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Hell’s Backbone Grill – Boulder, Utah

Gil Garduno — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:01:45 +0000

“I’m going to hell! The worst place in the world! With devils and those caves and the ragged clothing! And the heat! My God, the HEAT!” ~Elaine Benes (Seinfeld: Season 9, Episode 16) Most of us would describe Hell in similarly terrifying terms (albeit without the humor) as Elaine Benes did during a memorable episode of Seinfeld back in 1998. The Hell that existed in Elaine’s mind was indeed “the worst place in the world!” If Hell can be so nightmarish, can Hells Backbone be any better? Are there devils wearing ragged clothing and living in caves in Hells Backbone? Not in the Hells Background we visited in June, 2024. Hells Backbone in Southwestern Utah is a spectacularly rugged area…

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The Farm at South Mountain – Phoenix, Arizona

Gil Garduno — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:01:50 +0000

There are two indulgences we miss when we visit Tempe: New Mexico’s incomparable cuisine and the coffee we wake up to every morning. My sister Anita assures us there are now several restaurants in the Valley of the Sun which serve New Mexican cuisine that is more than passable though we have yet to visit any of them. While our landlords graciously provide a coffee pot, we don’t ever seem to remember to pack our beloved Douwe Egberts coffee from the Netherlands. Okay, maybe that’s just an excuse to visit Black Rock Coffee in Tempe which serves a very good Mexican mocha. Aside from the coffee, what we enjoy most about Black Rock is being able to sit out on…

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Joe’s Farm Grill – Gilbert, Arizona

Gil Garduno — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 06:01:09 +0000

When primitive men, women and asgender people crossed the Bering Straits to escape global freezing, they eventually made their way to the Phoenix area. Ever since, their progeny has been trying to figure out how to escape global scorching which transpires on most summer days (seven or eight months a year). They built Biosphere 2, the world’s largest controlled environment. They built a swimming pool in Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. When compelled to leave the air conditioned confines of their homes, Phoenicians risk third-degree burns from their car doors and flee to their summer homes in Prescott and Heber where instead of 130, the temperature is only 99. They also join hordes of tourists in a utopian…

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