Drive for the Silver Water Tower! Don’t Get Anxious, They Can’t Sell Without Indian Health Service Food Handlers Instruction and a Certificate Fry bread, red and green chile, popovers, Indian Tacos and other Southwest delights. This is the fare at The Corner, one type of Native American/Indian/Indigenous restaurant in Sacaton Arizona on week days. Indigenous America’s «Tailgate» food stands are models of capitalism. They live and die by the skills of the cook or cooks. In Sacaton, the less popular stands are still good. The food is made fresh as you wait. The drinks are various sodas and water. When I visit Sacaton, I head for The Corner at lunch time. The last time I was there, I had a combination red chile popover. I’ve had worse red chile in restaurants several times. The fry bread was a hair over done at the edges, the bean foundation was pinto beans and the mild to medium red chile was full of tender cubed beef. One of my lunch compadres got some freash roasted jalapeño chiles with his burrito lunch. He mopped his brow several minutes. But the chiles were delicious. State Route 87 is the start of a good shortcut between Chandler and Tucson. 87 to 287 to Route 79, the Pinal Pioneer Parkway, the road where the famous movie cowboy Tom Mix died in 1940. Why not stop in Sacaton for a real southwest meal. More expensive than McDonald’s, but lots less than a restaurant. Look around at the various stands, ask a local which is best. Give it a try. While you’re in Sacaton, pay your respects to our nation’s Native American veterans at the Matthew Juan — Ira Hayes Memorial Park at the corner of SR87 and Casa Blanca Road.
