Camelback Mountain

12 Favorite Places to Eat Outdoors in Greater Phoenix

At last! Blissfully cool mornings, evenings with a hint of chill and daytime temps that mean we can lunch on a shaded patio without swimming in sweat. This right here, this seasonal slice of heaven is why we endure traffic, tourists and summer. See also: 10 Favorite Places for Pozole in Greater Ph ... More >>

L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology's Phoenix Roots

See also: Scientology Opens Phoenix Ideal Org; Mayor Greg Stanton Touts City's Status as Alien-Based Religion's "Birthplace" See also: Paul Thomas Anderson on Researching Scientology for His New Film As strange as it may seem, Scientology -- the religion established by pulp fiction writer, explore ... More >>

Kevin Binkley, Shinji Kurita, Kelly Fletcher, and More Scheduled for Beau Mac's 2012 Lunch & Learn Series

You know it's summer in the Valley when celebu-chef and flat leaf parsley fan Beau MacMillan brings some of the stars of the culinary world out to the Paradise Valley resort Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain for his popular Lunch & Learn series. Beginning Saturday, July 14, food fans can hook up wit ... More >>

How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times

Natalie Merrill at Kitchen 56

Looking for something to do this weekend? "Night Owl" is a quick guide to special nights at bars and clubs around town. We'll give you a few hints re: cover, dress code, music and atmosphere. Every Thursday marks Natalie Merrill at Kitchen 56.​Kitchen 56 plays the fine line between swanky and casu ... More >>

Four Must-See Events During Modern Phoenix Week

Mark your Frank Lloyd Wright wall calendars, Phoenix. Tickets are on sale for the annual Modern Phoenix Home Tour, centerpiece of the design spectacle Modern Phoenix Week. This year's tour will open up Phoenix's Marion Estates to design lovers from 1 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 1. The Camelback M ... More >>

A Night Out w/ Braden McCall

​Braden McCall is a full-time architecture student, dedicated local music mastermind, and part-time party enthusiast. Known mostly for his prior involvements in a few different local bands, the 29-year-old currently spends the majority of his time buried in school books, tutoring other archit ... More >>

Biodynamic Wine: Drinking By the Light of the Silvery Moon or Out-Organic-ing Organic? A Look at the Latest Wine Trend With a Local Sommelier

​As if horoscope tracking wasn't embarrassing enough, astrological enthusiasts have a new fad to force down our throats. The spiritual dynamics of gravitational pull, orbiting planets, and indescribable forces have made their way into the heads of winos everywhere. The trend is biodynamic wine and ... More >>

Scientology's Newly Purchased "Ideal Org" Building in Phoenix Will Become a Recruiting Tool -- Once the Last of Its Tenants Gets Kicked Out

Stephanie Izard's Goat Tour: Scottsdale Tickets Still Available

Huge Galdones (http://galdonesphotography.com/)​Hey Phoenix, are you excited that quasi-local majorly-talented national celeb chef Stephanie Izard is coming to town this weekend? We are. We bet her parents are, too -- they live in Scottsdale. Izard's been absolutely rockin' the the foodosphe ... More >>

Beau McMillan and Nine Other Celebrity Chefs to Compete on The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs

​If an Iron Chef is "a king among chefs" then what's a king among Iron Chefs called? A SUPER CHEF, YO, THE ONLY TITLE THAT MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In a move that has nothing to do with sagging ratings, the fourth season of The Next Iron Chef, premiering October 30 on the Food Network, ... More >>

Phoenix Ranked Number-One City for Single Women; City's "Posh" Dating Scene Cited as Reason

www.video-game-store.info​"Exhilarating." "Posh." Those are both words used to describe Phoenix's dating scene by Rent.com, which recently released its 2011 rankings of the top-10 cities for single women.In fact, Phoenix's "posh" dating scene, the website determined, earned the city the top ... More >>

Make-A-Wish Kid Snubbed by Barefoot Contessa; Two Food Network Chefs (One Is Beau MacMillan) Come to the Rescue

​Enzo, a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with life-threatening leukemia, wanted to spend an hour or two of the few he might have left with his idol, Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa (bed-ridden, he watches her Food Network show with his mom). But when the folks at the Make-A-Wish Foundation asked Ga ... More >>

Sanctuary's Hollywood Dinner Series Not Very Glamorous

​ ​ ​ ​The premise of Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain's gourmet dinner series, "Hollywood Bites" is pretty enticing: diners are treated to a meal prepared by our own local celebu-chef Beau MacMillan, alongside Hollywood royalty. With Lady Gaga in town this weekend, we wondere ... More >>

Leave It to the Kids to Keep Up Phoenix's Architectural History

Morning Poll: Is Broken Dam at Tempe Town Lake Freak-Out Worthy?

New Times​One of four dams at the west end of Tempe Town Lake burst last night, allowing about 750 million gallons of water to pour into the empty Salt River bed, and causing Tempe residents, the media, and government officials to freak out.Check out some photos of the lake draining here.Within mi ... More >>

21 Questions: Jeremiah Gratza

Gratza lounging at LGO​Welcome to 21 Questions, a regular feature where PHXmusic.com goes to the favorite hangout of a notable Phoenix scene-maker/shaker and asks the "big" questions. This week we met up with concert promoter Jeremiah Gratza at La Grande Orange in Arcadia. Name: Jeremiah GratzaAg ... More >>

Spy Games: The Citadel Turns Everyday Phoenicians into Covert “Spies”

EPA Sued for Failing to Act on Phoenix Area's Pollution Plan

Lisa Jackson, the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, has been so focused on saving the world from America's greenhouse gases that she seems to have forgetten about serious pollution in the Phoenix area. Jackson is in Copenhagen this week for the international talks on carbon r ... More >>

Chef Beau MacMillan Takes On Worst Cooks in America

​Executive Chef Beau MacMillan of elements at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain is somewhat of a local legend. He's been on NBC's The Today Show three times. He cooked at The James Beard House. He even beat Chef Bobby Flay with his delicious Kobe beef dishes on a 2006 episode of Iro ... More >>

K.J., the tainted ex-Suns star, wants to be mayor of Sacramento

Hometown pride: Finding what's special about the 'Nix

One Love

P-town's party posse hits Homme Lounge for the latest ear orgy from StraightNoChaser

No Trespassing

The feathered fiend examines the guv's (cough!) brass balls, conspicuous consumption in Scottsdale and the L. Ron Hubbard House in Phoenix

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 24, 2005

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Earthbound

Shemer marks its anniversary by celebrating the land

Blue Crush

To outsiders, the Phoenix Police Department's Special Assignments Unit is meant to be an overwhelming show of force. The inside story is much more powerful.

Beauty and the Beat

Nikka Costa has a big, funky voice and a great butt. Which will you notice first?

Fresh-Air Fare

Two choice spots for outdoor dining

Say You Want a Revolution?

Visiting revolving restaurants is playwright's hobby

"You Are Growing Retro..."

Hypno-Twists transcend the Curse

Drive, She Said

Gas 'n' go to the Valley's most far-out restaurant

Epicure-all

Time Transients

A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

Mother Load

Elite Night Snack

The Norman Tabernacle

Mother Load

Good & Polenta

Slick Transit

Scottsdale's Loloma transportation station goes against the flows

Second Helpings

Linguini Bopper

Fabled d'hote

Sunday, Bloody Mary, Sunday

OUTING INFILL

PHOENIX'S INFILL HOUSING PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY CORE WHILE CURBING URBAN SPRAWL. BUT WHEN IT SUBSIDIZES LUXURY HOMES IN EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE PROGRAM FILLS THE WALLETS OF BUILDERS

ARCADIA'S CLASH OF '93WHEN DIVERSITY CONFRONTS GENTILITY, SCHOOLS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES

ACHY BREAKY STEAK

MINE SHAFTED

THE FOLKS IN MORRISTOWN MAY BE GETTING A NOT-SO-GRAND CANYON

A DRINK WITH JAM AND BREAD