Dining at La Caille

19 May 1985

As we’d done when my family visited the previous year, we took Mui’s parents to La Caille for dinner, but first, a quickie visit to Temple Square in Salt Lake City (where Mui tested some of his fancy lens filters).

Family Visit: Dinner at La Caille

25 August 1984

We couldn’t not take my parents and Aylin to La Caille for dinner.  (Click here for the details of this elegant restaurant.)

Company Christmas Party at La Caille

14 December 1983

The Petrolex Christmas party started out with cocktails at the Maxfield residence and then continued with dinner at La Caille, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

With Sandy and Andrew.

The Petrolex Gang with their spouses.
(L to R: Dave & Joan Dallof; Robyn & Burke Maxfield; Andrew & Sandy Parker;
the little boy on the far left – Taylor Maxfield.)

This wasn’t our first time to La Caille — we’d had dinner there in July.  (Click here for that post, and photos of the grounds and interior.)  The atmosphere was much more festive on this occasion.  A good time was had by all.

By the way, the red dress I wore for the occasion was the evening gown I had custom-sewn for my high school graduation ball.  I got more wear out of what could have been a one-time-wear dress after I had it shortened to cocktail-length.

La Caille at Quail Run: Elegant Dining

23 July 1983

I have no recollection of what brought us to La Caille for dinner.  Dining at this elegant (and expensive) restaurant on our own dime wasn’t in our budget, so I can only assume that I had received a dinner certificate from my boss (his brother in law was one of the owners).

[click photo to go to the La Caille’s website]

The restaurant was in a French chateaux-style building that sat on extensive, manicured grounds in Little Cottonwood Canyon.  Patrons drove up a tree-lined, brick road that led to a circular driveway — very much like it’s portrayed in the above picture.  The ambiance of the grounds and the dining rooms in the chateaux was wonderful and lent itself to elegant dining.

I don’t remember in which of the dining rooms we were seated, but thanks to some notes in my photo album, I do know what we ate.  When it comes to food, Mui’s the more adventuresome of the two of us, so I’d have to say that he probably ordered the items on the right.

We’ve always said that when we eventually return to Utah, we’ll dine in style at La Caille.  Well, in researching this post, I came across a tidbit that the estate is up for sale at Sotheby’s International Realty.  So, just in case we don’t have an opportunity go to La Caille again and take our own pictures, here are some from the Sotheby website.  (You can click the photos for larger versions.)

[collages created from photos on the Sotheby website]

By the way, if you have $19.9 million in pocket change, the estate can be yours.