(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Yoon Kim-Butterfield, left, a regular to Blue Plate Diner with her sons Nikko and Koji, finds out for the first time that the restaurant will be closing from owner John Bouzek during a breakfast stop on Friday, March 12, 2021. In business for 20 years, a new development is going in on the corner that is forcing it to shut down.
Kathy Stephenson covers food, dining, alcohol policy and features. A Utah native and University of Utah graduate, she has been a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 30 years.