[Air-L] Food Souvenirs? re: IR16 Food

Alex Halavais alex at halavais.net
Mon Oct 19 22:52:19 PDT 2015


Oh, and also, of course, for non-food-ish souvenirs, the Desert
Botanical Garden has a nice little gift shop as well, open during our
welcome reception: http://gardenshop.dbg.org/ .

- A


On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Alex Halavais <alex at halavais.net> wrote:
> Hmm. I don't know that there is specific Phoenix/Arizona omiyage-type
> foods. You'll find cactus candy (made from prickly pear) in some
> places. Goldwaters (yes, that Goldwater--http://www.goldwaters.com/)
> makes jarred salsa and prickly pear jelly--sensing a theme? Beyond
> that, there's beer (Four Peaks or SanTan), and Fairytale Brownies
> (http://www.brownies.com/) are made locally, but shipped as gifts
> nationally. You could try bringing back tacos, but that would be
> tricky.
>
> Outside of edible souvenirs, you might try the Heard Museum's gift
> shop (http://www.heardmuseumshop.com/). Some of their items are a bit
> on the spendy side. Alternatively, in Old Town Scottsdale, there is
> Kactus Jock (http://www.kactusjock.com/) which is heavy on the
> souvenir items.
>
> (Note, once you are over to Scottsdale, there is a free trolley that
> can make it a bit easier to get around Scottsdale:
> http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/trolley )
>
> Best,
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On a related note, what kind of food is good to look for and take home as
>> souvenirs?
>>
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