Vinny’s New York Pizza in Yuma
Dining

Vinny’s New York Pizza

Founder Vinny Ferrara died in 2012, but venerable Vinny’s — a Sierra Vista standby for pizza and wings — is now in the capable hands of Chip Brown, the like-a-son employee who worked at Ferrara’s...
Nana’s Sandwich Saloon in Wickenburg
Dining

Nana’s Sandwich Saloon

Owner Sherry Hunt is the “Nana” in question at this cute, cozy spot, specializing in big, beefy sandwiches (16 in all), salads, homemade soup, quiches, coffee drinks, green drinks and pies.
Seafood is a specialty at Jake’s on the Green in Flagstaff
Dining

Jake’s on the Green

Huge picture windows overlooking the golf course offer spectacular views of the San Francisco Peaks, but that’s just one of many reasons tourists and locals flock to this cavernous-but-clubby hangout...
Kasa Mia Mexican Restaurant in Nogales
Dining

Kasa Mia

Owner Margarita “Maggie” Vindiola was a banker who always dreamed of owning her own restaurant. Stumbling upon an available historic building (a former ice plant, circa 1924) and falling in love with...
Esoji Japanese Restaurant in Prescott
Dining

Esoji Japanese Restaurant

Like his Tokyo counterpart Jiro Ono (the fanatical sushi chef upon whom the 2011 mega-documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi was based), Hiroshi Horikawa also obsesses about fish, turning out artful and...
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History

Aldo Leopold

He came to Arizona in 1909, fresh from Yale University, where he'd earned a degree from the first forestry school in the United States. Like many...
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History

Tuberculosis and Tourism

Tourism. It's a multibillion-dollar industry in Arizona. But the state wasn't always just a destination for people looking for a sunny getaway....
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History

Citrus in Arizona

It's something we take for granted every time we food shop — piles of citrus fruit waiting to be plucked from produce departments. But there was a...