Best Family Restaurants in Maricopa

"The Valley’s homegrown Mexican food staple is offering deep discounts on its best-loved menu items for takeout and delivery including the Original Chimichanga with shredded beef or chicken in a crispy flour tortilla and topped with relleno sauce, sour cream, cheese and pico de gallo. As an added benefit to the community, Macayo’s is selling hard to come by essentials like water and gatorade as well as doing food drop offs to local hospitals. Cost: $9.99, order by calling your nearest location or via DoorDash, Postmates, Grubhub"

"Staying power: Woody and Victoria Johnson started the Macayo's empire with a little restaurant called Woody’s El Nido. Today, the family-owned chain has 10 branches in Arizona and two in Las Vegas. The original Central Avenue location was the talk of town when President Obama and his family paid the restaurant a surprise visit in 2009."

"Macayo’s was around 20 years before that and as part of its 75 years of legacy in the Valley, has been serving up delicious Mexican food across the Valley. These two big game buffets are meant to feed nearly an entire football team!. The Wild Card Package (serves four to six) for $42.99, includes:"

"With My INN-credible V.I.B. at Village Inn you’re in charge. Choose any four different items from over 30 delicious options to create your own delicious meal. With fresh, hand-cracked eggs and made-from-scratch buttermilk pancakes, you’ll love our Real."

"This Italian restaurant near Phoenix comes from a storied past and carries with it the countryside inspirations that came from the early lives of the owners in a small fishing village from the “heel” of Italy. Not to mention the fact that it rocks a mean pizza, to boot!"

"The Valley’s homegrown Mexican food staple is offering deep discounts on its best-loved menu items for takeout and delivery including the Original Chimichanga with shredded beef or chicken in a crispy flour tortilla and topped with relleno sauce, sour cream, cheese and pico de gallo. As an added benefit to the community, Macayo’s is selling hard to come by essentials like water and gatorade as well as doing food drop offs to local hospitals. Cost: $9.99, order by calling your nearest location or via DoorDash, Postmates, Grubhub"

"Staying power: Woody and Victoria Johnson started the Macayo's empire with a little restaurant called Woody’s El Nido. Today, the family-owned chain has 10 branches in Arizona and two in Las Vegas. The original Central Avenue location was the talk of town when President Obama and his family paid the restaurant a surprise visit in 2009."

"Macayo’s was around 20 years before that and as part of its 75 years of legacy in the Valley, has been serving up delicious Mexican food across the Valley. These two big game buffets are meant to feed nearly an entire football team!. The Wild Card Package (serves four to six) for $42.99, includes:"

"Gold Bar Espresso offers live jazz music most nights and on those cool fall nights, their patio is the perfect place to chill. This homey cafe is a cozy place to enjoy espresso and a pastry accompanied by soothing live music. Gold Bar offers live jazz music most nights and on those cool fall nights, their patio is the perfect place to chill."

"If you leave Gold Bar Espresso thirsty, you messed up somewhere. The family-owned and -operated coffee shop has been quenching parched mouths in Tempe since the mid-'90s. It offers a wide selection of beverages: the obvious coffee and espresso drinks, as well as Italian sodas, teas, smoothies, and hot cocoas."

"Rustic ambiance with an eclectic flair, Gold Bar Espresso offers an expansive variety of drinks. Iced chai, red eye espresso, Italian sodas, hibiscus cold tea are a few of the options. A warning: seating is limited."

"Second, doughnut slinger Chhaya “Papaya” Tan carefully balances most of his creations rather than burying that flavor in too much sugar. Third, if you desperately want a sugar bomb, he’ll have your back with a few options that bring the big-time sweet. The Boston cream pairs a silky smooth filling with a rich chocolate icing."

"We don’t have a particular favorite at the Donut Parlor; everything here is fried in perfection. These place puts every donut shop to shame with their vast selection of sweet goodness. The dough for the donut is not made like the others but allowed to rise four times to give you the best-flavored donuts you can get."

"Located in Tempe, Donut Parlor serves fancy to classic and everything in between. Donut Parlor is a family-owned business that bakes its donuts daily from scratch. In addition to classic flavors, they offer gourmet delights like Apple Pie, M&Ms, Captain Crunch and Ferrero Rocher Nutella."

"Based in South Phoenix, Azukar Coffee is a friendly neighborhood café that draws locals and families who gather to enjoy locally-roasted coffee and specialty lattes featuring creative blends that make use of syrups from Cotton Country Jams in south Phoenix, such as Agave Mesquite, Caramelo Mio, and Cafe Con Leche. Other drinks on the menu include an assortment of refreshing iced teas with flavors like mango chile and Pepino fresco, and Aguas Frescas and. The drinks are paired with a small menu of light fare such as breakfast sandwiches and pan dulce, and the shop holds a bi-weekly pop-up market on Saturday mornings."

"Last but not least, there's El Mesquite Cocina Mexicana, a South Mountain favorite with four stars out of 71 reviews."