Old Gristmill in Kaysville

 

I’ve visited the Old Gristmill Bread Company at 334 N. Main in Kaysville a few times with friends and family. On one of those visits,  I chatted with the owner, Marty Haslam for a few minutes. He told me that after working many years in the computer industry, he took advantage of his company’s early-out retirement program to make a career switch.

The original Old Gristmill is in Logan, and Haslam was able to use the same recipes and format for the Kaysville location.

When I visited with my husband, Kim had a chicken salad sandwich, and I had a turkey sandwich. Bread choices include white, whole wheat, sourdough or multi-grain bread. I liked the hearty whole-wheat bread, and I was able to pile on a lot of veggies like lettuce, tomatoes, bell pepper and onion. The choices even included sprouts, which you don’t find as much in today’s sandwich shops. I used to love them at Subway, but they were removed from Subway’s ingredient options about 20 years ago due to E. coli concerns.

With the regular sandwiches, you have a spread choice of mustard, mayo, Miracle Whip or horseradish. I know I’m weird, but I dislike all of those choices. I let the lettuce, tomato, sprouts, etc.  provide a little moisture for the sandwich. (What would I prefer? Pesto, a sprinkle of oil and vinegar, or a thin squirt of ranch. But, no problem.)

On another visit, I had the grilled Turkey Bacon Pesto sandwich, and I think I’d choose that one again. I thought the pesto was pretty mild in flavor; it was almost hard to detect it. But I liked the crispy outside of the bread and bacon makes everything taste better.

There are a lot of combo options where you can choose half or full sandwiches, soup, drink, chips and a cookie. Depending on your option, prices range from about $5 to $9. Prices aer more for  upgrading to a hot or grilled sandwich. As part of a combo, I’ve tried the cream of potato soup —  a satisfying, smooth creamy broth with lots of cubed potatoes.

It’s a fast-casual setup, where you order and pay at the counter, and fill your own drinks. So it’s faster than waiting for a server to come to your table and take your order. And while you’re there, you can buy loaves of bread or frozen family-size packages of soup to take home.

I enjoyed  the old black & white photographs of Kaysville landmarks on the walls — some going back to the horse-and-buggy days.The Old Gristmill seems fairly popular during lunch, but not so crowded that you’d have a long, long wait to order. And, parking is plentiful in that strip mall.

I keep hearing that Kaysville residents want more restaurants. But new restaurants are more attracted to locations that already lure in lots of business and traffic. So if you want more restaurants, it helps to patronize the restaurants and businesses that are already here.  Well, here’s your chance with Old Gristmill.