Mill Town to Milton

The Commercial strip that is the north end of Milton, is a very interesting mix of businesses that cater too, very different markets: one being those traveling through on the major interchanges of highways that run through Flagstaff, and two being the people who live or work close to this very large break in scenery.

Starting at the intersection of Phoenix street and Milton, looking South we see various resturaunts- Mike and Rhonda's "The Place" which both people traveling and people who live here because of their convenient location with off street parking, 24/7 hours and great food. In the same spirit just a little south ot the other side of Milton is Granny Closet, also popular among the locals for always playing sports and pay per view, and having notoriously strong long island iced teas.  For people traveling along the I-17 the appeal of Grannys is the rustic pole building and the large wooden Lumberjack out front.. and you have have a t.v in the middle of your dinner.

Lucky for people looking to keep their speed, there are 10 drive thru fast food places, and drive thru everything else, including drive thru Walgreens and car washes. Now that this part of Milton has so much through traffic because of the I-17 it is smart for businesses to have this drive through options for people who have a schedule to keep, furthermore it eliminates (slightly) the need for structured off street parking.


Also when we reach this intersection we see the Grand Canyon Inn, and the Drury both of which are significant to tourism in Flagstaff - the Old and the New, both in construction and groups they choose to solicit. Some of the other hotels in this area are the Embassy Suites, the Travelodge, the Econolodge, The Canyon Inn, America's Best Inn, and more up Rt 66.. The layout of these different hotels reveals that they were built in different times we see the one story L shaped lot with a managerial office in the front, to multiple level, hundred room complexes. For all price ranges and time frames. Standing on this corner there is a major landscape break.. Beautiful north campus and all its structure are on one side, but on the other is a vacant lot used for various things and the Furniture Barn, with the big glorious cow


Bun huggers is very old, only Flagstaff restaurant that has wood table tops because new health codes were passed, after the building was a restaurant.

P.S I have great picture but am currently unable to upload them.