in itself, with beautiful air streams and cabins and the cutest community spaces like the drive in movie theater, pool and fire pit lounge. Highly recommend staying there if you’re in the area! We met some awesome people and dogs.

Would definitely go back to Kiva Coffee, The Mercantile, Hells Backbone Grill and Escalante Outfitters!

Shoutout to @crandall_stephen for all the recs 🙌

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Thank you to Hell’s Backbone for such a special visit! 💫
On our recent road trip, Brady and I were fortunate to visit this incredible restaurant run by Blake Spaulding and Jen Castle in rural Boulder, Utah near Grand Staircase-Escalante Natl. Monument.
This is season 27 serving delicious regional dishes, made with produce grown on their local farm!
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Hell’s Backbone is a beacon of hope, a daily practice in devotion to a better world. I felt so inspired to be here and witness everything they have created, despite all odds. It’s not easy to run a biz in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by people who may not share your values, but as we’ve learned with DRAM, it can be a recipe for success.
Every dish was perfection at dinner, and we came back for breakfast at the Little Bone food truck, where we are honored to have DRAM drinks for sale!
Thank you for the reminder to keep fighting the good fight, and the beauty that is created along the way.
🌻🔥🕊️
FDT!!!

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Have you driven UT-12 from Boulder, UT to Bryce Canyon? It is considered one of the most scenic drives in the US.

The drive has dramatic, winding roads with stunning, high-elevation views, including the famous “Hogback” ridgeline with steep drop-offs, red rock formations, panoramic desert views, and alpine forests.

Be sure to drive it as the sun is about to rise!☀️

#utah #utahviews #runutah #hikeutah #scenicdrive

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SAVE GRAND STAIRCASE: A love letter to a place that MATTERS.

Last week, Utah Representative Celeste Maloy and Senator Lee introduced joint resolutions to gut the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, which guides everything from the protection of sacred landscapes to the location of new campgrounds.

Overturning the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument plan overrides years of public input and collaboration, puts the monument in harm’s way, AND sets a dangerous precedent for Congress to unravel monument management plans across the country. If Congress can invalidate Grand Staircase-Escalante's monument management plan through use of a top-down veto, no national monument is safe.

📣 Take action today by clicking the link in our bio or visiting conservationlands.org to use our action tool to urge your members of Congress to vote NO on this shortsighted resolution. Now that we have joint resolutions introduced in both the House and the Senate, this is a NEW action tool. So if you've already taken previous action, we urge you to use this new tool since it sends emails to BOTH your Representatives and Senators and includes requests to vote no on specific joint resolutions.

In order of appearance:
David Feinman, Vice President of Government Affairs, Conservation Lands Foundation.
Nathan Waggoner, Escalante Outfitters - Escalante, UT
Mel Raider, Willow Canyon Outdoor - Kanab, UT
Brandie Hardman, Boulder Mountain Guest Ranch - Boulder, UT
Dr. Jacqueline (Jackie) Grant, Executive Director of Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners - Kanab & Escalante, UT
Blake Spalding, Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm - Boulder, UT

#SaveGrandStaircase

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🚨 Congress could soon vote on a proposal that would eliminate the management plan protecting Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument.

Here’s what that means — and why it matters. We’ve defeated Mike Lee before, and we WILL do it again. I get it, we’re tired and I promise to never sound the alarm unless it’s necessary.

📣 CALL TO ACTION AT THE END OF THE CAPTION AND IN SLIDES 14–15 — I included scripts you can use to call or email your representatives. I wrote them so you don’t even have to think about it.

Utah Senator Mike Lee and Representative Celeste Maloy recently introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution targeting the monument’s current management plan. If you’ve never heard of a monument management plan, it’s essentially the rulebook for how the land is protected and used — including fossil protection, wildlife habitat, cultural site preservation, recreation access, grazing, and off-road vehicle routes.

The current plan was finalized after years of scientific review, public comment, and consultation with Tribal Nations connected to this landscape. Instead of changing the monument itself, this resolution aims to eliminate the plan guiding how the monument is managed.

➡️ Under the Congressional Review Act, if Congress overturns a rule:
• the rule disappears entirely • agencies cannot create another rule that is “substantially the same.”
🛑 That means the monument’s management plan — developed over years of consultation and compromise — cannot simply be recreated.

Congress has roughly 60 legislative days to act on a CRA resolution. We don’t know exactly when it will happen — and this isn’t just a Utah issue.

‼️ Members of Congress from every state will vote on this.‼️

Public lands belong to all of us, and if you’ve ever been to the Grand Staircase, you know exactly how special this place is.
📞 Call your representative (steal my script in the carousel) 📧 Send an email (I wrote a script so you don’t have to) 📢 Share this post so others know what’s happening
🏷️ Tag your reps and senators below and tell them NO

Swipe through the slides for background, context, and a quick script to contact Congress.

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We're still floating on cloud nine from Monday's Dining Awards award ceremony. Congratulations to each award recipient and thank you to all who came out! ✨

Find all 20 Best Restaurants of 2026, Five Restaurants to Watch and a few special honorees at the link in our bio!

A special thank you to our title sponsors: @swirecocacolausa and @syscofoodie. Without you events like this would not be possible.

📸 by Adam Finkle

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✨ Planning a Spring Break trip to Southern Utah? Add Escalante, Utah to your Southwest road trip. It’s one of the most underrated adventure stops in the state.

PART 4 of 7 // ESCALANTE, UTAH

🥾 WHAT TO HIKE

Devil’s Garden (Metate & Mano Arch area)
• Easy wandering among hoodoos + arches
• Mostly flat, explore at your own pace
• FREE

Peekaboo + Spooky Slot Canyons
• ~3.5–4 miles RT loop
• Narrow, non-technical slots SO NOT GOOD IF CLAUSTROPHOBIC
• Dry conditions only — avoid if rain is in forecast
• FREE

Escalante River Trail to Escalante Natural Bridge
• ~4 miles RT
• Multiple shallow river crossings (10 total)
• Mostly flat, sandy sections
• FREE

Lower Calf Creek Falls
• 6 miles RT
• ~500 ft elevation gain
• Ends at a 126-foot waterfall
• Day use fee $5 (covered with America the Beautiful Pass)

🛏 WHERE TO STAY

@oflandhotels — it’s always my go to

☕ WHERE TO EAT

* Coffee at Kiva Koffeehouse (views over the canyon = unreal, especially with spring green cottonwoods)
* Dinner at @hellsbackbonegrill — locally sourced and the black powder biscuits are to die for, seriously. I mean it when I say it’s my favorite restaurant in Southern Utah
* Breakfast at Little Bone Food Truck in Boulder
* Pizza post hike at Escalante Outfitters

Escalante is one of my favorite places in the state and there’s a little something for everyone.

Up next in the series: Mexican Hat, St. George, and Page.

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So we shot a total of 12 spots for the new Utah Person campaign, and yesterday we premiered the first one. Today is our favorite of the :30's because we are adventurers at heart.

Again, resounding thanks to everyone.

The clients who trusted us:
Ben Cook - @visitutah
Colin Greenberg - @lovecommslc
@julie.comstock_ - @lovecommslc
@josh.paluh - @visitutah
@lindsay.dalessandro - @lovecommslc

The crew who built it:
@michaeldkern 📷 - Director
@gasslamp - Director of Photography
@tommychandler - Producer
@karijuip - Producer
@bchendrix - Director of Photography
@acpictures - Photographer
@nathanmcbride - Aerial Cinematographer
@matthew_parent - AC
@patrick_w_newman - AC
@sandracfernandez - Makeup Artist & Wardrobe
@virginiaisforlvrs - Production Coordinator
@_nathansolomon_ -Production Assistant
@drewtekulve - Colorist

The talent who showed Utah:
@philippelee_official
Soojin Lee
@rawstafood
@_wendyboth_
@toddterryactor
@anna_terry_actress
Booker Wixom
@aubsniper
@dana.moore
@christianyeargin
@mikaylaiverson
@_ssholt
@mh.hajj
@salma.alshuqairat
Dane Camp
The Fowlks Family

The places that held us:
@ropeswingmoab
@ulumresorts
@kivakoffeehouse
@hellsbackbonegrill
@redtailair
@outlawjeepadventures
@wildernessridgeadventures
Snow Canyon State Park
@theinnatentrada
@cfakayenta
@sandhollowsp
@moquicave
@utahadventurecenter
@stayopensky

Thank you Utah!

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😭❤️‍🔥👯‍♀️🙌🥰💪🐰✨💖🎂🍰SURPRISE!

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The fight for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument CONTINUES. Please join us in the fight to save protections for this extraordinary wild landscape 📣‼️Call Rep Maloy and Senator John Curtis and leave a clear message- LEAVE the Management plan and the protections in PLACE! We need to make a big old ruckus in a hurry. 🗣️

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Our Digital Advocacy Associate Director Liz is joining some of our Utah Friends Grassroots Network partners in DC 🇺🇸 this week to meet with decision makers on a new national monument threat that’s emerging in Congress.

Utah’s Rep. Celeste Maloy has opened the door to Congressional Review of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s 2025 Resource Management Plan (RMP). She did this by asking the Government Accountability Office to issue an opinion on whether or not the plan is a “rule.” If the plan is a rule then Congress can use the Congressional Review Act to rescind the plan. Even worse, once a plan is rescinded this way, no substantially similar plan can take its place.

So that’s why we are here: to speak to members of Congress about voting no on this joint resolution and to save the Grand Staircase 🧡

@grandstaircasepartners @protectwildutah @bestfriendsanimalsociety @hellsbackbonegrill @escalante_outfitters @stewardshiputah @willowcanyonoutdoor

#actnowforpubliclands #monumentsforall #savethegrandstaircase #publiclands

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Share with anyone and everyone who cares about public lands! ACT NOW at suwa.org.

#protectwildutah #boundarywaters #utah #minnesota #publicland

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