Burgers
No Name Saloon: The Buffalo Burger Park City Remembers
Historic Main Street · Famous buffalo burgers · Heated rooftop · 21+
Dani · 6 min read
The one unmistakably Park City bar. A half-pound buffalo patty, a 1905 building full of relics, and a heated rooftop that turns dinner into a memory.
Why you should go
A great Park City burger is rarely just about the patty. No Name is the version where the room does half the work: a 1905 Main Street building hung with saddles, skis, and a century of local relics, a bar that has been the town's default meeting place since 2000, and a heated rooftop that catches mountain light in the late afternoon.
The burger holds up on its own. The No Name Burger is a half-pound buffalo patty with cream cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, and house chipotle aioli, leaner and cleaner than beef, and the reason visitors keep repeating the order years later. House-made buffalo chips and the southwestern salsa are part of the identity, not an afterthought.
There are no reservations and no waitlist, so timing matters more than planning. This is the recommendation for adults who want one bar that could only exist here, and it is 21+ by law and policy. Families walk one door over to Annex Burger for the same buffalo burger menu.
The insider details
- Owner
- Jesse Shetler, part of the locally owned Diversified Bars & Restaurant Group
- Opened
- 2000, in a building dating to 1905
- Phone
- 435-649-6667
- Contact
- No public general email. Use the website contact form, or the event inquiry form for private groups
- Website
- nonamesaloon.com
- Reservations
- None. First come, first served, with no table holds
- Age rule
- 21+ only. Guests under 21 order the same burger menu next door at Annex Burger
- Price / Vibe
- $$ · casual · high energy · historic Main Street · rooftop · iconic Park City bar
Current hours
- Monday to Friday
- 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM
- Saturday and Sunday
- 10:00 AM to 1:00 AM
When to go
- Best easy lunch: Monday through Thursday around 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM, before Main Street fills in.
- Best apres window: roughly 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM on a ski day, for the energy without the dinner crush.
- Best rooftop experience: sunny winter afternoons or warm summer evenings before 6:30 PM.
- Best night for pure Park City energy: Friday or Saturday, with the hardest seating and the loudest room.
- Best for: adults, friends, apres ski, casual lunch, and visitors who want one unmistakably Park City bar.
- Not the quiet date-night pick. This is about atmosphere, people, noise, and the burger.
What to order
- If you order one thing
- The No Name Burger, a half-pound buffalo patty with cream cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, and house chipotle aioli
- Best first-timer order
- The Saloon Burger, the most classic version of the buffalo burger
- Best rich option
- Bacon Bleu Cheese Burger with garlic aioli
- Best tasting move
- Buffalo Sliders, so the table can try Saloon, BBQ Bacon Cheese, and Bacon Bleu styles
- Best side
- House-made buffalo chips with No Name southwestern salsa
- Best full meal
- Buffalo chips and salsa, then the No Name Burger, then a local Utah draft or a simple whiskey drink
- Family workaround
- Annex Burger at 449 Main Street serves the same famous buffalo burger menu without the 21+ rule
The Cozy Score
- Yummieness9.3
- Exclusivity5.0
- Atmosphere9.9
- Local cred10.0
- Apres factor9.8
- Difficulty getting in8.6
Local intel
- The heated rooftop is the seat to chase. It changes this from a burger stop into a Park City memory.
- No reservations means timing is everything. Weekday lunch and mid-afternoon are the insider play.
- The building has had many lives: telephone company offices, Utah Power & Light, a liquor store, a pool hall, and the old Alamo Bar.
- In a category full of premium resort burgers, this one wins on identity rather than exclusivity.
On the plate
Photography courtesy of No Name Saloon, nonamesaloon.com