After years of wanting to stop for some Native American food at Arizona Native Frybread, we finally made the long drive to 1437 E. Main Street in Mesa, Arizona. The food was good, not great, but that has as much to do with me wanting to eat mutton and them serving lamb. Of course, lamb is more tolerable for the majority of non-Native American customers who might visit but for those of us who have had the real thing, mutton is the only way to go. Caroline was going to abstain from eating as she wasn’t really hungry until she had a bite of my frybread, also known to Caroline as “crack”. She was hooked immediately and had to get herself a Navajo Taco. Well, we must have been here at the exact right moment for my order, because it came up in 5 minutes, her taco took nearly 20 minutes before it was delivered. So, besides some mildly slow service, this place was well worth the long drive – yummers!
I vote for the Indian Fry Bread on 7th ave just North of Indian School on West side of road.
Jose, thanks for the tip. The place is called Fry Bread House at 4140 N. 7th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. They are open Monday through Saturday. I used to get Native food in front of the Canyon Records store, I think it was on 7th street also north of Indian School. A couple of ladies would setup and sell mutton stew and fry bread, I wonder if they still do it today.