Tonto Bar & Grill

Avg 4* in total 609 reviews.

Claimed  -  $$ -  New American, Salad, Southern

Phone: (480) 488-0698

About the Business

Specialties

Tonto Bar & Grill is built on a strong foundation that transcends most restaurants' missions. We fuse New American, Southwestern, and Native American ingredients and present them in a warm, welcoming atmosphere rich in Arizona lore. Not only do we take great pride in our food, drinks, and service - all of which are consistently outstanding - we also aim to preserve Arizona's heritage through our cuisine and by sharing the stories of our property's past.

History

Established in 1994.

Tonto Bar & Grill in Cave Creek, Arizona, gives diners a view of modern desert life with a peek into the past. The bucolic setting belies its turbulent history: The ground the restaurant sits on once was home to American Indians. But the high desert oasis also made an ideal stopover camp for U.S. Cavalry en route from Camp McDowell in Phoenix to Fort Whipple in Prescott. They were the first non-Indians to settle in the area and fought ferocious battles with the Tonto Apache tribe. Forward to the 1940s, and tenderfoots looking to recapture what had become a romanticized notion of this cowboy-and-Indian past were coming out to dude ranches in the area. China and Ted Loring of Chicago and partner Romaine "Romy" Lowdermilk, a cowboy musician and author, took over the Howard Ranch in the mid-1940s and renamed it the Rancho Mañana dude ranch. It became the largest and most prestigious in the state.

5736 E Rancho Manana Blvd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331