Vail

Vail, AZ · Food & Drink
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You’ll Want To Visit This Iconic Arizona Restaurant That’s Been Open For Decades
There are restaurants you visit once and forget, restaurants you visit twice and appreciate, and then there are restaurants like El Minuto Cafe in Tucson, Arizona, which you visit once and spend the next several weeks telling everyone you know about. This iconic Arizona restaurant has been open for decades,...
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This Arizona Korean And Japanese Market Is Packed With Sushi-Grade Fish, Mochi And Plenty Of Ramen
Sushi-grade fish, green tea soft serve, and plastic tubs made for homemade kimchi all share one modest storefront in Arizona. That combo alone made me sit up. The shelves lean Korean, with Japanese favorites mixed right in. You’ll spot rice cakes, honey butter chips, buckwheat cold noodles, and a ramen lineup that keeps on going.
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Locals Can’t Get Enough Of This Small-Town Steakhouse Hidden In Arizona
Some restaurants make you drive past them twice before you believe they’re real, and The Horseshoe in Benson, Arizona is absolutely one of them. This small-town steakhouse is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever bothered with a fancy reservation somewhere else. There’s something genuinely...
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Last call for downtown Tucson's Brick Box Brewery
The remnants of one of Tucson’s oldest craft breweries will close its doors on Nov. 29, five months shy of what would have been its 30th anniversary. The owners of Brick Box Brewery, formerly Thunder Canyon Brewery, say they can no longer afford to keep the lights on and the beer cold at the downtown brick building they’ve called home for 13 of the brewery’s 29 years.
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Where to get a Caesar salad in Tucson
756 S. Stone Ave. — This downtown New American restaurant swaps Romaine for lacinato kale, tossing it with house Caesar dressing, sourdough focaccia croutons, pecorino, and grated cured egg yolk. Blue Willow. 2616 N. Campbell Ave. — The Blackened Salmon Caesar tops Romaine with Cajunspiced salmon, Parmesan, and croutons....
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Seven Old-School Arizona Panaderías Still Making Pan Dulce The Way Grandma Did
Some of the best mornings in Arizona start with a pink paper bag, a pair of tongs, and a tray full of conchas. Old-school panaderías are where families have picked up sweet bread for weekend breakfasts, birthdays, and after-school treats for years. This list covers seven bakeries across the...
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Everyone In Arizona Should Eat At This Legendary Old Mexican Cafe At Least Once
A giant flour tortilla, baked flat and crisp, then buried under melted cheese, is the dish that made one tiny Arizona kitchen famous. It’s called a cheese crisp. Around here, it’s practically a family heirloom. The cafe behind it has been feeding hungry people since around the 1930s....
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Ever Wondered Where Tucson Grandmothers Buy Their Christmas Tortillas? Six Tortillerias Hold The Answer
Every December, Tucson kitchens fill up with tamale pots, chile, and stacks of warm flour tortillas. The grandmothers running those kitchens rarely settle for a plastic bag from the grocery aisle. They have their spots, and they guard them like family recipes. Here are six Tucson tortillerias where fresh tortillas...
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This Off-The-Beaten-Path Arizona Brewery Is A Hidden Gem That Will Completely Blow Your Mind
Most people spend their weekends driving to the same places, ordering the same drinks, and wondering why everything feels a little too familiar. Copper Hop Ranch & Microbrewery in Elgin, Arizona is the answer to that problem, and it’s been sitting there quietly this whole time, waiting for you to show up.
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Brick Box Brewery to close after nearly three decades of brewing history in Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - After nearly three decades of brewing history in Tucson, another downtown business is preparing to close its doors. Brick Box Brewery, formerly known as Thunder Canyon Brewery, announced it will permanently close on Nov. 29, ending a chapter for a business that has served as both a brewery and a gathering place for Tucson’s local music community.
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We Ranked The Best Mexican Restaurants In Tucson, Arizona And Here Is Who Made The Cut
A former U.S. president once ate at one of these spots, and the restaurant turned his order into a plate you can still get today. I love that a single lunch became a permanent menu item. That story is only one bite of the picture. Tucson became the first UNESCO...
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Arizona Soul Food Fans Keep Four Family Kitchens Busy With Oxtails, Greens, And Peach Cobbler
Some meals are worth planning your whole weekend around, and a plate of tender oxtails with a side of greens is one of them. Across Arizona, a handful of family-run kitchens have built loyal followings by cooking soul food the slow, careful way. From a Phoenix cafe that has been...
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This Hole-In-The-Wall Arizona Restaurant Is So Good It Deserves Its Own Reality Show
Forget everything you think you know about judging a restaurant by its exterior, because El Güero Canelo in Tucson, Arizona is about to make you question every assumption you’ve ever had about where great food comes from. This is the kind of place that food television was invented...
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Locals Have Ordered Prime Rib Inside This Old-School Arizona Steakhouse’s Adobe Walls Since The ’60s
Some Tucson dinner traditions are older than the freeways, and one of them still opens its doors at 5 PM almost every night. Back in 1961, a high school junior sat down for prime rib inside a set of thick adobe walls, and more than six decades later, that same diner was still bringing family members to the very same spot.
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Hand-Stretched Tortillas Come Off the Comal Still Puffing at Tucson’s La Estrella Bakery
Some families drive across state lines for a ballgame. Others make the trip to Tucson’s south side for a stack of flour tortillas, and they plan the whole day around it. On this side of town, a plain brown box can empty an office break room faster than any famous donut chain. The bakery behind that box opens at 6 AM, draws lines on busy mornings, and sends people home with tortillas, pan dulce, and pastries that keep them coming back for decades.