US 93 - Pie, Peacocks, and a Perfect Desert Pause at Luchia’s Indian Jewelry & Restaurant
(stop back for photos...) Some road trips have a moment that quietly becomes the memory you keep. On the drive from Phoenix to Las Vegas, that moment for me was a slice of apple pie in the high desert. If you’ve ever taken US-93 north, you know the rhythm of that road. Long stretches of open sky, scrubby desert, and the sense that you’re passing through places that exist because people chose to stop there. Luchia’s is exactly that kind of place. You don’t rush through it. You arrive. A Desert Landmark You Don’t Expect From the outside, Luchia’s looks like a colorful roadside trading post, hand-painted figures dancing across adobe-style walls, a tall sign promising a restaurant and Indian jewelry, and cars pulled into the gravel lot as if drawn by instinct. It feels part Route 66 nostalgia, part Southwest folk art. Step inside and the mood shifts to something warm and timeless. Display cases of Native American jewelry, pottery, metal wall art, butterflies, horses, and sma...