Businesses

You might think the Local got its name because owner Sheryl Strong prefers locally sourced ingredients, or because it’s a favorite breakfast and…

If there’s a recipe for a successful breakfast and lunch place, Kim Scanlan and Gerard Meurer have perfected it. They opened Baja Café in 2014 in a…

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,…

Owner Sherry Hunt is the “Nana” in question at this cute, cozy spot, specializing in big, beefy sandwiches (16 in all), salads, homemade soup,…

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…

Owner Margarita “Maggie” Vindiola was a banker who always dreamed of owning her own restaurant. Stumbling upon an available historic building (a…

Like his Tokyo counterpart Jiro Ono (the fanatical sushi chef upon whom the 2011 mega-documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi was based), Hiroshi Horikawa…

There’s not really a convenient time to interview Lara “Lola” Negron-Abreu about Lola Empanada, her restaurant in San Tan Valley, southeast of…