| Sil Hathaway is always in the kitchen. He started out there when he was 12 years old, washing dishes in Don's Cafe in Payson. He washed dishes, cooked and cleaned in many kitchens during his lucrative career in the restaurant business that included owning 17 restaurants in Utah County. Now, Hathaway plans to spend the remainder of his career where he began it: in the kitchen, cooking for his customers. His final resting is the Horseshoe Mountain Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant, at 850 South and Highway 89. "I've always been the chef in the kitchen, I've cooked in all my restaurants. If you've got a problem, it stops at my door. I am the kind of guy who loves to serve people, It is what I've done all my life," he says. Hathaway acquired the Horseshoe Mountain Restaurant three months ago. He changed the menu to make it more family oriented, and is adding a feature that will highlight recipes of families in the community. "If people have recipes that are special to their families, that were handed down, we will run it as a special in the restaurant. I like to get the community involved in my restaurants," Hathaway says. People who have recipes they would like featured should contact the Sanpete Hathaway says he was still in his teens when he realized the restaurant business was to be his calling. One day while washing dishes in Don's Cafe, he was left in charge for an hour while the owner was away. "We got really busy. I was about 13 years old at the time, and it was the worst day of my life. I realized if I could handle that, I could handle anything," Hathaway says. "This is where I've been ever since." Hathaway's wife, Wanda, has been part of that vision for many years. The two met while she was working as a waitress in a seafood restaurant in Provo where Hathaway was a cook. The owner eventually leased the restaurant to Hathaway. "Almost immediately afterward, a truck hit the sign outside the restaurant, so I put up a new one, and changed the name to Sil's Seafood Grotto." It was to be the first in a string of restaurants in Provo run by Hathaway, including. Magleby's and SiI's Ivy Tower. But Hathaway grew tired of the ever-expanding Provo, and decided to move to the small town comfort of Sanpete County. He took over the Horseshoe Mountain Restaurant, and he and Wanda are building a home in Mt. Pleasant. Hathaway immediately established himself in the kitchen. "I want people to know that if they come to the restaurant, they should come to the back and say 'hi' to Sil. Sil is always in the kitchen."
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