Yuma Landing Restaurant and Lounge

The Yuma Landing Restaurant & Lounge
The Yuma Landing Restaurant & Lounge is located in the historic downtown district of Yuma, Arizona.

Serving a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu, and offering terrific daily specials, the Yuma Landing is also home to a coffee bar, and a full service lounge and sports bar that features great happy hour specials, Monday night football, and weekend entertainment. The restaurant serves a free continental breakfast for guests of the adjacent Best Western Coronado Motor Hotel, and also acts as a meeting facility that seats up to 100 guests. They also offer banquet and catering facilities.

On October 25,1911, the first plane to ever land in the state of Arizona did so in Yuma. Piloted by Robert G. Fowler, the Wright Model B biplane (also known as a "Cole Flyer") weighed 800 pounds and was capable of reaching a top speed of 45 MPH. The plane housed a 30 HP engine that was rented from the famed Wright Brothers, who had made their historic flight years before.

Yuma Landing restaurant in Yuma, Arizona Bob Fowler, began his flight in Santa Monica, California, and was headed for the East coast. During this flight, he touched down in Yuma near a ball park between 1st and 3rd Streets, on 4th avenue. About four days later, planning to continue his flight, Mr. Fowler found it necessary to enlist the aid of several local citizens who pushed the plane up the hill on 3rd Street in order to give it a "downhill" run. Forty-nine days later the "Cole Flyer" ended its journey by rolling to a halt near the surf of Miami, Florida.

Fifty-two years later Robert Fowler returned to Yuma for the dedication an unveiling of a monument in his honor. Today a historic marker commemorating the "75th Anniversary of Flight in Yuma" stands in front of the Yuma Landing Restaurant-the very sight of the biplane's original touchdown!

Stop by the Yuma Landing for great food and fun!
Location: 195 South 4th Ave.,
Yuma, Arizona, 85364.
Tel: (928) 782-7427
Web: www.yumalanding.com