Arizona

Some retirees spend years chasing red rock views, only to flinch at the price tags that come with…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

Arizona builds shiny new hangouts every year, but some of the best nights out still happen under neon…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

Some foods are worth setting an alarm for, and in Tucson, green corn tamales sit near the top…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

Grocery store candy aisles all look the same, and kids can tell. That is exactly why so many…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

Some days call for a menu, and some days call for a plate, a second plate, and a…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

Arizona is famous for tacos and sonoran hot dogs, but the fried chicken scene here has quietly gotten…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 30

High on a twisting mountainside in central Arizona sits a former mining town that traded its pickaxes for…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Arizona is home to the longest unbroken stretch of historic Route 66, and the towns along it, from…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Mesa sits hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, yet one busy dining room in town hands out…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Most weekend outings charge a fee before the fun even starts, but one sprawling market in Mesa skips…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Tucson has no shortage of taco stands, so it takes something special for a single truck to become…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Phoenix has plenty of new restaurants that open with big signs and bigger promises, and plenty that close…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 29

Route 66 has no shortage of places that promise a quick bite and a photo op. Williams, Arizona,…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

Arizona is famous for tacos, green chile, and cactus views, so a list of great bagel shops might…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

When the thermometer in Arizona starts flirting with triple digits, a cold root beer in a heavy mug…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

Somewhere along Arizona State Route 260, in the mountain town of Heber-Overgaard, sits a small roadside diner where…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

Sonoran food is the Mexican cooking of the borderlands, built on big flour tortillas, grilled beef, carne seca,…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

Phoenix has one steakhouse where the proper way in is through the kitchen, past the cooks, and into…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 28

Crab legs usually come with a menu price that makes people think twice, so a buffet that folds…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Some mornings in Old Town Cottonwood start with a line on the sidewalk and a plan to beat…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Arizona heat has a way of turning a quick errand into a full-blown hunt for something cold, and…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Ask ten Arizonans where to find the best pizza and you might start a friendly argument that lasts…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Some breakfast spots in Scottsdale fill up because of hype, but one cafe on the north side of…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Phoenix has changed a lot since the end of World War II. Freeways arrived, towers rose downtown, and…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 27

Phoenix has no shortage of taco counters, yet one modest building on a busy road keeps drawing lines…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Somewhere between the Grand Canyon and the long, open highways of northern Arizona, a plate built on fry…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Tubac is a small artist village south of Tucson, and it rewards travelers who slow down. Most people…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Arizona might be famous for tacos and green chile, but the state also has a serious pho scene…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Some restaurants chase trends. Others just keep doing the one thing they have always done well, and folks…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Fry bread and green chile go together like desert roads and long drives, and Arizona has some real…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 26

Down a rough back road in southern Arizona sits a working vineyard that quietly earns some of the…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Every winter, a wave of northern travelers rolls south chasing sunshine and low prices, and many of them…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Some small Arizona towns hide a family-run kitchen that folks drive across the state to reach, and this…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Southern Arizona hides plenty of surprises, and one of the best sits inside a historic copper-mining town where…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Good Indian curry takes patience. The kind of curry worth driving for gets built with whole spices, slow…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Arizona has more to offer than gas-station jerky and cookie-cutter chain steakhouses. Across the state, there are family-run…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 25

Arizona might sit far from any coast, but that hasn’t stopped a handful of restaurants from mastering the…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 24

Good ramen is not a rush job, and the best bowls in Arizona prove it. The broth alone…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 24

High in the hills of southern Arizona sits a Victorian building that opened its doors back in 1902,…

By Emma Larkin · Sep 24