Olivos Mexican Patio (Los)

Description:

• Los Olivos is a Scottsdale institution, one of the last restaurants in Old Town that dates to the days when cowboys tied up their horses on Main Street. Although the food is just standard Mexican fare, the building is a fascinating folk-art construction. The entrance is a bit like a cement cave, with strange figures rising from the roof. Amazingly, this throwback to slower times is only steps away from the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. On Friday and Saturday nights, there's Latin dancing from 9:30pm to 1am.

  There's another Los Olivos up in north Scottsdale at 15544 N. Pima Rd. (tel. 480/596-9787).

• © Frommer's 2013