Celebrity Chef Bobby Flay Visits Pinnacle Peak
June 2003
Celebrity chef Bobby Flay of the
Food Network visits Pinnacle Peak Patio
to film a segment for the cooking show Hot and
Spicy Fiesta with Bon Appetit.
Great Steakhouses Of The West
Sunset Magazine, October 2002
This vast steakhouse is as touristy as it gets, with a Wild West façade,
red-checkered tablecloths, and cowboy hat–wearing waiters armed with giant scissors
to lop off the necktie of any man who defies the casual dress code. But since 1957, the
restaurant has been equally well known for its simple menu of tender, hand-cut beef,
grilled over a mesquite fire outdoors. If you're starving, try a "Cowboy," a
pound and a half of porterhouse, or a half-pound steak burger. Just don't order anything
well done: You'll be served a charred cowboy boot. 10426 E. Jomax Rd.; (480) 585-1599
or www.pppatio.com. — Nora
Burba Trulsson
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Burgers To Relish
Arizona Republic, The Rep, June 7-13
This ain't one of those cheap, wimpy fast-food burgers, pardner. It's a smoky,
beefy, half-pound specimen, ground from steak trim and flamed over a mesquite grill.
It costs $6.50 (a side of cowboy beans included), but burger fans won't feel shortchanged.
Rating: Excellent
"Best Cowboy Steak"
The New Times, Howard Seftel, food critic
Sure, Pinnacle Peak
Patio is popular with tourists. But that doesn't mean it's a trap.
This place has been serving steak and cutting off the necktie of
anyone foolish enough to wear one here for more than 40 years. And it shows no sign
of slowing down.
What's the attraction? There's the festive Old West
setting. There's the festive cowboy-country music. And there are the festive
slabs of beef fired up over a mesquite grill.
At first glance, you may not know whether to stick a fork in the
monstrous, two-pound porterhouse or put a saddle on it. One of these babies will
satisfy your animal-protein requirements until Memorial Day. The one-pound T-bone
steak and the 14 ounce New York strip also demonstrate how the West was won. And
don't overlook the hamburger, a marvelously juice half-pound specimen that packs a beefy
jolt.
It's obvious that Pinnacle Peak Patio's kitchen is home on the
range. And you won't hear any discouraging words from us, either.
