Some things just should not change, and a perfectly cooked steak in a room full of Western history is one of them. Arizona has a handful of steakhouses that have been flipping the same cuts, lighting the same candles, and seating guests in the same worn booths for decades.
These places are not trying to be trendy, and that is exactly what makes them special. I never walk into these places expecting anything flashy, and honestly, that is the whole point.
What keeps pulling me back is that familiar feeling you get when a restaurant still does things the way people fell in love with decades ago.
1. The Stockyards Restaurant
Arizona’s oldest steakhouse has been firing up the grill since 1947, and The Stockyards Restaurant at 5009 E. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85034 is still going strong at lunch and dinner…