It breaks my heart that I am giving Cartwrights one star but, as my fellow Cartwrights devotees can attest to, things have changed recently for the much worse. I have been eating here for ten years. Its a special occasion place where everything is fresh and delicious.
The new, laminated menu has erased most of the great dishes and combined things in a ludicrous way. The new beet salad had a small slice of a canned beet on it and was completely inedible with some sort of awful mustard dressing. The breads were different and the famous southwest cornbread was gone. The steak came with a side of canned corn (you could taste the brine), and was nowhere near fresh and likely frozen. I wasn't going to write this review, as this happened a few months ago, but I see many have had the same experience. I am a proud ten year resident of Cave Creek. I have recommended this restaurant to friends, brought people here on several special occasions and have always referred to it as one of the best restaurants in town. This review is written in the hope that they change everything back to the way it was.