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Posted by John Aabbott on April 29th, 2006I’m not sure if this is a distinction Wickenburg wants. Unfortunately, it’s there: local sales tax in Wickenburg restaurants is a whopping 11.5%. To put that in perspective, that’s 3.55 percentage points above Scottsdale and almost 2 percentage points above Sedona. Only the farming community of Eloy is higher at 12.6%. Only 13 of the 93 localities in the state have restaurant sales tax higher than 10%.
What’s going on here? We all know that the mayor and council have been scratching for revenue sources for quite some time. The retail sales tax went up about 3 years ago. …
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Posted by Maria Langer on April 19th, 2006I’ve been wanting to write an article about Wickenburg’s pizza restaurants for a while now. Problem is, I like a certain kind of pizza. It didn’t seem fair for me to voice my opinions about what was “best” when what I like might not be what other people like.
So I arranged the Great Wickenburg Pizza Taste Test of 2006. Working with my friend Stan who has a spacious, clean, and stereo-equiped hangar at Wickenburg Airport, we invited a bunch of mutual friends — mostly pilots from all over the country who now live in Wickenburg — to join …
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Posted by Maria Langer on December 9th, 2004Looking for a good place to eat in Wickenburg? Why not try one of my favorite places?
I’ve been living in Wickenburg since December 1996 and by now, I’ve tried just about every restaurant in town. Here are the ones I like best.
Note: The restaurants included in this article have not paid to be listed here. These are real, honest-to-goodness recommendations, based on personal opinions.
Anita’s Cocina
Anita’s, on Valentine Street, offers the kind of Mexican food Americans like: easy to pronounce names, identifyable ingredients, and big portions. My favorite entrees include the tacos, enchiladas, quesadilla with the …
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Posted by Maria Langer on November 17th, 2004If there’s one thing in Wickenburg that there’s no shortage of (other than horse manure), it’s Mexican food. Although most restaurants in town serve at least one Mexican dish, there are three Mexican restaurants — restaurants that serve mostly Mexican food — in town. And the best thing about them is that they’re all different and all good.
Anita’s Cocina
Anita’s Cocina is probably the most popular of the three choices. Located on Valentine Street, right around the block from the movie theater, it specializes in what I call “Gringo Mexican” — that’s Mexican food prepared in an American …
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Posted by Maria Langer on November 3rd, 2004Sometimes it takes a really bad burger to remind you where the good burgers are.
Yesterday, Mike and I spent much of the day closing up the trailer on our vacation property north of Williams AZ and transporting the big trailer, the pop-up camper, and my Jeep back down to Wickenburg. The drive took us right through Chino Valley, where we stopped at the Safeway gas station to buy some cheap gas and diesel for our vehicles. It was around lunchtime and we were hungry. On these long haul trips, we usually pop in to the KFC/Taco Bell right …
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