Historic restaurants beginning to re-open

Featured in Tastes & Treasures II: A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona, we are pleased to see Rock Springs Cafe opening up. Great pies, great food. Some delicious recipes and fascinating history from Rock Springs can be found in Tastes & Treasures. www.HistoricalLeague.org/shop.aspx

Rock Springs Cafe history

Before written history of the area, Rock Springs was a periodic encampment for the Yavapai Indians. Beginning in the 1800’s “The Rock” as it later became known, served as a military bivouac and a water stop for miners, cattle drivers, sheepherders and travelers on the Black Canyon trail. About 1917 the last Black Canyon stagecoach was retired and motor vehicles took over the trail. Shortly thereafter, Rock Springs Cafe founder, Ben Warner, then an aspiring 19-year old entrepreneur, built a canvas-covered store to supply merchandise for travelers, miners and local ranchers. As business prospered, he started a hotel and general store in 1918.
We are pleased to tell more of the story and pie recipes in Tastes & Treasures A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona Volume II.

Rock Springs Cafe to be in new second edition of Tastes & Treasures

Ruth McLeod and Cathy Shumard

Talking about our new cookbook with Richard Shaw, owner of historic Rock Springs Cafe was most enjoyable. We learned much about the history of the place, with its own natural spring water. Then we met pie maker Angel Bruck who has a passion for creating the best pies in Arizona. They are both ready to be involved in the second edition of Tastes & Treasures. Cookbook committee members Cathy Shumard and Ruth McLeod were happy to visit Rock Springs, even bringing home a Chocolate Pie and Jack Daniels Pecan Pie. Yummmmmmm.

Pie baker Angel Bruck and co-owner of Rock Springs Cafe Richard Shaw

Rock Springs Cafe reorders Cookbook

Thanks to Mary and John Garbaciak for delivering 30 copies of Tastes & Treasures cookbook to Rock Springs Cafe. Great place for dinner and pies and now you can read about historic venues in Arizona as well as prepare the recipes!