How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Glendale: programs, trip)

[observer53]

Originally Posted by trillcatz

Wasn't there a steak house called Tortilla Flats way out in the desert somewhere? It seemed like it took forever to get there back in the '60's...I'm thinking maybe out Cave Creek Rd? I think they had sawdust on their floors. As a kid I remember "shoot-outs" but my parents never wanted to stay for that.

Crazy Ed's in Cave Creek had sawdust on the floors. I don't know about the "shoot outs".

[slowesthand]

Originally Posted by trillcatz

Wasn't there a steak house called Tortilla Flats way out in the desert somewhere? It seemed like it took forever to get there back in the '60's...I'm thinking maybe out Cave Creek Rd? I think they had sawdust on their floors. As a kid I remember "shoot-outs" but my parents never wanted to stay for that.

You might be thinking of Greasewood Flats, It used to out in the middle of nowhere, N. Scottsdale I guess it would be,

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by locolobo13

There's a small town named Tortilla Flats:

Tortilla Flat Arizona - Apache Trail & Superstition Mountain

I seem to remember it as a one building town. Thought it was a saloon but don't know.

I seem to remember one building too...long and low. I don't remember it being a town. I just followed the link and that's not it. This was a steak house...steak, cowboy beans and either salad or bread I think. I ate there a few times with my parents in the '60's and then went out to wherever it was in about '85. North of Scottsdale maybe...in the mountains? When I was a kid I think it was way out a dirt road somewhere.

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by observer53

Crazy Ed's in Cave Creek had sawdust on the floors. I don't know about the "shoot outs".

It wasn't Crazy Ed's...I think I remember that from the '70's??? lol The 70's aren't all that clear.

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by slowesthand

You might be thinking of Greasewood Flats, It used to out in the middle of nowhere, N. Scottsdale I guess it would be,

Hmmm...I visited their website and I don't remember the name but I do remember a place called Reata Pass...maybe that was it. I looked at their photos and I don't recognize anything but then again it's bee 25 yrs since the last visit. I just remember good steaks, beans...and ties hanging from the ceiling...you weren't allowed to wear a tie at the place I'm remembering or they would cut it off. Maybe lots of business cards too.

[SluggoF16]

Originally Posted by trillcatz

Hmmm...I visited their website and I don't remember the name but I do remember a place called Reata Pass...maybe that was it. I looked at their photos and I don't recognize anything but then again it's bee 25 yrs since the last visit. I just remember good steaks, beans...and ties hanging from the ceiling...you weren't allowed to wear a tie at the place I'm remembering or they would cut it off. Maybe lots of business cards too.

Reata Pass and Pinnacle Peak had the ties on the ceiling... don't remember gunfights, but one of them was sort of a western "town". If your steak was ordered well-done, you'd get a plate with a boot on it (again, don't remember which did that, maybe both did).

[desertratz]

Originally Posted by SluggoF16

Reata Pass and Pinnacle Peak had the ties on the ceiling... don't remember gunfights, but one of them was sort of a western "town". If your steak was ordered well-done, you'd get a plate with a boot on it (again, don't remember which did that, maybe both did).

They did have a steakhouse at Rawhide if I recall correctly and they definitely had gunfights!!

[Donalumni]

Originally Posted by David Wendell

I loved Bill Johnson's too! Where else could you have sawdust on the floor, waitress' with sixshooters and a radio station booth to go with your apple pie? The Arrowhead Bill Johnson's is gone.

I also liked El Diablo (I thnk is the correct name), just down the street. Anyway I understand it was also a Bill Johnson owned restaurant but it had Mexican food. They had outstanding exterior neon.

They were both great for a date night at the movies.

Wow, I hadn't thought about El diablo since you mentioned it!

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by desertratz

They did have a steakhouse at Rawhide if I recall correctly and they definitely had gunfights!!

I could be wrong but I think Rawhide came later on. I don't think that was it. Pinnacle Peak sounds familiar too. The memory just isn't what it used to be.

[trillcatz]

Originally Posted by SluggoF16

Reata Pass and Pinnacle Peak had the ties on the ceiling... don't remember gunfights, but one of them was sort of a western "town". If your steak was ordered well-done, you'd get a plate with a boot on it (again, don't remember which did that, maybe both did).

I think it was Pinnacle Peak. I don't remember patio dining back in the 60's but the website showed some old photos and I can see a long, low building. A steak sure sounds good right now.