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Sangria Recipes from Three Restaurants in Metro Phoenix

Not that there's ever a bad time for sangria, but sunny days and warmer temperatures mean that you might want to perk up your wine with some fruit, brandy, and other delicious sweetness. We asked three Valley restaurants to give up their amazing in house sangria recipes and tips (Did you know you ca ... More >>

Out in the Opening

Slade Grove Makes Gluten-Free Amaretti Cookies

Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We've got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we'll introduce them to you, one by on ... More >>

A Modern Classic Deserves Your Attention: The Cosmopolitan.

Ring the bell, it's time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady's, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. I pity the poor Cosmopolitan. At the turn of the 21st century, it becam ... More >>

AZ Restaurant Week Survivors Party at Citizen Public House This Sunday

Love it or hate it -- AZ Restaurant Week (Spring Edition) is officially over Sunday night. According to Bernie Kantak, chef and co-owner of Citizen Public House, this calls for a celebration. But then, with Kantak, what doesn't? He and his partners Richie Moe and Andrew Fritz are hosting a late ... More >>

Tongue-n-Groove at The Little Woody

​Since there's really no better accessory than a cocktail in your hand, each week Jackalope Ranch brings you a tasty adult beverage from one of our favorite drinking establishments, complete with recipe. This week: Tongue-n-Groove at The Little Woody. ​While some are still lamenting the loss of ... More >>

Citizen R D Now Open and Serving Crafty Cocktails

Inside Citizen R D. ​After months of work, the tiny lounge above Citizen Public House, Citizen R D, is now open to the public -- if you can actually get in.    Accessible from only an outside staircase next to a smelly garbage dump behind the restaurant, would-be guests must c ... More >>

Jimmy Woo's: Happy Hour Report Card

Both the Orient Express cocktail and the Korean Short Ribs looked beautiful, but the short ribs' consistency left us wanting. ​The Spot: Jimmy Woo's Sushi & Asian Bistro, 4233 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, (480) 945-4669. jimmywoos.com The Hours: 3 to 7 p.m. daily The Details: The ... More >>

Halloween Guide 2011

Food Porn from the Citizen Public House Cocktail Pairing Dinner

Zach Fowle ​On Thursday, Scottsdale's Citizen Public House held its first-ever Cocktail Pairing Dinner. This "nod to pernod" featured cocktails from three of the Valley's top tenders -- Richie Moe, chief mixologist and partner at Citizen; Kris Korf, Citizen's bartender; and Travis Nass of Ra ... More >>

Five Favorite Skinny Drinks at Valley Bars and Restaurants

Hannah Hayes​It looks like skinny margaritas aren't the only low-cal cocktails taking over the Valley. Take it from Bravo reality star Bethenny Frankel, who made an appearance in Scottsdale last week to promote her recently launched line of Skinnygirl ready-to-serve drinks. Originally, the line b ... More >>

Citizen Public House to Hold First-Ever Cocktail Pairing Dinner

Zach FowleRichie Moe of Citizen Public House pops his bar cherry at the first-ever cocktail pairing dinner.​There's a first time for everything and I'm hoping if this event ends up being half as cool as it sounds, it won't be the last. For one night only, on Thursday, July 28, Citizen Public ... More >>

Bernie Kantak's Citizen Public House Is Your New Favorite Restaurant

DJ Dark Mark Talks Industrial Music, Tranzylvania, Lords of Acid, Front 242, and More

Mark Tomlinson (a.k.a. DJ Dark Mark)​Name: Mark Tomlinson AKA: DJ Dark Mark Genres spun: I started out playing with what I knew best -- EBM, industrial, and rhythmic noise. As of late I have been mixing a lot of dubstep and drum 'n' bass into my industrial sets. Current schedule: I am one of th ... More >>

Feathered Bastards

Sink something other than putts at the TPC

Frosty the Cocktail

​ ​A particularly giddy (and macabre) holiday reveler in a much colder part of the country created her own Frosty the Snowman cocktail (aka Frosty-tail) this weekend -- and it was too cute not to share. The drink is a combo of snow (the real thing!), diet ginger ale and  ... More >>

Avalon: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Avalon 7707 East McDowell Road, Scottsdale 480.656.0010 http://www.avalon-scottsdale.com Catherine Slye  

Scottsdale Culinary Festival Wraps Up With Cooks & Corks and the Great Arizona Lushfest

​ ​If you've ever been to the Scottsdale Culinary Festival, you know that it's a world apart from Phoenix's other major culinary events. Some say the festival has slowly spiraled into an all-out drunkfest. Others believe it has evolved to separate the ... More >>

Challenge to the Chefs at the Scottsdale Culinary Fest is Bleeping Bawdy

Think you can whip this up in an hour? Good luck.​"You're going to hear a lot of interesting language today," announced Chef James Porter, host of today's Challenge to the Chefs at the Scottsdale Culinary Festival and owner of Petite Maison. The question is, was he referring to th ... More >>

It's Raining, Cadillac Ranch is Pouring . . . Cheap Drinks

​Who can resist a weather-centric special? Especially when it involves booze?Not me. I talk a good game about wanting a cup of hot tea, but I would not refuse a Jameson's Irish Coffee if one mysteriously appeared in front of me.This week's crappy weather is reason to celebrate at Cadillac Ranch&nb ... More >>

Happy Hour Cocktails at Spotted Donkey Cantina

​This winter season, the specialty cocktails offered on the happy hour menu of Spotted Donkey Cantina in north Scottsdale will have you feeling like it's a lot warmer, as the chic southwest Mexican restaurant presents sweet, brightly colored drinks more suited for the beach than for cold mo ... More >>

Recipe: the CenPhopolitan from SideBar

Lauren GilgerThe CenPhopolitan at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.There are 57 vodkas, two shelves of tequila and 50 different kinds of beers taking up the limited shelf space of SideBar in downtown Phoenix. For a bar that's about the size of a college dorm room, that's not too shabby. OK, a college s ... More >>

Caffe Boa Supplies Sophistication Just Off Mill Avenue

The Mexican urges you to boycott Absolut Vodka for not sticking to its ad guns

Martini Mixology: The Scottsdale Culinary Festival hosts a night of cocktails at Suede Lounge

V-day dinners around town

Gray Matters

Less Pain Forever has its brains and eats them, too

Critical Fatwa

Waiting to inhale

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Foreign Affair at Hidden House

Intrigue on the cheap

Virgin Island

Culinary fest tries new tropical theme

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

TNA TKO

Jett and her faithful manservant, Kreme, pop by Pantera's for a Tuesday night of Foxy Boxing.

Red Bull Run

P-town's Pleasure Squad squeezes into Scottsdale's swank Six Lounge for a Satanic Red Sunday.

Wham-Bam, Amsterdam, Ma'am

P-town's original playa-pimp pair stops by Amsterdam for a quickie manicure.

How to drink and drive and get away with it

- and just in time for Labor Day weekend

Lounge Addicts

Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.

Gaybangin'

Our night shift explores the rowdy gay gangsta hip-hop scene

Hot Pink Perdition

The night crew checks out an after-hours hot spot

Loungin' With Lucifer

Our night owls hit the street for some action

BEST MARTINI

Devil's Martini

Resorting to Anchovies

The clean, sparkling flavors that epitomize regional Italian cuisine

Make That a Double!

Starting a paper's not for the faint of heart. Duh!bya's Justice Department kooks made ending one even more harrowing.

Worshiping the Devil

Best Fusion

Coup Des Tartes

Bottle Fatigue

No more "Chardonnays that taste like baseball bats"

Seasons Eatings

Art for Art's Sake

The Gerard L. Cafesjian Pavilion of the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

Dr. Cynic's Revenge

Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96

CLOSE TO THE VESPA

IF YOU RIDE AN ITALIAN SCOOTER, SKA DANCE AND WEAR SKINNY TIES, YOU'RE A HEPCAT. JUST ASK BOB DARNELL.