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An Ogden steakhouse where diners eat in covered-wagon booths and a former owner is said to move objects and walk the stairs
445 Park Blvd, Ogden, UT 84401
Research updated September 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Full-service steakhouse pricing; dinner entrees.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Themed restaurant with covered-wagon dining booths; main floor with a staircase.
Equipment
Photos OK
Old West Themed Dining · Ogden Local Landmark
The Prairie Schooner has operated as an Old West-themed steakhouse in Ogden for decades, best known for its dining room of enclosed, canvas-topped covered-wagon booths arranged beneath a ceiling painted as a night sky. The theme has made it a local landmark and a destination for special occasions.
The restaurant's history is closely tied to its ghost story. Local accounts hold that a member of the family that once owned the business died after the family lost the restaurant, and that this former owner is the presence reported inside.
The broader documentary record on the restaurant's ownership history is thin in public sources, so the specifics of who died and when are not firmly established and are presented as local lore rather than confirmed fact. What is consistent across sources is the restaurant's identity—the covered-wagon theme—and the attachment of the ghost story to a former proprietor.
Ogden tourism material and a local guide to the city's haunted places both carry the story, which keeps it in circulation alongside the restaurant's reputation as a themed dining experience.
Sources
The Prairie Schooner's ghost is described as a former owner who stayed behind. According to the lore repeated in Ogden's tourism material, a member of the family that once ran the restaurant died after the family lost the business, and the activity reported inside is tied to that loss.
The reported phenomena are the familiar signatures of a restaurant haunting: objects moving on their own, lights switching on and off without anyone at the switch, and footsteps going up and down the stairs when the stairway is empty. A local guide repeats the same set—lights, moving objects, and stair footsteps—and frames the restaurant as a place to get a steak and maybe a ghost sighting.
One Ogden account adds a stranger detail: a box of frozen French fries that reportedly ignited on its own. That incident is recounted in a single source and is presented as an anecdote rather than a documented event.
The restaurant does not stage the haunting. The accounts come from staff and patrons and circulate through Ogden's local and tourism press, attached to the building's reputation rather than any ticketed program.
Notable Entities
The Prairie Schooner seats diners in enclosed covered-wagon booths under a painted night sky, an Old West theme it has kept for decades. There is no ghost tour; the haunting is restaurant lore tied to a former owner. Reserve a table through the restaurant and ask the staff about the stories.
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