The English Kitchen

When I saw the sign for "English Kitchen", I wasn't real thrilled with the prospect of English food for lunch.  But it was actually the smell of  Bobby D's BBQ that we followed in to the building. 

Turns out, the English Kitchen is a historical landmark as a building--the food, though, is much changed.

The building has a fascinating old west story of miners, opium, Chinese people and not one bite of English food.
The "English" of English Kitchen referred to the menu, which was in English (instead of Chinese).  It contained a full list of English foods, just as the name promised.  But what was served by the Chinese owner to every patron--no matter what they ordered--was the same chow mein.
Having been in some Asian kitchens with "English" menus, I can absolutely imagine that happening.

The Palace restaurant

The Palace Restaurant and Saloon is across the street from the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona.

It's a relic of the old west and American history.

Wyatt Earp and his brothers, Doc Holliday and other notorious gamblers and law men used to frequent The Palace.






There's a booth in an out of the way corner marked "Big Nose Kate", where Doc Holliday's "girlfriend" (as the waiter referred to her) likely sat.

The old carved bar from the 1880s was saved in a fire when patrons carried it out of the building and across the street.  It's still in use today.

In the late 1800s, the Palace was a center of talk and information on politics, business and town gossip.

You can still go in through the saloon doors to enjoy an old west "watering hole".

Downtown prescott

 You can walk down the streets of Prescott and wonder if you're in the 1880s.

There's an interesting mix of people on the streets.

Cowboys at stoplights.

Saloon girls on sidewalks

The old west is still peeking out in this town.