"Home Of Killer Mexican Food"
736 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
FAX: 801-322-4834
¡Bienvenidos!
Hours
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Monday through Thursday - 11 A.M to 10 P.M.
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Friday 11 A.M. to 11 P.M.
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Saturday 10 A.M. until 11 P.M.
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Sunday 10 A.M. until 9 P.M.
- Reservations available for parties of 6 or more
- Full liquor licensee
- Our Delicious Food is made fresh daily in our kitchen
- Orders To Go, Individual or Family Style, Large orders delivered
- Catering for events, parties, meetings, drop-off or staffed
We Specialize in several South of The Border Flavors, from all regions of Mexico, north to south, from burritos to a smoldering collection of mole sauces.
DAILY SPECIALS continuously surprise and expand the rich and varied menu full of Cardenas Family recipes
Coming to/from THE AIRPORT (map)? We’re on the way. Come Visit us at The Red Iguana. You’re always welcome, luggage and all.
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Red Iguana 2
A second Red Iguana Mexican restaurant in Salt Lake City still doesn't seem like enough.
By
Ted Scheffler, Salt Lake Weekly, February 3, 2010
"The opening of Red Iguana 2 seems to have awakened dormant Red Iguana lovers,
like myself, who too-rarely visited the restaurant because of those aforementioned
wait times. At 11:45 a.m. on a recent Friday, there was a half-hour wait to be
seated for lunch at the new Red Iguana 2. On a Monday and a Wednesday, there
were 45-minute delays for dinner seating. I’m convinced that if the Cardenas
family—owners of the Red Iguanas — built a half-dozen additional
Red Iguana restaurants, they’d still be mobbed. And indeed, there is a
third Red Iguana slated to open in the City Creek Center food court in March.
So I ask, what is it about Red Iguana that makes it so damned popular?"
MORE...
Local Mexican Restaurant Fave, Red Iguana Expanding
FOX NEWS - November 5, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY -
The Red Iguana restaurant has become an icon of Salt Lake City's west
side. The popularity of the place has also lead to long lines for those
hoping for delicious Mexican fare. Loyal customers often wait up to an
hour or so for a table during the lunch or dinner rush. But
a second
location is nearing completion. "This
tiny kitchen serves 900 meals a day," says owner, Lucy Cardenas. As the
Red Iguana fame grew, Cardenas started to think of expanding. But rather
than opening in some far flung valley location, she chose just a few
blocks away.
FOX 13's Kerri Cronk reports.
NEW!: The Wolf and the Iguana: A Love Story: Los Lobos’ Louie Perez recalls the band’s experiences at the Red Iguana.
Salt
Lake City Weekly, by Randy
Harward
Posted 01/22/2009
Every Red Iguana patron has seen the jaunty cholo script on the restaurant’s Wall of Fame that reads "Los Lobos." Maybe you’re one such diner, and a fan of the band? If so, you might have zoned out over your food and imagined the band members, themselves high on the Iguana’s killer mole dishes (¡y cervezas, órale!), whipping out Sharpies and making their mark, which has become the cool nucleus of the green Red Iguana wall.
It must be analogous to Zorro carving his trademark Z, a monument to some mythic moment in time. Alas, Los Lobos aren’t swordsmen or banditos or even mariachis. In fact, the way Louie Perez tells it, they were just another band from East Los Angeles, rolling through town when their hunger led them to the restaurant that has become Utah’s home for "Killer Mexican Food."
"Oh yeah!" says Perez while noting that the Santa Ana winds have cleared the skies to reveal the mountains near his California home. "We’ve got a lot of history [at the Red Iguana]." Read Entire Article...
NEW!
Food Network Features the Red Iguana On
"Diners, Drive-ins
and Dives"
Guy Fieri Likes SLC Restaurants
By Valerie Phillips, Deseret News, Nov. 3, 2009
Fans of his "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," series have likely caught the segments featuring the Utah places he visited: Ruth's Diner, the Burger Bar in Roy, Moochie's Meatballs, Lone Star Taqueria, Blue Plate Diner, Red Iguana and Pat's Barbecue.
Four of these spots are featured in Fieri's new cookbook travelogue, "More Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" (William Morrow, $19.95).
You'll find recipes for Smoked Barbecue Meatloaf from Pat's Barbecue; Eggplant Parmigiana Sandwich from Moochie's Meatballs, Carne Adovada Tacos from Lone Star Taqueria and Red Iguana's Mole Negra with Chicken.
Jeff Passed away 11/09/2008
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Best Mexican 2007
BEST MEXICAN- READER'S CHOICE AWARDRed Iguana
You just have to see the crowd waiting outside for a seat to know this perennial favorite doesn’t disappoint its legion of fans.
Inside, the conversations are loud and the décor is bright, but it’s the food that’s the draw. Nachos, chili verde burritos and moles too numerous to mention are all stand-out menu items, as are the margaritas. When they’re in town, Tex-Mex band Los Lobos eats there. If that isn’t a recommendation, what is? 736 W. North Temple, 322-1489, RedIguana.com
Best of Utah 2006!
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BEST MEXICANRed Iguana
The Cardenas dynasty lives on. With the passing of her mother and brother, Lucy Cardenas came to Utah two years ago to carry on a four-decade run of second-to-none Mexican food. Trading on the family’s stockpile of distinctive mole recipes, Red Iguana would have to start serving Chalupas to fall from its lofty perch. And if you ever wondered why God found swine fit for this earth, just try the carnitas.( City Weekly )
Singer Imogen Heap: "Music has
been a great ride for Heap,
but it's not the whole enchilada"
When British indie pop princess Imogen Heap isn't recording, writing or performing, she's thinking about bike riding, Wikipedia and Salt Lake's own Red Iguana.Tonight's show won't be Heap's first trip to Utah. A particular Salt Lake eatery left a spicy stamp on her memory: The Red Iguana. It's such a good place!" she says. "Every time I'm in Salt Lake, I stop there. We get cabs and haul our luggage and everything; the whole crew." Salt Lake Tribune, 12/07/2006 (Read More)
