Layton’s long list of former restaurants

                                                The original Sill's Cafe at 281 South Main.

                                                                (From the Heritage Museum of Layton's photo collection.)

LAYTON City has seen dozens and dozens of restaurants come and go during its long history.

What is the oldest surviving restaurant? If you don’t count some long lapses in operation, it is easily Sill’s Café.

Golden C. and Genevieve Sill opened Sill’s Café at 281 South Main in 1954. (Some sources claim Sill’s technically began even earlier by taking over Nellean’s Café at 13 East Gentile and operating under that name for a number of years.

                        Sill's Cafe had to relocate because of Layton Parkway development.

                                                                  (From the Heritage Museum of Layton's photo collection.)

The construction of the Layton Parkway forced Sill’s to relocate. It closed in 2009 and relocated months later at its current 335 East Gentile Street site (a former Pizza Hut building).

                            Sill's Cafe at its current location, 335 East Gentile Street.

(NOTE: Stockman's Bar, 80 N. Main Street, is not primarily a restaurant, but it does serve lunch and dinner and opened in 1948.)


If lapses matter, then Denny's, by the Layton Hills Mall, dates back to 1980.

(Some newer Layton residents somehow believe that Burger Stop is a very old Layton eatery. However, it began in 1993.)

   The Dipper, 392 N. Main operated from about 1951 to 1960. Dell Adams began the burger place and Ned Nalder took over operations in March of 1957. It was just south of the Layton Drive In theater.

Layton eating establishments that have come and gone … A partial list:
The Dipper

Mulboons

Hobo Joes

Dee’s Hamburgers

Hardees

The Lotus

Shoney’s

Training Table

Central Park

Bratten's Seafood Grotto

Fuddruckers

Hungry bear pizza

Anthony's

Skippers

Hometown Buffet

Guadalajara

Mulboons

Davis Lanes Cafe

Layton Noodle Parlor

God Father’s Pizza

Doug & Emmy's

Stimson’s

Don Pedros

Snack bar at Layton Drug

JB’s

Tony Romas

Blimpie

Duckwaters Grill

Kenny Rogers Roasters

Lone Star Steakhouse

Sconecutter

New World Deli

S.F. Sourdough Pizza

Rocket Pizza

Burger Bar

One Man Band Diner

Mimi‘s Café

Brick Oven

Taco Maker

Taco Time

Marie calendars

Ligori’s

Morrellis

Gabor Brothers

Bajio Mexican Grill

Moon Dog's Café

Nellean’s Café

Signal Café
Royal Cafe
Good Eats Cafe
Tim and Bill's Cafe (later Tom's Cafe.)
Lund's Cafe

Staley’s Lunch

Traveler’s Café

Nouvell Café

Bill and Buzz Hot Dog Stand

Dick’s Lunch Stand
Okuda

SOURCES: Facebook posts; Deseret News and Weekly Reflex newspaper Archives.

NOTE that some more restaurants in Layton may close due to shutdowns and a loss of business from the pandemic of 2020.

 Arctic Circle's Original location on Main Street. It was gone for years and reopened at 1075 North Fairfield Road in Layton.

(--Most above photos from the Heritage Museum of Layton's collection.)