OUR STORY
There are some of us who are simply drawn to the restaurant industry. There is a certain magic in the lifestyle, the friendships, and the experience. To be in the service of others, even if you're simply serving a steak, has a beauty in its humility.
For Dustin, that story began as a dishwasher at Grub Steak while attending Park City High School. After college and a brief career outside the restaurant world, the mountains called him home. He returned to Park City and eventually found his way back to restaurants, first in management on Main Street and later at Stein Eriksen Lodge, always with the dream of one day owning a restaurant of his own.
The Mustang's story began in 2004, when Bill and Kelly Hufferd opened the restaurant on Park City's Main Street. Dustin joined them as a server in 2008. Six years later, Bill passed away unexpectedly, changing the course of The Mustang forever.
But sometimes the most meaningful chapters begin in ways we never could have planned.
In 2015, Dustin became the owner of The Mustang, and together we carried forward what Bill and Kelly had created while making it our own.
For more than 20 years, The Mustang called Main Street home. Our children grew up there. Our staff became family. Guests became friends. We celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, reunions, holidays, and countless ordinary nights that somehow became unforgettable ones.
Somewhere along the way, we realized The Mustang had become much more than a restaurant.
And when our chapter on Main Street came to an end, we discovered something else.
The Mustang was never really about an address.
It was about the people around the table. The food. The hospitality. The familiar faces. The experiences created and the relationships forged in these mountains.
In 2026, our own story brought us back to the mountains in an entirely new way, as we took over food and beverage operations at the Soldier Hollow and Wasatch Mountain State Park golf courses.
We've been given a beautiful new space to gather, celebrate, and share good food with good people. And we can't think of a better way to celebrate this new chapter than by bringing The Mustang back for the holidays.
For two weeks at Soldier Hollow, we'll gather again with old friends and new ones, share the food we've missed, celebrate the season, and create a few more Mustang memories together.
Maybe that's what the best chapters do. They don't erase the ones that came before them. They give us a chance to carry the best parts forward.
We have learned that wealth isn't measured in silver or gold. It is measured in the life we build, the experiences we create, and the people we share them with.
Maybe that's why so many of us came West in the first place. Looking for a place where we could imagine something different. A place to become who we really want to be. A place to discover what comes next.
A place where the wild Mustang in all of us can still run free.
This holiday season, we're grateful to gather around the table with you once again.
