I had another chance for outdoor dining when we stopped by Fathom Seafood. They have some picnic tables outside, and we were lucky to snag the last one. We ended up letting a german couple share our table and we had an interesting discussion about Frankford Hall around the corner. Plus, they had an adorable puppy. I’m a big fan of Fish, and I plan on getting to Little Fish as soon as humanly possible, so I was happy to check out their latest and casual spot.
K’s fish and chips special. A few hunks of fried fish, some hush puppies, and fries. What’s not to like? The fish was hot and the batter light and flaky and I thoroughly enjoyed the fries. This wasn’t overly greasy.
I went with the lobster grilled cheese on sourdough with fontina cheese, green tomato, and truffle oil. It’s served with what seems to be homemade chips and cole slaw. Now this, this was a bit too much for me. It was way too rich for my weenie palate and it was also a bit too greasy for me. I liked it enough, especially the green tomato, which were a nice touch, but it was just too much. And the chips were greasy too which just added to the too muchness of the sandwich. But we had a lovely time here and the outdoor dining was perfect for this evening. Service was great!

Moab is a pretty small town. You can pretty much walk up and down the main strip in no time. We tried to go to this one restaurant, but we could not find it and our GPS wasn’t much help. So after driving around for awhile, we came back to the hotel and walked to Zax. There’s indoor seating as well as pseudo-outdoor seating. It’s a casual restaurant that seems pretty good for family dining.
S got one of the specials, which was a mahi mahi entree with mango salsa. It also came with grilled veggies on a stick, garlic bread, and baked potato. This wasn’t particularly interesting to me. The fish didn’t seem that fresh and the mango salsa just wasn’t right. I found the baked potato to be the best part.
I went with one of the regular deals which is all-you-can-eat pizza, salad, and soup. There’s something I’ve got to like in there, right? Well, the pizza was definitely the weakest. I think if the pizza was actually hot, it would have been ok and almost good, but when it’s lukecold, it’s pretty blah. I think I wouldn’t have ever cared for their dough though, so the heat probably really didn’t matter. The salad bar reminded me of a really simple buffet salad bar, kind of like the one my family would take us to when we were young and we ate at the Rustler every weekend. But you know what? I was a big fan of this salad bar. The veggies were fresh even though completely not fancy, they had hard-boiled egg and dressings that I liked. I love any salad bar that has chopped up hard-boiled egg.
But it was even better that the salad bar itself was in a canoe. Yes, a canoe. You know I can’t make this stuff up.
It was pretty obvious that the soup came out of a can, but I also did not mind that. Sometimes you just want soup, and to me, most canned soups are just fine. This was a beef vegetable and it was just fine by me! The server was really nice and enthusiastic, but I’m not gonna lie to you, I really wasn’t crazy about any of the food. I would have to say this was one of the not-so-great meals of the entire trip.

We somehow lucked out and snagged an outside table at Barbuzzo at the last minute. It was a perfect night for outdoor dining. Since it was the night before memorial day, it wasn’t all that crazy. I had actually eaten a big dinner already so I was just here to hang out and have a drink… and perhaps get some dessert.
My sanguinello! It was tasty, but not very strong. Usually, I feel it within a sip or two of any drink. With this, I did not feel it at all. Oh well, it was still enjoyable.
The chicken liver and foie gras mousse, with brandied cherry, pistachio salt, and radish sprouts. It’s served with some bread and a shredded beet salad. So good! M thought it was pretty darn good. Not as good as homemade stuff she’s had before from a french person, but still up there.
I recommended that M order the fideua, since I’d tried it before and loved it. Here it is with smoked chourico sausage, calamari, shrimp, mussels, greens, roasted shrimp noodles, and aioli. It’s still great. And it’s a lot bigger than I remember it being. It’s a pretty huge serving considering this is a small plates place.
So even if I wasn’t hungry, I wasn’t going to be at Barbuzzo and not get the salted caramel budino. Yeah, it’s still fantastically awesome. M hadn’t had it before and she was so surprised at how good it was! She wasn’t even hungry at this point but she helped me devour it. You can’t help but devour this dessert!