Bisbee is a community that was built by generations of binational families who excel at cooking made-from-scratch, flavorful meals. With the idea that food is the way to a person’s heart and creates memories that strengthen a community’s bond, siblings Bill Silva and Terry Reyna bought their maternal grandma’s tortilla shop, Molino, and reopened the ever-popular burger joint, Arctic Circle, at its new location at 894 Highway 92.

Arctic Circle officially launched on February 20, with a soft opening for friends and family to use as a practice run. They opened to the public the following day, and they sold out before they made it to closing time. “It was mayhem,” said Micka Silva, manager/front of house extraordinaire and Bill’s daughter. “We ordered twice as much food for our second weekend open.”

The Silva siblings were born and raised in Bisbee and remember what the community was like in the 1970s/’80s, with restaurants littered along Main Street. During that time, Arctic Circle, which first opened in 1939, was the place to eat for what many locals considered the best burgers ever.