smoke free arizona

A listing of local smokefree dining and entertainment venues.

Update 2006: In November 2006, Arizonans voted to ban smoking in most public places, including restaurants, bars, bowling alleys, stores and offices. Half of hotel rooms are exempted. This takes effect May 1, 2007.

APACHE JUNCTION

Los Gringos Locos
280 South Phelps Drive   (480) 288-5626
We are a full service restaurant serving FRESH Mexican cuisine. Hours are Sun-Thurs 11am-9pm. Fri/Sat 11am-11pm. We seat approximately 85 people inside- totally smoke free. Our patio seats approximately 40- smoking is allowed outdoors only. We are only one of a very few establishments in the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon area that offer non-smoking dining. Prices are from $6.00-$13.00 for dinner and around $6.00 for lunch. Full service cantina serves a great selection of specialty margaritas and around 20 choices of cold beer- lots of mexican beers, too.

BISBEE

CHANDLER

Applebee's
1245 West Chandler Blvd     (480) 480-917-3535
Applebee's is a chain, not all locations are smokefree.

Boston Market
1010 North Alma School Road
Boston Market is a chain, we have yet to find one which allows smoking.

Chalo's
5865 West Ray Road     (480) 753-6641
Mexican restaurant, pretty good.

Chipotle Mexican Grill
890 North 54th     (480) 783-0200

Coffee Works
4910 West Ray Road, Suite 1     (480) 214-0264
NE Corner of Ray & Rural Rds.
Arizona woman-owned corporation specializing in coffee based espresso drinks including hot, iced and frozen blended as well as a premium line of fruit smoothie drinks, Chai Tea, Revolution Tea, fresh baked pastries and Joseph Schmidt Chocolate truffles. Coffee Works has introduced a line of coffee based espresso drinks that are low in calories and fat, yet premium on taste and flavor, appealing to weight management program participants such as Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig. The company offers personalized customer service and programs to reward its customers and to contribute to the local community.

Fazoli's
2170 North Arizona Avenue
4989 West Ray Road
An Italian food chain, we have yet to find a location which allows smoking.

Ninja
2330 North Alma School Road     (480) 899-3423
Japanese restaurant

FLAGSTAFF

Flagstaff passed a total non-smoking ordinance in 2004 - restaurants, and now bars and nightclubs. "The whole city seems smoke-free."

Uptown Billiards
114 North Leroux Street    (520) 773-0551
Pool tables and a range of good beers.

FOUNTAIN HILLS

Fort McDowell Casino
NW corner of Fort McDowell Road and State Route 87
1-800 THE FORT
Has some smokefree accommodation: most casinos and cardrooms are very smoky. Fort McDowell Casino has a newly remodeled, non-smoking cardroom. Also, ALL poker tournaments are totally non-smoking. Tableside food and beverage service is available.
thanks to a satisfied customer!

GILBERT

Applebee's
830 West Warner     (480) 892-5250
Applebee's is a chain, not all locations are smokefree.

Baja Fresh Mexican Grill
1422 West Warner Road
A fast food chain, has a sort of antiseptic feel, but hey that just means the kitchen is clean, right? the food is good. Haven't yet found a location which allows smoking.

El Pollo Loco
2253 East Baseline Road

Felipe's
785 West Warner Road     (480) 814-7504

International House of Pancakes
920 South Gilbert Road     (480) 926-4467

GUADALUPE

The voters of Guadalupe passed a total, indoor, public place smoking ban in May 2002. The ban includes all indoor public workplaces, which would include bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, etc. Public smoking is only allowed outdoors, or on patios as long as it is away from the entrance and/or exit of the establishment. Comments welcome on how this is going!

HOLBROOK

Mesa Italiana Restaurant
2318 Navajo Boulevard   (520) 524-6696
It is a very good Italian restaurant. It is easy to be the best restaurant for miles when you are the only restaurant for miles. This would be very good on its own. We ate there twice two days in a row. The food was very good. They had a good mix of traditional southern Italian food and northern Italian food. They have a sports bar next door that allows smoking.
thanks again Fred!

LAKE HAVASU

Mudshark Brewing Company
210 Swanson Avenue   453-2981
Lunch and dinner plus in-house brews. Live entertainment.

MESA

Mesa passed a smoke-free city ordinance in November 1996 in Arizona. Most restaurants in Mesa are smoke-free unless the owner sought a special exemption. [thanks to Mesa Partnership for Tobacco-Free Youth & Community for this information - Flying Crane was added before we got this note, so it stays :) ]

Flying Crane Restaurant
730 East Brown Road    (480) 835-6073
Japanese/Chinese cuisine.

Euro Cafe / Undici Undici
1111 South Longmore     (480) 962-4224
Mediterranean cuisine, coffeehouse, gift shop and totally smoke-free music venue. Hosting the CD release party for the Great American Smokeout on November 15.

PHOENIX

Fiddler's Dream Coffeehouse
North Phoenix
1 block north of Glendale Avenue on the east side of 17th Street
(602) 997-9795
Smoke-free, no alcohol, completely acoustic music venue. Open stage nights Wed-Thurs, and shows on Fri-Sat. "Come on down and show us what you got!" Run by volunteers, with the best local talent, and an attentive audience. See their web site for upcoming shows.

Islands Restaurant
2770 West Peoria Ave    (602) 789-1515
Mexican food, burgers, chicken sandwiches. Has an island motif. Muted lighting. Has TVs showing surfing, skiing & snowboarding.
Submitted by a customer, thanks!

The Orbit Restaurant & Jazz Club
40 East Camelback (at Central)     (602) 265-2354
Live jazz nightly.

The Paper Heart
750 NW. Grand Avenue     602-262-2020
I love to go out, but hate to come home smelling like smoke and coughing. The Paper Heart is a nice alternative. They have a variety of types of music, comedy every third Thursday, belly dancing lessons, an art gallery, and a bar, and whatever else interesting seems to come their way.

Sweet Tomatoes
6202 East Broadway Boulevard   (520) 747-4137
4420 North Stone Avenue   (520) 293-3343
Monster salad bar (mooo, keep moving please!). Salad, pasta, soup and dessert buffets. Everything fresh. All you can eat for $7 (March 2001) is quite modest in my opinion. It's healthy stuff (as long as you don't stuff yourself silly). There's a neat fro-yo machine where you can dispense your own twisty cones of slush. Very clean and cheerful, and crowded with families. Not a place for an intimate tete a tete (hundreds of people), more a place to bring your relatives for a quick easy lunch. A lot like the Fresh Choice places in California.

Tarbell's
3213 East Camelback Road    (602) 955-8100
An upscale, smokefree bar which serves full meals right at the bar. Mon-Sat 5-11pm / Sun 5-10pm

PRESCOTT

Papa's
1124 White Spar Road    (520) 776-4880
Family-owned restaurant Italian restaurant. Casual, smoke free dining. They use baking, rather than frying, in the interests of health.
Mon-Thurs 11-8 / Fri 11-9 / Sat 4-9

SCOTTSDALE

Sea Saw Restaurant
7133 East Stetson Drive    480-481-WINE
Using the most pristine ingredients possible, Tokyo-born chef Nobu Fukuda, one of Food & Wine's 2003 Best New Chefs in the USA, is creating "edible magic" in his 26-seat space in downtown Scottsdale's hip arts & theatre district. Order individual small plates or indulge in the 8 course omakase (chef's choice) tasting menu for a dining experience whose memory will linger long past the foie gras and ice wine. Full bar and premium sake list, as well as the 2000+ bottle Wine Spectator award-winning list, shared with sister venues Cowboy Ciao and Kazimierz. 7 nights, from 5:30 PM.

SEDONA

A restaurant smoking ban was passed in January 2006, to take effect March 10th.

Southwest Inn
3250 West Highway 89A    1-800-483-7422
4 Star Resort offering Continental Breakfast daily in an entirely smokefree environment in beautiful Sedona.
thanks K. J. Riedel!

SCOTTSDALE

Caffe Portobello
10401 East McDowell Mountain Ranch Road    (480) 538-0211

Baja Fresh Mexican Grill
16495 North Scottsdale Rd
4032 North Scottsdale Road

Bloom Bar & Restaurant
8877 North Scottsdale Road    (480) 922-5666

Flo's Asian Kitchen
16495 North Scottsdale Road    (480)609-9888

SUNRISE

TEMPE

The voters of Tempe passed a total, indoor, public place smoking ban on May 21, 2002. The ban includes all indoor public workplaces, which would include bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, etc. Public smoking is only allowed outdoors, or on patios as long as it is away from the entrance and/or exit of the establishment. Comments welcome on how this is going!

Trip report by Fred: We just got back from a trip to Arizona. The smoking ban in Tempe is working. We had a very good dinner there that was smoke-free. We spoke to the manager that said every restaurant in Tempe was smoke-free. He said it in a very matter of fact fashion.

TUCSON

Nov. 2004 - A visitor: I have been in Tucson several times a year for the last three years, no smoking in any of the restaurants I've been in.

In October 1999, smoking was banned from restaurants which do not provide a separately ventilated space, or make most of their money from food (even if there's an in-house bar). If a place sells food but makes most of the $$ on alcohol, you can smoke there, and straight-up bars are exempt. It applies within Tucson city limits, not all of Pima County. Things are still in flux - there's a 'hardship' phase-in period, and restaurants can supposedly get around it by declaring themselves private clubs (the city sued one place that tried it, though). So we are still interested in hearing about smokefree venues.
Thanks to Beth O'Connor for part of this update.<

Char Thai Restaurant
5039 East Fifth Street     (520) 795-1715
Thai cuisine. Beer available.
Lunch Mon-Fri 11am-3pm / Dinner 5-9:30pm Sun-Thurs 5-10pm Fri-Sat

El Corral
2201 East River Road   (520) 299-6092
Moderately priced steakhouse.
Dinner Mon-Sun

Desert Dove B&B
11707 E. Old Spanish Trail     (877) 722-6879
Small, smokefree adobe B&B on a large piece of land up against the Rincon Mountains near Saguaro National Park East in the Sonoran desert. Wood burning stove, spa. Activities include hiking, horseback riding, bird watching & stargazing.

Don Lorenzo's
54 East Pennington Street     (520) 882-7330
Affordable and substantial Italian lunch spot. Pizza, lasagna and pasta cooked on site daily.
Weekdays 10:30am-3pm

Eclectic Cafe
7053 East Tanque Verde Road     (520) 885-2842
A menu that is hard to categorize. Mexican, vegetarian, Italian... tobacco is one of the few smells you will not smell.
Mon-Fri 11am-9pm / Sat 8am-9pm / Sun 8am-8pm

Frank's Restaurant
3843 East Pima Street     (520) 881-2710
Popular diner with all the retro trimmings. Breakfast and lunch only. The breakfasts are in the lavish American comfort food tradition. Lunch features burgers and chicken, and some Mexican touches. SmokeFree has heard that they were not thrilled about the smoking ban, but have followed through and the place is pleasant as a result. No credit cards, moderate prices.
Weekdays 6am-2pm / Sat 7am-2pm / Sun 8am-2pm

The Garland
119 East Speedway   (520) 792-4221
Downtown cafe serving American and vegetarian food, fresh-baked bread, beer and wine.
Sun-Th 8am-9pm / Fri-Sat till 10pm

Gold Room Restaurant
(in the Westward Look Resort)
245 East Ina Road    (520) 297-1151
Upscale Southwestern and Continental cuisine. Its Continental offerings are rounded out by unusual items such as rattlesnake, buffalo and antelope. Attractive decor and a nice view of the city make this a comfortable venue. Reservations recommended.
Mon-Sat 7am-10pm / Sun from 10:30am (brunch till 2)

Note to non-Americans: brunch = BReakfast + Lunch
(when we wake up late on Sunday)

Golden Corral
715 East Wetmore Avenue    (520) 293-0088

Golden Corral
4380 East 22nd Street    (520) 512-0088

Both locations feature steaks and salad, with a large buffet.
Senior discount.

Johnny Rockets
825 East University Boulevard   (520) 622-2245
Johnny Rocket's is an international chain of restaurants in the 'classic' 50s diner motif - burgers, fries, shakes - the food that conquered the world. But more substantial than the typical fast food version. Booth and counter dining.
Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm / Fri-Sat 11am-midnight

Le Buzz
9095 East Tanque Verde Road    (520) 749-3903
Superior, but affordable lunchspot. Imaginative array of sandwiches, salads, quiches, and pastries in generous portions. Lots of Continental flavors: feta, provolone, pesto, grilled peppers. Espresso bar.
6am-6pm daily

Li'l Abner's Steakhouse
8501 North Silverbell Road    (520) 744-2800
Big fat steaks grilled over mesquite. A few side dishes (beans, salad) but basically you're there for the big fat steaks. Wine and beer. Picnic tables. Live dance music on weekends.
Sun-Thurs 5pm-10pm / Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm

Maya Quetzal
429 North Fourth Avenue   (520) 622-8207
Guatemalan cuisine (interesting flavors), hefty servings, casual atmosphere.
Daily 11am-2pm & 5pm-8:30pm

El Mezon del Cobre
2960 North First Avenue   (520) 791-0977
Fine Mexican restaurant. The outside isn't fancy, but it's definitely a good time. The night we went, they had a substantial mariachi band: 3 violins, a trumpet, guitarron (the big fat six-string fretless bass guitar), guitar, and singing by many. There were occasional disagreements about the key but overall they were good, professional and entertaining. Some of their numbers didn't seem traditional, more like re-arranged movie soundtracks or pop tunes from the 60s, oddly attractive. The band's arranger is imaginative. It's neat to come across fine musicianship in unexpected places. Oh yeah and the food was good too, well prepared and served. All your favorites like chimichangas, chile rellenos, chicken dishes, sopas and a big seafood menu. I had grilled fish; too salty, but pour enough lime on anything and it tastes good, especially with a Tecate. The salad, as is often the case in Mexican restaurants, was an afterthought. That's not really what you go to a Mexican restaurant for. Lots of mixed drinks. The small bar was in a separate room with no door, which I guess is why there was no smoking. A nice place to wait for a table (it can take a long time, but it goes quickly because of the music). Lots of families were there, and a few birthdays were sung. Prices are not cheap, but not more than moderate. They don't take reservations because they don't have to. The parking lot was full.
Sun-Th 11am-9pm / Fri-Sat till 10pm

Miami Tropical
1045 East Sixth Street    (520) 623-8020
Casual Cuban dining. Chicken, plantains, rice and beans. Fruit shakes. Flan!
Mon-Sat 11am-7pm

New Delhi Palace
6751 East Broadway   (520) 296-8585
Tandoori cuisine and seafood.

Montgomery's Grill & Saloon
13190 E. Colossal Cave Rd #190, Vail     (520)762-0081
(about a mile east of I-10 by the railroad tracks)
I found a great smoke free place, now a regular customer there. Clean comfortable family friendly neighborhood grill/bar with occaisional live music on random nights. Eat in or take out. 100% Smoke free bar/restaurant inside, smoking permitted in outdoor patio area. Opened late 2005 in new building.
Food much better than average bar/grill fare, diverse salads, burgers, hot and cold sandwiches and appetizers, each night of the week has its own regular special, pork chops, out of this world pork ribs, steak and a few others. Call ahead to be sure which night is which. Except for the nightly special, regular menu items nothing over $9 (as of 7/06 menu), no skimpy portions either. There is virtually nowhere to go eat in this far south end of Tucson, but the food is the reason to eat here. Tucson restaurants are generally smoke free but difficult to find smoke free music/entertainment. (you might want to list it under Tucson, it's barely outside city limits.)
Open 11 AM, kitchen usually open til 9PM, sometimes later if busy enough.
Thanks to Andrei!

Nomads Cafe
2920 North Swan Road (in Plaza Palomino)    (520) 881-7383
Small Moroccan restaurant, with a wide variety of interesting and intriguingly flavored dishes, served in Morrocan style. The dining experience is sometimes enlivened by a belly dancer.
Mon-Sat 9am-9pm

Pinnacle Peak
6541 East Tanque Verde   (520) 886-5012
A cowboy theme park (stunt shows, train rides) and restaurant.

Rendez-Vous
3844 East Fort Lowell Road    (520) 323-7373
French restaurant with lots of classic dishes (i.e., not for people on a diet). Reservations recommended.
Tu-Fri 11:30am-2pm & 6-10pm / Sat-Sun 6-10pm

Sundance Cafe & Juice Bar
621 North Fourth Avenue   (520) 620-1699
Cheerful cafe serving mostly vegetarian food - sandwiches, soups and salads, made to order, and hot entrees, plus a juice bar.
Mon-Sat 11am-9pm

Sushi Cho
1830 East Broadway Boulevard    (520) 628-8800
Casual, popular Japanese restaurant. Break out your chopsticks! Family-friendly. Sushi bar and entrees. Beer and wine. Reservations recommended.
Tu-Fri 11am-2:30pm & 5-10pm / Sat noon-2:30pm & 5-10pm / Sun 5-10pm

Taqueria Pico de Gallo 2618 South Sixth Avenue    (520) 623-8775
Mexican cuisine including fish and seafood. No credit cards.
Mon-Sat 9am-10pm / Sun 10am-5pm

Triple B "BBB" Bed & Breakfast
P.O. Box 91414     tel (520) 744-8770    fax (520) 579-3932
Small southwestern gourmet B&B. (Vegetarian & special diets available with advance notice.) Outdoor patio with mountain view. One guest bedroom only with one queen size bed and private bathroom. Desert trails nearby.

Cochise County Smokefree Dining Guide
Links to smokefree dining guide, a PDF file

Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Long list of smokefree restaurants