Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a great day eating wonderful food with their families. Unfortunately there are those who don't have a home or family or food. Click here to give to those in need during this holiday season.

The Pear Pandowdy.

Trust us when we tell you..you want to try this.

Business Meetings.

Communal's private dining room is equipped with audio, video and internet capabilities, as well as a high definition projector and pull down movie screen for your business meetings. Call us to reserve a lunch or dinner.

Menus.

Here are a copy of our menus right now. The menu changes frequently so they are representative of what we will have. Click on the images to enlarge them.

Holiday Parties.

We are now taking reservations for Holiday parties. Call us at 801-373-8000 to schedule your event. We would love to share the occasion with you.

Communal is now open for lunch.

Come in and try our new lunch menu. It won't disappoint. Open for lunch Tuesday through Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm.

Some amazing shots of our place.

We have been so pleased with all the amazing photos Pictorial Studio has taken for us. They have been so great to work with as well. Don't you love these?

Closed for Halloween

We will be closed on Halloween this year so we can dress up and get some candy..with our kids of course.

CSA (community supported agriculture)

Our good friend and farmer Dale Allred from Jacob's Cove is getting ready to do a CSA. If you are not familiar with what this is, it is essentially a partnership between a given farmer and their customers. The customers pay a fixed amount upfront for a "share". Then, depending on the agreed upon length those customers get a box of whatever is growing each week. It provides the farmers with a stable income and provides the customers with beautiful produce every week and usually turns out to be less expensive than what is available at a grocery store. And obviously much better quality and taste. If you are interested in more information or to sign up please visit this link..

http://www.heritageharvest.net/

Peach Shortcake

Recipe by Chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA

Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients:

* 1 ½ pounds peaches (about six medium)
* ¼ cup plus 1 ½ tablespoons granulated sugar
* 1 cup heavy cream
* ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
* 6 baked 2-inch biscuits (see recipe below)
* Powdered sugar for dusting

Method:

Peel and slice the peaches; toss with ¼ cup sugar. Whip the cream with 1 ½ tablespoons sugar and the vanilla until it holds soft peaks. Slice the biscuits in half.

To assemble each shortcake, place the bottom of a biscuit on a plate, cover with a scoop of peaches and a dollop of cream, top with the other half of the biscuit, and dust with powdered sugar. Serve immediately.



Biscuits

This is the cream biscuit recipe we use for cobblers and shortcakes.

Ingredients:

* 1 ½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
* 1 big pinch salt
* 4 teaspoons sugar
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 6 Tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, chilled
* 11 Tablespoons cream

Method:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder. Cut the cold butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender until most of the pieces of butter are pea size or smaller. Stir in 10 tablespoons cream until the mixture just comes together. Turn the dough onto a counter top, roll and cut out the six 2-inch round or square biscuits, re-rolling the dough scraps, if necessary.

To bake, place the biscuits on a baking sheet and brush the tops with the remaining tablespoon of cream. Bake for 17 minutes, until golden.

Communal reviews. So far so good.

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A taste of what we have to offer.

Jacob's Cove heirloom tomato bread pudding, olive oil, poached tuna, green olive tapenade.


Jacob's Cove heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, onion.


Potato leek gratin.


Roasted squash, apples, thyme.


Mashed potato.


Chocolate caramel tart. Butterscotch pot de creme, cookies.

We're open.

What the Pizzeria is to pizza, Communal is to Sunday dinner. See you soon.