Ranking Arizona: Top 10 Southwestern restaurants for 2022

Here are the Top 10 Southwestern restaurants in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?

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Here are the Top 10 Southwestern restaurants in Arizona, as featured in the 2022 edition of Ranking Arizona:

1. Vincent on Camelback

Background: For more than 35 years, Vincent Guerithault, chef and owner of Vincent on Camelback, has been combining his expertise in classic French cooking with Southwestern ingredients to create a unique blend of flavors that has become his signature. Vincent was the first chef ever to receive a Citation of Excellence from the International Food & Wine Society and has enjoyed countless commendations, including the James Beard award as “America’s Best Chef: Southwest,” and the prestigious Officier de L’Ordre du Merite Agricole on behalf of the Republic of France. Vincent’s on Camelback was placed 24th on the World’s Top 50 Restaurants list by British-based Restaurant Magazine.

Strengths: “Hard work, consistency and diversity in what we do — from our signature fine-dining restaurant, Vincent on Camelback; our more casual Vincent Market Bistro, our seasonal outdoor Camelback Market, Vincent Van Go, our mobile wood burning pizza oven and our full-service catering business.”

2. El Chorro

3. LON’s at The Hermosa

4. The Mission

5. Richardson’s Cuisine of New Mexico

6. Kai at Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass

7. T. Cook’s at Royal Palms Resort

8. The Adobe Grille

9. Citizen Public House

10. Z’Tejas Southwestern Grill

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Voting for the 2023 issue of Ranking Arizona ends July 31, 2022.