Tourist Home Urban Market

Tourist Home Urban Market is a family owned and operated restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ.  Driving north on San Francisco street, three companion restaurants are nestled in a row under the same family ownership.  As early as 1926, this building provided hospitality to Basque sheepherders.  Saving the Tourist Home from being torn down, the home was […]

The Toasted Owl Cafe in Flagstaff, AZ

The Toasted Owl Café was one woman’s dream that was only waiting for opportunity and time to become a reality. Being a former English teacher in the Phoenix area, Cecily Maniaci arrived in Flagstaff, AZ three years ago in pursuit of her ‘Toasted Owl’ dream. Combining her one ‘toaster’, one hotplate, and 5 table operation […]

Busters Restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ

Busters Restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ has been in business for 33 years.  With the original owner having sold last summer, the new owners performed a ‘surf and turf’ remodel this past winter.  In its updated style, Cassie, a manager of Busters, says that they call it a “steak and seafood house with ‘surf and turf’ […]

McMillan Restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ

McMillan Restaurant in Flagstaff, AZ is a fun place to host birthday parties, hold lunch or dinner meetings or enjoy a good meal with family and friends.  This amazing restaurant opened two years ago and resides in the historic Flagstaff bank building of the 1800’s at the corner of Leroux and Historic Route 66.  The […]

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Hickory’s Smokehouse BBQ in Flagstaff, AZ

Hickory’s Smokehouse BBQ Restaurant

Hickory’s Smokehouse BBQ offers jaw droppin’, finger lickin’ good barbecue that can satisfy the craving for good ole Texas barbecue.  Hickory’s was a place we often drove by but never stopped long enough to have a bite to eat.  Recently, this changed.  Four of us decided to try a place we had not experienced, and Hickory’s won the debate.  Not too long after my first bite, I knew that I needed to write a blogpost about Hickory’s.Continue reading

Cedar House Coffee Shop of Flagstaff, Arizona

This one of a kind internet coffee shop on Cedar Avenue in Flagstaff, AZ has combined a few businesses into one where profits go back into serving the community in one form or another.  Monies end up supporting community agencies like the Family Food Bank, Hope Cottage and Spring Fest – a Covenant Church hosted […]

Sosoba’s Restaurant – Flagstaff’s Noodle Shop

Sosoba’s is a fun and trendy noodle shop in downtown Flagstaff, AZ.  Joshua Riesner, one of the owners, says the restaurant was “started to fill a niche” and that the food is  “Japaneseish” and “unabashedly inauthentic”.  Kyle Hashashita, says that they serve “prefectural ramen”.  It has also been said that Josh and Tyler have “reinvented […]

Black Barts Steakhouse and Musical Revue

“Great Steaks and Fun Live Music” summarizes my experiences at Black Bart’s Steakhouse. With a western flare that even John Wayne would have called “home”, this restaurant has mouth watering steaks served with a song.  Using musical community members and Northern Arizona University music majors for their waiters and waitresses, the atmosphere is truly something […]

STEEP – Flagstaff’s Favorite Tea Shop

A dream come true – literally!                                 What does it take to make a dream come true?  Just ask Jean and Joe Liptay, the owners of the Steep Leaf Lounge in downtown Flagstaff, AZ.  They both believe in making things happen. Jean […]

Fat Olives – Great Flagstaff Restaurant

  FAT OLIVES?  Yes – it IS the name of a restaurant – a really great place to eat in Flagstaff, AZ. The owner’s vision was to create a place that served authentic neapolitan style Italian food from Naples – a dream made into reality.