There's A 33-Foot-Long Iguana In Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
If you love Mexican food, Utah is the place to be! The Beehive State has tons of great Mexican restaurants, but the most popular is Red Iguana in Salt Lake City. This beloved, family-owned treasure always has a huge line on weekends. In fact, the restaurant is so busy that in 2017 it opened a second location, Red Iguana 2, just a few blocks away.
Red Iguana 2 has the same delicious menu as the original location, but it has one feature that the first restaurant doesn’t — a huge iguana in the parking lot!
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The address is 866 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City.
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The process included a 1/16th clay model, a larger 3-D model, sculpting with 600 pounds of clay, fiberglass molds, and months of painstaking detail work, including hand-sculpting and painting.
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Check out Red Iguana 2’s menu on its website, and follow its Facebook page for the latest news.
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Red Iguana 2, 866 W S Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, USA