The Tonto Bar & Grill Blog
Welcome to the Tonto blog!
Tonto and Cartwright’s ate up the accolades at Devoured!
The food critics (and the public) were eating out of our hands (quite literally!) at this year’s Devoured Phoenix Culinary Classic, on March 9-10. Arizona’s premier annual culinary event showcased the fine food and drink producers and purveyors and was … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar
A Yummy Year at Tonto and Cartwright’s
What a juicy year it’s been for us. As we look back, we’d like to share what we think are our most appetizing occasions and tasty events of the year. Sink your teeth into the year’s biggest stories and awards … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar
How We “Wrangle Tuna ” Here in Arizona
Contrary to what you’re probably thinking right now, I’m not going to tell you about deep sea fishing (and you know that there’s no ocean here in the middle of the Sonoran desert, anyway). Instead, I am going to take … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar
Beefed Up Ranch Cuisine Worthy of a Cattle Baron
(The Cartwright’s Experience…According to Chef Montez Crane) Listening to Montez Crane, Cartwright’s Executive Chef, discuss his take on food captures the heart and soul of the dining experience at Cartwright’s Sonoran Ranch House. Before you really can understand what he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktail, Dinner, event-calendar, History, News
The Saguaro Harvest: From Woman to Revered Spirit to Tonto’s Table
The fruit of the iconic saguaro is an important food source for both wildlife and the people who have lived in the desert for thousands of years. To the native Tohono O’odham people, the saguaro cactus is considered an honored … Continue reading
Posted in Dinner, event-calendar, History, Lunch, Organic
Harvesting Fire from Horseback
Ocotillo is truly one of the most strange-looking plants in the southwestern desert nearby Tonto and Cartwright’s. It looks like something from Mars or another extraterrestrial world. But, I think this plant is beautiful, and as useful (and edible!) as … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar
My beef with PINK SLIME
What is “pink slime” anyway? A new rock group? A low-budget horror flick monster? Or a hidden menace? Brace yourself. Pink slime is the yucky-looking, oozy ammonia-treated filler used to beef up ground beef. Lately, the stuff has been surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Organic
Super Bowl Sunday
We will be open from 11 AM – 3 PM on Super Bowl Sunday. We will be closed for dinner from 4 PM the rest of the evening and will reopen for regular business the following day. Our sister restaurant … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar
New Spring Menu and Wines
Here at Tonto, we’ve put on our thinking caps as well as our chef’s hats lately to come up with some irresistible seasonal dishes we know you will love. And, we’ve updated our Wine Spectator Award-winning list with some knockout … Continue reading
Have a Southwestern Holiday
We could brag about our Southwestern celebrations for Christmas and New Year’s, but let’s hear it from Heather Schlichting, the Phoenix Getaways Examiner. Read her article here. She does a great job outlining all of our tempting specials and gives … Continue reading
Posted in event-calendar