Antlers Cafe & Bar

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  Cool local place. You get a real sense of Young here. Good prices, good service. Pecan chicken and chicken fried steak both are very good.

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  Posted on 10.07.13 Keith G.

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  Getting there is half the fun.  Be prepared for a dirt road but one that's good enough for a family sedan.  We weren't sure if there was even one restaurant in Young, but there was exactly one and what a delightful surprise.  Friendly owners transplanted from Scottsdale shared their story with us.  Capable server and there was ample evidence that the place was run by folks with a lot of experience.  I'll bet the restrooms in the old building weren't nearly as nice as in the new one.   We had the pulled pork sandwich with 20 spices and the Monte Cristo sandwich.  Each around $8.  Great value and great taste.  Hubby said that was the best Monte Cristo he'd ever had and the sauce on the pork was like no other I'd ever sampled plus there was a lot of meat spilling out of the bun.  But wait, there's more!  Check out the dessert specials on the whiteboard.  We ordered the peach-rhubarb cobbler ($5) which is big enough to share, fruit covered with a thin crumble and topped with vanilla ice cream.  Yummmmm.  We took home the peach butter cake, which had a thick butter-creamy sauce over a yellowish cake in which slices of peach were embedded.  Again, big enough to share and that was our dinner after I reheated it slightly in the microwave per the server's instructions.  Yummmm again.  If you're longing for an Arizona back-woods road with great folks and delicious food at the end, the Antlers is for you.  Just keep going until you find it--the antler-studded gate posts will let you know that you've arrived.  If you're not in a big hurry to leave town, you can linger over the jigsaw puzzle in process or let your kids play with the toys and games the owners keep on hand for that purpose.

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  Posted on 09.17.13 Linda W.

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  Friendly service & great food. Meatloaf & fresh green beans were fabulous. Decor is a taxidermist's delight. Twangy country background music simmers just right.

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  Posted on 08.29.13 Curtiss M.

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  I'm so glad Holly @ Cherry Creek recommended Antlers to us! Our party of 11 waited a minute while they joined the high bar tables to fit our group. I'm glad they did. It was lunch and we had the colorful bar area pretty much to ourselves.
  
  We came as we'd heard the deep fried mac & cheese balls were great. They were g-o-o-d, but the entrees and atmosphere were great! The kids & I played one of their many stocked board games as we waited for our food. Fully loaded bar, but I was driving... The beer can collection on the wall was really exhaustive; old school cans from everywhere! For the food, most of us split plates and still had 4 to go boxes. One of my sons ordered the fish sandwich. Ok: it's Arizona right? but he wanted fish...I think it was slightly breaded but the fish was super thick, moist and not overcooked. The best part of it was the sauce. I don't know what it was but it was really good! Lastly, one of my daughters had a shredded meat & jalapeno sandwich: flavor on it was remarkable as well.
  
  It was great to come to a little off the road place where they take great pains to make the food they serve flavorful and unique. It's places like these that make me wonder how Denny's can still be in business.

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  Posted on 08.11.13 Joe S.

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  When you visit a restaurant and a town as small as Young, AZ, you really want it to be spectacular, so you can have a hidden, inaccessible treasure you can rave about.  Antlers is a storied establishment, having burned to the ground a few years ago, before being rebuilt.  I can't tell whether the reconstruction was meant to be faithful to the original design, or a completely new design, as I never went to the original restaurant - but let's hope it was intended to be a recreation of the original, because it's not exactly fancy in there.
  
  The staff lives up to what you'd expect in such an out-of-the-way place - friendly and unassuming.  Our waitress was also the hostess, and she was wearing socks without any shoes.  This is probably a pretty slick gig for a girl who lives in a ranching community that can only be reached via dirt road.
  
  The parking lot, as you'd expect, contained almost exclusively trucks, SUVs, a quad or two, at least one Jeep (because that was what I drove), and a goat.  A totally appropriate fleet for such a location (the goat was not part of the fleet - the little creature was probably only responsible for providing the cheese for the salads).
  
  The menu was pretty standard - salads, sides, sandwiches, some entrees, desserts, and drinks.  They even had an obligatory "south of the border" section, which seems to be a staple in Arizona, even in really small, remote towns.
  
  I opted for the plain ol' burger, cooked medium rare.  I wish I could say it was an excellent burger - the meat was good, and they actually cooked it exactly how I ordered it.  It's surprising how many places can't achieve medium rare, but they did it with flying colors.  Unfortunately, they didn't include the bacon I ordered on it, and it was incredibly salty.  Others at my table didn't have the same experience, so I'll count it as an unfortunate misstep by the cook, and not the norm (although it's hard to imagine how the cook can accidentally put that much salt on a burger).
  
  If you're someone who sucks down soda like it's air, you might not be pleased with their specific "only one refill" policy.  I didn't mind it, as I rarely, if ever, get more than one refill anyways.
  
  Overall, the visit was a good experience, although it's disappointing to say that it's not a place where you absolutely have to eat if you find yourself in those parts.

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  Posted on 05.26.12 Jeremy P.

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