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Arizona has numerous restaurants with a storied past, from rough-and-tumble cowboy haunts to turn-of-the-century charmers that have survived generations. At The Stockyards in Phoenix, feast on steaks, prime rib and elk in the same place where cattlemen, bankers and politicians have gathered since 1947. The Farish House has a humbler past as an 1899 brick home in downtown Phoenix. Today, this bistro serves European-inspired dishes and craft cocktails. Durant’s is another historic Phoenix spot. Opened in 1950, it gained a reputation as the restaurant where legislators brokered deals over martini lunches and celebrities like Clark Gable supped. Come for the prime rib or a Delmonico steak. El Charro is the nation’s oldest Mexican restaurant continuously operated by the same family, but it also claims to have invented the chimichanga. In Bisbee, guests at Copper Queen Hotel have dined in 1902 The Spirit Room since the restaurant’s namesake year. The dinner menu skews Italian with offerings like chicken cacciatore. Lute’s Casino isn’t for gambling. Instead, the Yuma haunt features family-friendly food — burgers, corn dogs, patty melts — and games like billiards and ping-pong, surrounded by 60 years of memorabilia. Opened in 1877, the Palace Restaurant & Saloon in Prescott is the state’s oldest saloon, boasting Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Rough Riders as patrons. Drink at the original bar, which locals carried to safety during a fire, and savor cowboy-size steaks in the dining area. Located in the former Clinkscale Mercantile building in Jerome, The Clinkscale serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the evening, pair a glass of wine with grilled shrimp and grits, and save room for its beloved beignets. For 85-plus years, Charlie Clark’s Steakhouse in Pinetop-Lakeside has satisfied hungry hikers and campers with chicken fried steak, beef stroganoff and steaks seared over a mesquite fire. Mormon Lake Lodge Steakhouse is popular with outdoor adventurers who come to the nearly 100-year-old restaurant for grilled steaks, chicken and fish, plus live music.
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