Last week I had the opportunity to attend a fun Cafe Zupas VIP dinner event for local bloggers.  Cafe Zupas is an award winning restaurant that offers yummy sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts.  I seriously love every single thing on their menu.

They have a bunch of locations in Utah and have recently opened up stores in Nevada and Arizona.  I was invited to come to the brand new location in West Valley to check out the new store.

They even had a nice red carpet to welcome us as we arrived.  So fun.

The new store is beautiful!  The atmosphere is bright, cheerful and inviting.  I loved it.

I had a hard time deciding what to order, but I finally settled on the Mangoberry salad (strawberries, blueberries, mangoes, cinnamon almonds, mixed greens and the best Mango Yogurt Dressing.)  I also had some chicken added to it as well.

This salad was so so good!  I loved it so much!  Each salad and soup also comes with a piece of their fresh bread and all soups, salads and sandwiches come with a chocolate-dipped strawberry.  Love.  I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful strawberry though….dang it.

Kev decided to order the Chicken Chop Salad (Chicken, Bacon, Eggs, Tomatoes, Croutons, Black Olives, Iceberg Lettuce and Buttermilk Ranch Dressing) and a bowl of Wisconsin Cauliflower Soup (topped with cheese and bacon.)

Sadly, I didn’t get a picture of Kev….but I did get one of his food!

Cafe Zupas also has a wonderful selection of desserts!  Kev and I chose a Rocky Road Brownie and a Million Dollar Bar.

Unfortunately, Kev and I were doing our little “no sugar or grains” thing at the time, so we ended up taking the desserts home for the kids.  I really, really….really wanted to eat them, dang it.  The kids loved both of them so much, but I think the Million Dollar Bar was the favorite.

While we were at the VIP event, they had a bunch of contests and prize giveaways going on.  It was a lot of fun.  I was the lucky winner of a Cafe Zupas Bloggers Annual Cookbook and a $25 gift card.  Yay!  There are a bunch of yummy, healthy recipes in that cookbook I can’t wait to try!

We had a wonderful evening at Cafe Zupas and look forward to going again!

You can learn more about Cafe Zupas on their website or you can connect with them on Facebook or Twitter!

Cafe Zupas provided us with complimentary meals, but the opinions expressed are entirely my own!