The Turquoise Room serves regional contemporary Southwestern Cuisine — with an occasional tribute to the great days of the Fred Harvey Company. In 1936, the new streamlined luxury Super Chief passenger train, to run from Chicago to Los Angeles, had its inaugural run, starting on Track 5 in Chicago’s Dearborn Station. “Ellie,” Eleanor Powell was named its first passenger and so began its illustrious flirtation with the Hollywood Stars of the day. In 1951, the Santa Fe added six “Pleasure Dome” cars to the Super Chief line, including a new private dining room called The Turquoise Room which quickly became a favorite of the studio chiefs and stars of the day. Used in the Turquoise Room, were the Mary Colter designed Mimbreno china, something that continued until Amtrak took over dining service in the 1970s. We hope you will enjoy your visit to our Turquoise Room. Also, consider railroad travel to our friendly restaurant as we are an Amtrak stop. On the east side of Affeldt Mion Museum located in the 1930 Depot behind La Posada, you can see the #502 railcar, which is one of six ‘Pleasure Domes’ built by Pullman in 1950. These streamlined silver beauties were the Santa Fe Railway’s first dome cars. The #502 was used on the luxury Super Chief, which went through Winslow from 1937 to 1971. #502 is a work-in-progress restoration in conjunction with the Winslow Arts Trust.

Phone

(928) 289-2888

Website

https://theturquoiseroom.com/

Location

303 E Second St, Winslow, AZ 86047

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