Restaurants in Gold Camp

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Black Bear Diner's griddle and grill gurus plate up hearty helpings of casual comfort food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. For the most important meal of the day, served all day, options include sweet-cream pancakes ($5.49–$5.99), a henhouse of three-egg omelettes and two-egg scrambles ($8.29–$8.99), and Bigfoot's chicken-fried steak and eggs ($9.99), which satisfies even Sasquatch-sized appetites. Riding on a french roll, the tri-tip dip ($8.99) mingles among the selection of specialty sandwiches, while the old-fashioned meat-loaf dinner peddles by on an original penny-farthing ($9.99).

Native American-style fry bread controls the spotlight at Niki's Kitchen Fry Bread, sharing the stage with fresh ingredients from beans and cheese to strawberries and chocolate. The bread can be folded around meats and veggies to create tacos and sandwiches—including their take on the philly cheese steak—or dusted with cinnamon and sugar to make a doughy dessert. On Fridays and Saturdays, the family-owned eatery offers a Polynesian plate special, which changes on a weekly basis, much like a very lazy shapeshifter.

Servers and patrons alike crunch across scattered peanut shells on the way to their tables at Teakwoods, a boisterous neighborhood watering hole crowned Best Sports Bar in 2009 by Phoenix New Times. A team of chefs cooks up classic American eats, including half-pound burgers, meaty sandwiches, and their award-winning wings, which can heat up gastro-chambers and cargo-pants pockets with flavors such as medium, hot, and honey-barbecue hot. As bartenders pour draft beers and concoct tasty libations, guests can catch their favorite sporting events on one of many high-definition TVs that broadcast events from the MLB, NFL, and UFC. When guests can't make it to the restaurant, Teakwoods' chefs cater fare to events, gatherings, and parties.

A smattering of 20 sauces and seasonings dripping from handspun wings coats patrons' fingers as they cheer on their favorite professional sports teams broadcast on Buffalo Wild Wings' TVs. Eyes are torn between watching teams dribble a ball, shoot a puck, and land a grand jeté, and plates of plentiful wings, burgers, wraps, salads, and ribs. For more entertainment, trivia games exercise brains, and the Blazin' Challenge offers recognition for those brave enough to down a dozen wings slathered in the eatery's hottest sauce in six minutes.

As the restaurant's website explains, Otaku means “obsessed, hardcore fan” in Japanese, which serves as an appropriate echo to the chefs' enthusiasm. Maki rolls in aesthetically pleasing arrangements have a starring role on the menu, employing sweet asian pear and mango to enhance savory slices of raw fish, sautéed scallops, and mushrooms. While sipping from 1 of 13 sakes, diners can also savor hot platters—such as curry chicken or crispy walnut prawns—or enjoy an omakase meal, where the chef presents five courses of off-the-menu rolls and dishes.

The culinary masters at Otaku also aim to “remove the veil of mystery” from sushi dining and preparation through their Otaku Academy. During the learning experiences, patrons of any knowledge level have the opportunity to sit down with a chef as he slices rolls and serves them with ample education.

Sweeping structural curves dressed in warm colors lead patrons through Otaku's dining room, characterized by its sushi bar and multiple counters for parties to dine upon. In a lower section of the dining room, a tree rises from the center of a circular stone counter with chairs, proving that trees thrive when fed salmon.