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Chain restaurants and popular eateries are great, but there's something about sitting down at a locally famous hole-in-the-wall or a longtime favorite mom and pop shop that has been serving up tried and true delicious meals for years that just hits home.
Using reviews, awards and accolades as well as first-hand experience, LoveFood compiled a list of the "best mom and pop restaurant" in every state, eateries that have been a mainstay of the community for decades or establishments that serve up family recipes that have been perfected over several generations.
According to the site, the best mom and pop restaurant in all of Arizona is Randy's Restaurant, an eatery in Scottsdale that has been dishing out comfort food since it opened in the 1980s. Randy's Restaurant, located at 7904 E. Chaparral Road, has a 4.6 star rating on Google and nearly 2,000 reviews.
Here's what the site had to say about this restaurant offering "incredible comfort food":
"You'll feel instantly at home at this cozy [...] spot, known for its rib-sticking American comfort food. The menu is enormous, with pancakes, skillets, and sandwiches for breakfast, and homestyle entrées such as meatloaf, chicken-fried steak, and grilled barramundi for dinner. It's one for the sweet toothed, too; Randy's is known for its stellar desserts, from ice cream doused in hot fudge sauce to house-made bread and rice puddings."
Check out the full list at lovefood.com to read up on more of the best mom and pop restaurants in the country.