From Deseret News archives:
Dining out: Iggy's Sports Grill
If you're a food fan, same deal.
In fact, Iggy's is a great place to which you can decamp if your mania for watching every bit of the Olympics available on TV and the Internet means you've got no time to cook. There's a variety of well-prepared, pubby food, excellent service and an atmosphere that welcomes families as well as couples and packs of male sports fans.
One more thing: Their TV is bigger than yours.
On the night we visited the new Union Park Iggy's, a raucous group of Kansas Jayhawks fans cheered their team to victory over Oklahoma State. Other diners watched the Jazz lose to the Lakers or Russians Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin capture the Olympic figure-skating gold medal. It depended on where they sat in relation to the giant TV screen hovering over the restaurant's central bar.
It's brighter than I expected, the better to watch the sports program of your choice. I also enjoyed the service, which was prompt and attentive without hovering. Our server made sure our glasses were filled and there was plenty of space for our food.
We needed the space. We started with Iggy's Tin Lid, a ginormous appetizer served on a tin garbage-can lid. It includes coconut shrimp, hot wings, onion straws, onion rings, "Southwest" eggrolls and Iggy's signature chicken balls. Everything was good, not at all greasy.
Iggy's kids' menu is a wonderful value, serving up an entree, drink and dessert for $3.95. Our kids enjoyed their cheddar grilled-cheese sandwich, and spaghetti with marinara and a big, juicy meatball.
My husband had one of Iggy's half-pound burgers, a hefty round of well-seared beef topped with cheddar, thick and chewy bacon, and just enough barbecue sauce to enhance the other flavors. It was served with crispy thin-cut fries.
I had the Sausilito Chicken, a nuanced, thoughtful dish by any standard, but especially for a sports grill. It featured browned sliced chicken in garlic cream sauce with basil, onion, artichokes and pine nuts, all of which brightened the cream and made the chicken taste special, even exotic. It came with mild, fluffy rice pilaf and buttery mixed veggies.
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