Arizona

About 80 miles from Tucson sits a park where you can walk for miles and barely pass another…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 24

Some places refuse to let the past slip away, and one little counter in Phoenix has been fizzing…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

Arizona takes its breakfast burritos seriously, and once you find a good one, you understand why people set…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

Arizona weekends have a rhythm, and for a lot of folks that rhythm starts with a canvas tote…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

High in the pines of eastern Arizona sits a restaurant that has kept its doors open for nearly…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

Few things spark a friendlier fight in Arizona than the question of who makes the best cheesesteak. Transplants…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

Some meals are worth a long drive, and this one has people mapping routes from Tucson, California, and…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 23

Somewhere in the Arizona desert, tucked near the water, there is a community where mornings begin with laughter…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

Arizona highways run through desert towns, mountain gateways, and old Route 66 stops, and some of the best…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

Arizona holds onto its old diners the way it holds onto its Route 66 charm, and both still…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

Drivers heading up the mountain on Highway 260 often zip past a low wood building without a second…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

After a long morning on the red rock trails, most people crave one thing: a comfortable spot to…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

Some of the best food in Arizona is not in a fancy restaurant. It is sitting in a…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 22

Arizona has plenty of ways to spend a lazy Sunday, and one of the best involves getting in…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

A great breakfast burrito can turn an ordinary morning into something you actually look forward to. Arizona takes…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

High in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona sits a small community where the air stays cool even…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

Somewhere south of Tucson, a quiet desert community fills up every winter with people escaping the cold. They…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

Perched on the side of a mountain in one of Arizona’s most talked-about old mining towns sits a…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

A frontier-style dining room where cowboy gear lines the walls and the menu reads like a tribute to…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 21

Some restaurants stay in the same family for four decades, and that kind of history usually shows up…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Some places don’t need fancy signs or trendy decor to earn a loyal following. A little counter-serve spot…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Good soul food is all about cooking things slow, seasoning them right, and making them fresh instead of…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Arizona has quietly turned into a serious coffee state, and the proof is in the roasters who take…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Grocery store donuts and drive-thru chains have their place, but Arizona has a whole lineup of independent shops…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Some breakfast spots become part of the town itself, the kind of place hikers pile into after a…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 20

Some of the best plates around town do not arrive on white tablecloths. They land on a tray,…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

Some towns fade into the past, but one stubborn Arizona settlement keeps the Old West alive on a…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

A good chile relleno is a small act of kitchen skill. You start with a whole roasted pepper,…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

Out in western Arizona, there is a desert town wrapped around a wide blue lake that keeps pulling…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

Some restaurants outlast trends, and a few outlast entire generations. In Yuma, Arizona, one family-run kitchen has been…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

There is a corner in an old Arizona mining town where the line stretches out the door by…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 19

Al pastor is the taco that turns a quick lunch into a road trip. Marinated pork cooked on…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

Some sandwiches are worth a road trip, and this one has locals mapping out weekend detours across the…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

There is a certain kind of hunger that a plain sandwich cannot fix. It is the ache that…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

Arizona might be hundreds of miles from the coast, but that has not stopped its cooks from mastering…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

High in the pine country of eastern Arizona sits a calm stretch of water that keeps drawing folks…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

Deep in the high country of central Arizona, water tumbles roughly 200 feet down a rock face and…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 18

Some ice cream shops feel like they belong to a neighborhood, and a small spot on the west…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 17

Some restaurants make you choose between breakfast and lunch. This one lets you order a green chile burrito…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 17