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Arizona

Diner restaurants in Arizona

  1. Dateland

    If you’re driving east of Yuma on the I-8, bring some good music or an audiobook for the lonely 120-mile stretch through largely intrusion-free desert to Gila Bend. For a sugar rush, grab a date shake at Dateland, a family-style diner near an actual date oasis.

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  2. A

    Grill

    In the wee hours this divey downtown diner gets howling with night owls hoping to restore balance to the brain. Squeeze into a red booth and keep an eye out for that cute drummer you just saw at the club up the street. Just don’t let the moth-eaten animal heads freak you out.

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  3. Red Planet Diner

    For an out-of-this-world dining experience, stop at this ’50s-themed diner where pasty aliens float through the space as decorative busts of Mr Spock and Obi-Wan Kenobi look on. Grill food (with a fair number of vegetarian choices) rules this Roswellian roost.

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  4. Space Age Lodge

    In Gila Bend, check out the gorgeously kitsch ’60s-era Space Age Lodge, complete with flying saucer and space-themed murals (redone after a 1998 fire). The diner serves American and Mexican standards.

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  5. Gus Balon's

    Tucson's premier breakfast destination is a great place to fuel up if you're heading off to hike in Saguaro National Park's eastern district. Twenty-four types of pie and the cinnamon rolls are huge.

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