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Dining

Little Italy

How good is the food at Little Italy? Consider this: Before Nino Buccellato opened this Gila Bend spot, he was running Nick & Nino’s Pizza up the road in Maricopa. That tiny restaurant piled up...
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Scenic Drives

Cape Royal Road

North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has a short season, but there’s another reason it sees about as...
Mature aspens grow at the edge of a large meadow along the Mount Baldy Crossover Trail. | Laurence Parent
Hiking

Mount Baldy Crossover Trail

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, White Mountains If East Baldy and West Baldy are Lennon and McCartney, then Baldy Crossover is George Harrison...
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Dining

MacAlpine's Soda Fountain

Note: Due to COVID-19, this restaurant is closed until further notice. Since 1929, MacAlpine’s has been known for its soda fountain. That’s because it used to be a pharmacy, and pharmacies often...
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Dining

Mount Athos Restaurant

Florence isn’t the first place that springs to mind for stuffed grape leaves, nap-inducing slabs of moussaka or galaktoboureko, the custard-like sweet dessert. The man serving it, Peter Koulouris,...
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Lodging

Crescent Moon Ranch

Decades before Sedona became famous for New Age vortexes and five-star spas, the scenic Red Rock Country along Oak Creek was known for its orchards and pastureland. And one of the lushest spots was a...
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Dining

Bobby D's BBQ

Charley Hong built the English Kitchen in 1899, after his original restaurant at the Connor Hotel burned down. Miners, settlers and visitors considered it the best Chinese restaurant in Jerome, and...
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Scenic Drives

Control Road

Tonto National Forest, Pine Don’t let the prosaic name fool you: Control Road north of Payson is a lovely historical route that runs below the...