A Culinary Escape: Discover the Flavors of Sun Cities on a Day Trip

Photography and written by Leah LeMoine Sun City wasn’t the first retirement community in the U.S. – that would be Youngtown, its neighbor in the Northwest Valley – but it was the most successful, thanks to amenities like a grocery store and recreation center. The Del E. Webb Development Co. opened the master-planned community on 20,000 acres on January 1, 1960. Adjoining Sun City West sprang up in the late ’70s and was fully built out by the late ’90s. Together, they make for a leisurely day tr