Arizona

Most breakfast menus make you pick a side, eggs or pancakes. One Scottsdale restaurant skipped that choice and…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 21

Somewhere between Phoenix and the high country, Interstate 17 drivers keep making the same unplanned exit. They come…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 21

Some Phoenix buffets serve crab legs cold and call it a day. One spot in the north part…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

Some dinners start the moment you leave the city. In Southern Arizona, one of the best ones starts…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

Long before drive-thrus and food trucks, Arizona cowboys, miners, and stagecoach travelers needed a place to sit down,…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

Some towns get loud about their charm, but this one keeps its best parts tucked into a canyon.…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

Some neighborhoods hand you a mailbox key and wish you luck. Others hand you a pickleball paddle, a…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

Scottsdale has plenty of brunch spots, but very few can claim a deli case stocked with Halvah bars…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 20

A long day on forest trails can leave anyone with an appetite big enough to scare a bear.…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Some restaurants open and close before anyone learns their names. Then there is the downtown Tucson spot that…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Tucson is famous for tacos, but one small kitchen on the east side has spent years quietly serving…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Some of the best barbecue in Arizona is not found in Phoenix or Tucson. It sits on steep…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Somewhere on Route 66 in Williams, a giant skeleton is waiting to greet travelers on their way to…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Arizona has its own hot dog, and it does not play small. The Sonoran hot dog starts with…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 19

Some Glendale dinner plans never change, and nobody seems to mind one bit. On a busy stretch of…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

Some people drive across the whole Valley for a piece of fried chicken, and in Phoenix, one small…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

Tamales are one of those foods that taste even better when someone else did all the hard work.…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

Fry bread tacos are one of the best things you can eat in Arizona, and they are rarely…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

Some people go to the casino for the slots, but plenty of Arizonans go for the buffet line.…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

A bowl of soup can tell you a lot about a diner. When the kitchen still makes its…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 18

Wear a necktie to dinner at a certain Tucson steakhouse and it may not make it home with…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Arizona days stay warm for a long time, but once the sun drops in late fall, the desert…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Some breakfasts come with a soundtrack, and in Phoenix one diner takes that idea seriously. A guitarist might…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Some sandwiches are lunch. Others are a group project. In north Phoenix, there is a deli where a…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Some of the best dinners in Arizona hide behind curtains. Just off a busy casino floor in Scottsdale,…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Some road trips to Tucson come with a checklist, and one item keeps showing up in bold. Folks…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 17

Some alarm clocks are worth obeying, and in downtown Flagstaff, one of them points straight at a cinnamon…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Tucson has saguaros, sunshine, and some of the best Sonoran food in the country. What it does not…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Some people set alarms for flights. Others set them for brisket. In south Phoenix, a small barbecue joint…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Arizona sits hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, yet some of the freshest oysters around are being…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Some towns hide their age behind fresh paint, but this one wears its history proudly. Out in the…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Arizona gets cold mornings too, especially up in Flagstaff and the Verde Valley, and even Phoenix and Tucson…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 16

Some retirees spend years hunting for a town that is quiet, affordable, and easy on the calendar when…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Some nights only a plate of lasagna, a basket of garlic bread, and a booth with a checkered…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Ask anyone who grew up in Wisconsin what Friday night means, and the answer usually involves fried fish,…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Some of the best meals in Arizona come out of kitchens barely bigger than a hallway. In downtown…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Highway 60 east of Phoenix climbs into copper country, and the old mining town of Superior sits right…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Some burgers fit neatly in one hand, and some need a game plan before the first bite. On…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 15

Arizona is known for chiles, tacos, and sunsets, but a quiet comfort food classic still rules the morning…

By Emma Larkin · Oct 14