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City in Utah, United States
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West Valley City is a city of 113,000 near Salt Lake City in the Wasatch Range. Although it is Utah's second largest city, it is a suburb of the capital and has little to offer a traveler. On the other hand, West Valley City is home to the most diverse community in Utah, with approximately 45% of the residents being immigrants from Vietnam, Mexico, Pacific Islanders and others. Tourists may want to try to come to WVC to eat various ethnic dishes in West Valley City.
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Stylish Vietnamese restaurant located in a mini-mall. Restaurant is divided in halves, one for coffee shop and other for restaurant. They serve bubble teas, and in their restaurant, they serve many Vietnamese dishes, e.g. tofu fried in lemongrass, curry noodles, fried potstickers.
Vietnamese restaurant serving mainly pho soup (noodle soup, with various meat, vegetable and herbs).
Typical American diner place, serving breakfast dishes such as biscuits and gravy.
Vietnamese-owned restaurant offering Chinese and Vietnamese dishes. Excellent Curry noodle dishes.
Chinese restaurant serving typical Chinese dishes as well as dimsum on weekends. Lunch specials. Pon Pon Chicken highly recommended.
Vietnamese noodle restaurant.
Greek restaurant offering gyros and souvlaki dishes, as well as other special dishes such as pastitsio, spanakopita and stuffed grape leaves.
Small Mexican restaurant serving various dishes, e.g. burritos. To access to this place, turn onto 2200 West south from 3500 South and go around to the corner where the restaurant is situated.
Old style Americana restaurant offering hearty plates such as meatloaf or haddock dinners, fried chicken livers, hickory smoked ham, and homemade chicken and dumplings.
National chain Italian restaurant.
Japanese sushi restaurant.
Iconic West Coast fast food restaurant serving burger and fries made from fresh ingredients. There are only three burger offerings, to be ordered with fries and beverage.
Sit-in family-style American restaurant serving primarily burgers and fries.
Open Mic Night on Wednesdays, touring professionals in between. Holds 300 people, but only about half the seats face the stage at a decent angle, so arrive early.
Covered shopping mall with anchor department stores including JcPennys and Macy's. Stores are generally geared for low to middle classes living in West Valley City area, and onsite cinema offering inexpensive movie viewings.
Shop full of authenic Native American items such as beadworks, ceremony baskets, clothings, drums and flutes, figurines, jewelries and so on.
Rail
TRAX is a light rail line administered by the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) in the Salt Lake Valley.
Bus
UTA also operates an extensive bus system which covers the entire Wasatch Range.
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