If you should find yourself passing through Wickenburg, and your stomach is growling at you to stop and feed it breakfast or lunch, make it happy and stop at DJ’s New Frontier. You can’t miss it since it’s right on Route 60 on the south side of town. And the building is distinctive - it’s an eight-sided, sixty year old log cabin with lots of wooden cutouts of pigs and cows nailed to the surrounding fence. With cartoon topped tables, chairs upholstered in multi-themed fabrics, and signs with funny sayings tacked to the ceiling, it’s a hoot inside, too. A pair of brothers bought it recently and they’ve lavished a lot of love on both the decor and the food.
We stopped in for an early lunch, but our friend Pat decided to go with breakfast. She ordered Mom’s Classic ($6.95) with two scrambled eggs, cheesy hash browns (extra crispy), bacon, and sourdough toast. The large serving of hash browns were a beautiful tawny color with a super crunch. Pat was swooning; she ate every last bit, along with the bacon which was perfectly cooked, so she had no room for the toast or eggs.
There are a number of omelets available, as well as platters such as the Hassayampa:
“Chunky potatoes, grilled with onions and green peppers, scrambled with 3 eggs, smothered in Homemade gravy and topped with bacon and your choice of toast or tortilla” ($8.95). You can get homemade corned beef hash, a large grilled ham steak,
or chicken fried steak, $8.45 each. Biscuits and gravy, pancakes and French toast, and burritos round out the breakfast menu.
After being told that the spiciness of the chili ($3.50, or all-you-can-eat for $5.95) was a five out of ten on the hot scale, Ken decided to risk it. He was delighted when he judged it to be a flavorful three. His chicken fried steak sandwich ($8.45) was whopping big and not at all greasy. My tuna melt must have been about an inch and a half high, but it was hot throughout, and the tuna was of decent quality. I had, of course, asked for extra crispy fries, and they were cooked to perfection. The menu listed homemade apple, cherry, and pecan pie ($2.95 for the fruit, $3.45 for the pecan) but sadly they were all out. I bet they would have been good!!
Also on the lunch menu were burgers, including a 1 pounder ($9.95), hot dogs and links, BLT, Philly Cheese, and hot pastrami sandwiches. There were 4 salads, each at $7.95.
Having tried several of the other restaurants in town, DJ’s is now at the top of my list.
DJ’s New Frontier
442 E. Wickenburg Way, Wickenburg AZ 928-231-7712
Closed Sunday 7 - 2 Monday through Saturday, 5PM - 9PM Fri. & Sat.
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