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The agricultural hub of YAKIMA is rather tough terrain: the railroad
yard is pretty much its aesthetic high point. It is an excellent base to
visit the tasting rooms of the award-wining wineries scattered
throughout the Yakima Valley (for information call the Yakima Valley
Wine Growers Association, tel 1-800/258-7270, www.yakimavalleywine.com
). The appealing part of downtown is among the brightly painted railroad
cars at Yakima Avenue at N First Street, where Track 29 houses a small
collection of shops and food stalls.
Wine-tour maps, as well as lodging and dining information, can be found
at the visitor center , 10 N Eighth St (MonFri 8.30am5pm, also summer
weekends 9am4pm; tel 509/575-3010 or 1-800/221-0751, www.visityakima.com
). Greyhound stops nearby at 602 E Yakima Ave. Motels and diner-type
restaurants abound along N First Street. Located in the old train depot
is America's first brewpub, Grant's Brewery Pub , 32 N Front St (tel
509/575-2922), which serves quality hand-crafted ales and tasty pub food,
just as Gasparetti's , 10 N First St (tel 509/248-0628), provides solid,
affordable Italian fare. Santiago's , 111 E Yakima Ave (tel
509/453-1644), is a decent Mexican restaurant, but for the real thing,
super cheap, check out Salsita Antojitos Mexicanos , N Second St at
Yakima Ave (tel 509/425-9515).
Twenty miles south of Yakima, TOPPENISH , the main town on the Yakima
Indian Reservation, has a Wild West feel enlivened by buildings with
historic Western murals. The visitors center , 11 S Toppenish Ave (tel
509/865-3262, www.toppenish.org ), supplies brochures on the murals.
There are a few good Mexican restaurants, notably Los Murales , 202 W
First Ave (tel 509/865-7555). In nearby Sunnyside, Snipes Mountain
Brewery & Restaurant , 905 Yakima Valley Hwy (tel 509/837-BREW), serves
great regional food and wine.
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