Restaurants in Queen Creek

Tina says her restaurant is her second home, a feeling that grew during the days when she ran the entire kitchen alone and worked to make every guest feel like they "had been invited to her home for a dinner party," according to azcentral.com in 2007. For each platter of food set before her houseguests, Tina draws culinary inspiration from her childhood in Ethiopia, using sense memory to season simmering pots of lentils, grilled beef, and herb-crusted chicken. Instead of silverware or miniature loading cranes, Tina serves each meal with an accompanying basket of traditional injera, a tasty, spongy Ethiopian bread that allows diners to scoop out each sauce-laden bite without the need for silver-, gold-, or bronze-ware.

At Tumi Fine Peruvian Restaurant, head chef Oscar Graham enlists fresh Peruvian ingredients such as aji peppers and yucca to honor his grandmother’s traditional recipes and update them with his own creative twist. Influenced by African, Italian, and Asian culinary techniques, the menu encompasses a spectrum of flavors and dishes, from succulent beef-loin strips sautéed with cilantro and onions to hearty linguine bowls drowned in Peruvian-style pesto. A fiery rotisserie roasts whole chickens—seasoned with Oscar’s blend of 12 spices—right in the Tumi kitchen, ensuring perfectly crisp skin, tender, juicy meat, and a frostbite-free wait staff.

Lucky Break takes its fun and games very seriously. Between games of pool played on the six hardwood billiard tables, players bite into half-pound burgers topped with eclectic ingredients, such as spicy peppers, brie, and avocado slices. The burgers join a lengthy menu of classic grill fare, including massive grilled-cheese sandwiches, fish tacos, and regulation-size buffalo chicken sliders for use in edible games of table hockey. To wash down eats, bartenders kick open the kegs connected to 24 taps and pour beers that diners hoist in triumph for each home-team win, as viewed on 14 wall-mounted flat-screen TVs and six mammoth viewing stations.

The Tavern On Mill's 7,000-square-foot grounds, bar, restaurant, and open-air patio set the scene for long afternoons or nights of craft brew-fueled sports watching and feasts of Southwestern–inspired fare enjoyed over specialty cocktails. HD widescreen TVs⎯37 of them⎯entertain guests with all the major satellite packages plus video games. At tables, diners feast with relish on fish tacos, carne asada burritos, and jerk chicken sandwiches. All the dishes shine with little touches of Southwestern flair including lime and cilantro or the earthy notes of chipotle en adobo, and the restaurant's colorful decor boasts surfboards and tiki carvings to celebrate Arizona's well-established surfing and seafaring traditions. Two full-service bars deliver frosty glasses of craft and domestic beer, fueling friendly socialization on the two outdoor patios and energetic high-fives after memorable football plays.

Robbie Fox's Public House fosters an atmosphere of "craic"—cozy conversation, delicious pub grub, and the music of laughter and actual music. While pints certainly are knocked back, Robbie Fox's prides itself on being an appealing neighborhood meeting-place for anyone and everyone. The menu sets taste buds dancing the hornpipe with a cornucopia of classic Irish fare, fresh seafood, and gourmet cuisine. Offerings include Robbie's fish & chips ($8 or $12 depending on size), authentic cottage pie ($10), and the Robbie Fox sandwich, a saliva-stimulating slab of Irish bacon and fried egg on crispy bread with chips ($7). Diners wishing to save their tongues from jet lag can order the wild mushroom chicken, an organic chicken breast in mushroom cream sauce ($12), or the vegetarian-friendly portobello mushroom burger ($8).

Wooden beams and tables, American-flag accents, a DJ booth, and real Cadillacs on the roof accentuate Cadillac Ranch’s southwestern vibe, which is permeated with rock and roll tunes. On game days, patrons gaze at a 150-inch HD projection screen or one of 30 plasma televisions while sampling bar bites such as tacos and burgers from one of the menus, which include a late-night selection that is served until midnight.