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10 Easy Arizona Fall Trails That Look Like They Were Painted For A Movie Set

One easy fall hike in Arizona asks you to cross the same creek 13 times before you turn around. Another ends at a viewing platform that looks out over ancient ruins. Neither one requires a fitness tracker that screams for mercy. Then there’s a desert garden where trees turn red...

Arizona · 1d

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10 Arizona Restaurants Serve Gluten-Free Comfort Food So Good Nobody Misses The Wheat

Somewhere in Arizona, a kitchen fries chicken, bakes waffles, and makes donut holes without letting a crumb of wheat through the door. That’s not a figure of speech. The whole kitchen is dedicated gluten-free, which means the phrase ‘nobody misses the wheat’ is technically true, because the wheat never showed up.

Arizona · 1d

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This Family-Owned Arizona Fish Fry Still Spells Its Menu By Hand And Fries Everything To Order

The menu board still uses actual physical letters, pressed in one by one like it’s a small-town movie marquee. Somebody has to climb up and spell out the burgers by hand. The food below that board gets the same hands-on treatment. Everything is fried to order, so your fish, shrimp, and onion rings come out hot.

Arizona · 4d

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This Arizona Restaurant Dishes Out A $14.99 Buffet So Amazing You Will Want To Tell Everyone

Some restaurants are good enough to enjoy quietly, and then there’s Mandarin Super Buffet in Phoenix, Arizona, which is so good you’ll be texting people about it before you’ve even finished your first plate. That’s not an exaggeration, that’s just what happens when a meal genuinely surprises...

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Locals Swear By The Fried Chicken At These 6 Phoenix Hole-In-The-Wall Joints

Phoenix has plenty of shiny restaurants, but some of the best fried chicken in town comes from small counters in strip malls and side streets. These are the spots where you order at the register, grab a few napkins, and find out fast why the regulars keep coming back. The...

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Crab Legs And Hibachi Fill The Plates At This Phoenix All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Some lunches end with a single plate. Others end with a fourth trip, a cleared tray of crab legs, and a quiet promise to skip dinner. In north Phoenix, a sprawling buffet near the old Metro Center area has been feeding big appetites for years, and it opens its doors at 11 AM every single day of the week. The draw is simple: a long lineup of Chinese buffet favorites, a cook-to-order hibachi grill, seafood options, and a dessert spread, all for one price.

Phoenix New Times

The hottest Valley food events to fill your weekend

Pastries, pizza and other bites will be available to try at the Italian Festival. From the stories making headlines to the restaurants, music and culture that make Phoenix one of a kind, New Times is there. Help us raise $25,000 by December 31 to keep independent local journalism going strong in 2027.

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This Nostalgic Arizona Hot Dog Spot Will Transport You Straight To The 1950s

Some foods are so good they make you forget what decade you’re living in, and Dazzo’s Dog House in Glendale, Arizona, is exactly that kind of place. One bite of a Vienna Beef hot dog here and suddenly the outside world, with all its noise and complications, just sort of melts away.

Glendale, AZ · 5d

AZFamily

Phoenix-area eateries cited for raw steak above lettuce, no soap at hand-wash sink

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Every week, Arizona’s Family looks up restaurants recently inspected by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department. Restaurants with some of the highest numbers of “risk factors,” considered major health code violations by inspectors, are selected for our Dirty Dining Report. For more details on the restaurant inspection scoring system, visit Maricopa County’s website.

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Nothing Beats A Patty Melt At This Tiny Tempe Diner Where Regulars Know The Cook By Name

Some breakfast spots chase trends, and some just keep the coffee coming and the portions huge. Tempe has one of the second kind, tucked along a busy road near the college crowd, with wood paneling that has not changed much in decades. The line can stretch out the door on...

Tempe, AZ · 2d

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Phoenix 24-hour diner cited by health inspectors

Jason Barry reports on Valley restaurants that saw the most risk factors identified by Maricopa County’s Environmental Services Department this week.

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Sun City Independent

Sun City big band prepares for the big stage

The Rhythm Ramblers big band will perform the music of swing musician Glenn Miller with vocalists Beth Leligdgon and Marc Redlich 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the Sundial Auditorium, 14801 N.

Sun City, AZ · 4d

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This Little Mesa Bakeshop Hand-Rolls Arizona Tamales So Good The Smell Pulls You In Off The Street

Some of the best finds in the East Valley hide behind plain storefronts on busy roads. This one opens at 5 a.m., seven days a week, and on a good morning the line can stretch out the door before most offices turn on their lights. Locals come for tamales, trays of pan dulce, crusty bolillos, and a grill working outside that pulls in curious drivers from the street.

Mesa, AZ · 2d

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Angie’s plans to more than double footprint to 70 locations by end of 2028

Angie⁠’s, the fast-food company founded by Salad and Go cofounders Tony and Roushan Christofellis, just opened its 24th location but plans to more than double its total footprint in the next two years. The latest restaurant is located in Phoenix at 1739 W. Glendale Ave. There are seven...

Phoenix, AZ · 4d

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These 5 Family-Owned Italian Restaurants In Phoenix Still Pack In Crowds Of Locals

Phoenix has no shortage of shiny new restaurants, but some of the busiest dining rooms in town belong to families who have been rolling pasta and simmering sauce for years. These are the spots where regulars know the menu by heart and still show up on a Saturday night anyway.

Phoenix, AZ · 3d

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Not a 1946 Drive-In, but This Ahwatukee Sandwich Shop Has Phoenix Lunch Covered

A heads-up before we start: there is no 1946 drive-in here, and no root beer floats or chili dogs on this menu. The Phoenix spot in this story is a counter-serve sandwich shop in Ahwatukee with a free cookie habit and an owner who chats at the register. It has...

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20 Arizona places offering Veterans Day deals

Veterans Day is a time to reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform. It’s also a day when businesses across the country show their appreciation in a tangible way, offering free meals, discounted services, special retail offers and other perks to veterans and active-duty military members. Here’s a look at some of the discounts and freebies being offered this year.

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Families Stock Up On Giant Flour Tortillas By The Dozen At This Old-School Arizona Factory

Oversized flour tortillas share counter space with conchas and buñuelos at one Arizona tortilla factory that opens at 6 a.m. That early start means breakfast burritos can begin before most coffee shops have their lights on. The lineup goes well beyond one style. You’ll find corn tortillas, flour tortillas,...