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Get ready to experience Arizona’s spring/summer 2014 Top 5 Restaurants Local Favorites! And use Experience AZ to guide you toward a visit that will make you want to come back time after time to keep crossing the must see hot spots off your Top 5 lists.

Top 5 Restaurants: Local Favorites

Cornish Pasty

3800 N. Goldwater Blvd. Scottsdale, AZ 85251

(480) 945-1220
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Cornwall native Dean Thomas confesses to eating at least five pasties a week when he was growing up in Saltash, Cornwall. Dean still remembers every Friday he would go over to his ‘Nans’(Grandmas) house for pasties. Apparently, “They were bloody awsome!”

Lon’s at the Hermosa Inn

5532 N. Palo Cristi Rd. Paradise Valley, AZ 85253

(602) 955-7878
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This expensive Paradise Valley New American restaurant offers phenomenal views of Camelback Mountain from the patio and unique fare that ranges from melt-in-your-mouth braised beef ribs to a don’t-miss brunch.

Rokerij

6335 N. 16th St. Phoenix, AZ 85016

(602) 287-8900
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Amazing atmosphere, food and drink. Rokerij is one of those special places where Phoenix residents take their friends and family to impress them.

Binkley’s Restaurant

6920 E. Cave Creek Rd. Cave Creek, AZ 85331

(480) 437-1072
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In a town of cowboy bars, chef Kevin Binkley creates a world-class menu featuring dishes like black-truffle whipped potatoes, monkfish with gnocchi, braised greens and i’itoi onions, and red-wine-poached filet mignon.

The Stockyards

5009 E. Washington St., #115 Phoenix, AZ 85034

(602) 273-7378
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In 1947, The Stockyards, Arizona’s Original Steakhouse, opened its doors for the first time with a menu focused solely on its historical past: beef. Staying true to its heritage, The Stockyards’ menu continues to feature only the finest corn-fed, aged steaks and prime rib.

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