Historic Tombstone was named a National Historic Landmark District in 1961, and work continues to retain the old west flavor and historical designation. Visiting is a bit like walking onto the set of your favorite western, complete with dusty streets and questionable-looking cowboys.
Home to the O.K. Corral and nearby Boot Hill, there’s plenty to see and do in Tombstone. Mine tours, entertaining, family-friendly gunfights, stagecoach rides and gift shops with everything from cowboy boots to silver jewelry. Since we had visited several years ago, we skipped the tourist things and simply wandered around, enjoying the atmosphere until lunchtime. We knew where to find good food and the rowdiest lunch crowd.
Good food and good times.
After eating our fill and tipping Mick we moved on to a little dress-up fun. The restaurant provides costumes and an extremely personable gentleman whose job it is to work the crowd, encouraging free-of-charge photo opportunities. How could we resist? I handed him my phone for photos and as diners watched, he dressed us, handed us rifles and posed us throughout the restaurant. All-in-all he took nearly 30 photos. Of course Reg tipped him well so I guess it wasn’t really free. But it was a whole lot of fun. If you visit Tombstone, don’t miss lunch at Big Nose Kate’s Saloon!
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