Puffy, golden-fried dough served savoury, piled with beans, beef, lettuce and cheese as an Indian taco, or sweet, dusted with powdered sugar and honey.
Fry bread carries a complicated history, born of the rations of flour, sugar and lard issued to Native communities during forced relocation, and turned into a resilient staple. In Phoenix the Tohono O'odham-rooted Fry Bread House made it a citywide dish and won a James Beard America's Classics award in 2012. Eaten savoury as an Indian taco or sweet with sugar, it is a Native American signature of the Valley.
2 editor picks for Fry bread in Phoenix, ranked by editorial score. All Phoenix signature dishes · Fry bread across every city.
Kai ★ 4.8
chandler · 5594 W Wild Horse Pass Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226
Kai at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass is Arizona's only AAA Five Diamond restaurant, cooking Pima and Maricopa ingredients from the Gila River land.
The Fry Bread House ★ 4.4
4545 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013
The Fry Bread House on 7th Avenue is a James Beard America's Classics winner, plating Tohono O'odham fry bread topped savoury or sweet at counter prices.