La Posada Hotel
| WINSLOW, ARIZONA |
| LA POSADA HOTEL TURQUOISE ROOM RESTAURANT The Turquoise Room is an original restaurant incorporating some authentic Arizona food. Considered by many to be the finest restaurant in the Four Corners region, the Turquoise Room opened in 2000 under the direction of renowned Chef John Sharpe, who oversees every detail of the preparation and service. According to John Sharpe and wife Patricia: We bake and cook everything from scratch, using only the finest and freshest ingredients. We buy all our fish from ports in New Orleans, Boston, and Nilinchic, Alaska. During the summer, we use fresh herbs and vegetables from growers in the Verde Valley, Chino Valley, and right here in Winslow. In winter, much of our produce comes from Crooked Sky Farms of Glendale, Arizona! Chef John Sharpe was nominated for the James Beard Award in 2011. Rated as one of the top three restaurants in the U.S. in the 2009 Conde Naste Gold List |
| John Wayne John Huston Dorothy Lamour Victor Mature Hugh Downs Roddy McDowell "Hopalong" Cassidy Jimmy Doolittle President Franklin Roosevelt President Harry Truman Sam Maloof Tom Ford |
| Shirley Temple Robert Young Clark Gable Mary Pickford Albert Einstein Douglas Fairbanks Jimmy Stewart Betty Grable Amelia Earhart Wallace Berry Wiley Post Will Rogers |
| Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter Pola Negri Charles Lindbergh Anne Morrow Lindbergh Carole Lombard Bob Hope Gene Autry Senator Barry Goldwater Alice Faye Senator John Kerry Howard Hughes Grant Withers |
| Gary Cooper The Earl of Sutherland The Crown Prince of Japan James Cagney Lauren Hutton James Turrell Ed Ruscha Governor Jane Hull Governor Janet Napolitano Diane Keaton Lionel Barrymore Jane Russell |
| SOME OF THE FAMOUS GUESTS OF THE LA POSADA |
| The National Trust for Historic Preservation found out about La Posada's peril and added it to their endangered list ~ where it came to the attention of Allan Affeldt. But La Posada was never for sale. Allan Affeldt purchased it from the Santa Fe Railway after learning that the property was in danger. He visited the hotel in 1994 and decided to help local preservationists save it. This daunting task entailed negotiating for 3 years with the railroad and resolving various legal, environmental, and financial obstacles. He established La Posada LLC to take on the enormous risk and complexity of the estimated $12 million restoration. Allan and his wife Tina Mion moved in April 1, 1997. |
