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Restaurant Road Trip: SHIFT KITCHEN + BAR Flagstaff eatery offers a changing menu and seasonal ingredients BY SHOSHANA LEON 2023 started with some impressive milestones for Shift Kitchen + Bar in Flagstaff, including the restaurant celebrating its seventh anniversary and executive chef Christian Lowe being named a James Beard Award semifinalist in the Emerging Chef category. “It is a recognition both for Chef Christian and for Shift. We are so honored to have what we do recognized nationally. This has brought us great business, which allows us to do so many more things. We have endless possibilities now,” said Dara Wong, the restaurant’s owner and pastry chef, who moved from Colorado to Flagstaff in 2014. Photos by Hannah Rose Gray KITCHEN DOORS FRONTDOORS MAGAZINE | 57