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Benjy's
At the stylish Sunday brunch, happily munch away on the nut-crusted challah French toast ($10.95), while a luxe happy hour lets you try blood-orange margaritas, butternut-squash crepes, and pistachio-crusted goat's cheese at half the price.
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Kiva
An exceptional natural-food grocery store is The Kiva.
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Mei Sum Dim Sum
Where else can you go to satisfy that crazy craving for dim sum in the afternoon or evening? For over 10 years, this no-nonsense little corner shop has been cranking out a multitude of cheap, delectable little plates. It's also got a full spread of Chinese mains – ask for the secret garlic eggplant that's not on the menu.
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Pizza Place
Think wood-fired flatbread piled high with fresh ingredients. When locals eat out, they come to this family-owned joint. Serves pizzas, salads and sandwiches.
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Santa Fe Baking Company
A bustling cafe serving burgers, sandwiches and big breakfast platters all day. There's also a full-on smoothie bar. This is a great spot to get a glimpse of the human melting pot that is Santa Fe. Need proof? The local radio station, KSFR, broadcasts a talk show from here each weekday morning.
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Market Street Grill
SLC's favorite seafood served at a cosmopolitan fish house.
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Green
Vegetarians all around the city must've breathed a sigh of contentment when this cafe opened up. It's the only place in town (at least at the time of research) that's 100% vegetarian, and it's 100% kosher to boot.
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eGullet
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Chowhound
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Lillie's Asian Cuisine
For sheer fun, this is one of downtown's top eating experiences. Amid blood-red light sculptures and walls of water flowing over glass, hibachi chefs dazzle with flashing knife tricks. Sit around an illuminated marble table and take your pick from seafood, steak and veggies, lit aflame as you watch.
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Canyon View Deli
This counter in the village grocery store is the best place to find fresh-made sandwiches and premade salads. Breakfast burritos, doughnuts and coffee are available in the morning.
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Brix
Situated in a renovated brick carriage house, Brix brings a breath of fresh, unpretentious sophistication to Flagstaff's dining scene. The menu varies seasonally, using to delicious advantage what is fresh and ripe, and sometimes organic, for classics like salade Niçoise and roasted rack of lamb. Reservations are highly recommended.
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Sailfish Marina
Sailfish Marina serves brunch on weekends between 8am and 1pm ($17 for adults, $12 for kids). Grab a seat close to the water, slowly chew your smoked salmon, tropical fruit or fresh Belgian waffles and watch the resident pelicans paddle around the yachts, searching for their own breakfast.
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Howley's
Open almost all night, this mint-green 1950s diner's tagline is 'cooked in sight, must be right.' The food, which might be described as 'upscale retro' (shake 'n' bake pork chops, crab hash, tiki-style tuna burgers, banana pancakes), certainly tastes right – especially at 2am!
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Biff-Burger
Once a national drive-in chain, the last standing Biff-Burger has morphed into a down-home, blue-collar institution. Under a tin roof is an extremely long, double-sided bar and thick-lacquered picnic tables, where a wall of TV screens and various live musicians vie for your attention. For a buck and two bits (that is, $1.45), the Biff deluxe is the best burger around; go on, get two. The 'gourmet' is a super-sized feast, or order some sticky-sweet BBQ. Biker nights on Wednesday and Saturday are a scene. Biff-Burger is far from downtown, near 39th Ave N.
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Bice
Be a member (temporarily at least) of the lunching class at this courtyard trattoria, a favorite for white wine–soaked lunches that blend seamlessly into happy hour. Fancy salads and pasta dishes will help soak up the booze.
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Fish House & Atlas Oyster House
In a huge multilevel building overlooking the harbor, these twin seafood restaurants are always packed with a mix of tourists, businesspeople and locals on date night. Fish House is slightly more upscale, with a dark wood interior and fish cooked every way (pecan-crusted, with mango salsa etc.). Atlas is best for oyster on the half shell and glasses of white wine on the porch. Both are known for their Grits a Ya Ya – spicy gulf shrimp, bacon and garlicky veggies over steaming gouda cheese grits. Weekend happy hours throb with crowds and live music.
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Pita Jungle
The original ‘jungle’ is funky industrial, serves the same deliciously healthy fare as its younger Scottsdale brother, but gets more of a student crowd.
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Pita Jungle
One bite and you're hooked by the tangy hummus, crispy falafel and chicken shawarma at this upbeat, funky industrial joint – a local chain – that's on the radar of tousled students.
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Michael Monti’s la Casa Vieja
This been-here-forever restaurant in a mazelike adobe hacienda filled with antiques is strong on grilled meats and atmosphere. Careful: don’t OD on their homemade ‘Roman’ bread before the main event.
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Luc’s Restaurant at el Pedregal
Consider yourself luc-ky to dine at Luc’s (inexplicably pronounced ‘lucks’), where dishes are like jewels – polished and beautiful. Stars on the Asian-influenced menu include ishiyaki (beef and fish cooked on a heated stone at the table) and lamb chops drizzled with prosciutto caper sauce. The decor exudes big-city sophistication with Murano glass bubble chandeliers and amazing wall mosaics depicting mythological Greek figures.
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Don & Charlie’s
The pork and beef ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender and the barbecue sauce smoky just so at this noisy eatery filled with sports memorabilia and photographs. Portions are huge and come with various sides, including chopped liver. Don’t crinkle your nose – it’s surprisingly tasty.
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Cowboy Ciao
At this mood-lit cantina dishes are a veritable cauldron of textures and flavors. The elk loin, for instance, is paired with crunchy hazelnut pesto, creamy mushroom risotto and a rich cabernet demi-glace. Sometimes it works, sometimes it's too complex for comfort.
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Trader Vic’s
Part of the renaissance at the Hotel Valley Ho, this venerable Polynesian restaurant will make you feel like you’re on a South Pacific shore leave. Order a Mai Tai (Trader Vic’s supposedly invented it) before delving into the long menu full of such palate ticklers as beef cho-cho (served on a flaming mini-hibachi), macadamia-nut-encrusted mahimahi or any dish slow-cooked to perfection in the Chinese wood-fired oven.
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Stone Haus Pizzeria & Creamery
Stone Haus Pizzeria & Creamery serves snacks and Starbucks year round.
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