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After nearly 40 years and a diversity-sensitive reboot, do the James Beard Awards still matter?
After nearly 40 years and a diversity-sensitive reboot, do the James Beard Awards still matter?
Rancho Pinot staff | Photo by Nikki Buchanan What if your favorite restaurant — your pre-pandemic go-to and home-away-from-home, the place where you celebrated birthdays, had a preferred seat at the bar, knew the servers by name and often received a hug when you came and went — was closing? You’d be heartbroken, right? Well, that’s me. Heartbroken. Because chef-owner Chrysa Robertson has decided it’s time to close her beloved, our beloved, Rancho Pinot....
Rancho Pinot captures Old Arizona with more lived-in authenticity than any other restaurant in town.