Chef Jan Parker, a mainstay of Tacoma’s market circuit and a two-time Food Network show contestant, has found a home for her first brick-and-mortar restaurant after more than a year of searching.

The Desert Bar, snuggled in a remote corner of western Arizona, isn’t your average watering hole. It’s solar-powered, it’s off-grid and it's miles down a dirt road in a canyon. And like a true desert ...