Clarendon

Doug Robson Dishes On Why Tacos Are Great and What It's Like to Eat Bugs and Worms

Doug Robson Gallo Blanco Café, The Clarendon Hotel 401 W. Clarendon Avenue, Phoenix 602-274-4774 www.galloblancocafe.com See also: -- Gallo Blanco's Doug Robson to Open New (and Slightly Different) Mexican Restaurant in March -- 8 Best Neighborhood Mexican Restaurants: Best of Phoenix 2012 This ... More >>

FnB's Charleen Badman Tells Food & Wine Her Favorite Places to Eat, Shop, & Sleep in the Valley

Legendary Valley chef Charleen Badman of FnB, her Scottsdale restaurant she owns with partner Pavel Milic, is no stranger to the spotlight. See also: Charleen Badman and Pavle Milic to Open FnB on Craftsman Court and Tastemakers 2012 - Charleen Badman So not surprisingly, the Arizona native and a ... More >>

Halloween Guide 2012: Fright Nights

Star Deck

10 Must-See Shows This Halloween Weekend

There's plenty to be worried about these days. Just off the top of our heads, there's the very real possibility of a Mitt Romney presidency, the horrors of the ever-lagging economy, and all that folderol about whether or not the world's ending in a couple of months. Frankly, your brains have probab ... More >>

Halloween Guide 2012

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend

​Since you can't be in two (or more) places at once, it's about time to start planning out your weekend. There's Madama Butterfly at Symphony Hall and Macbeth at Soul Invictus. But, as we're wont to do, we've sifted through the haps and selected five must-attend events for your busy weekend ahead. ... More >>

Party of Boo

Phoenix Deaths Ruled Murder/Suicide. Motive Under Investigation

​Police found two dead bodies in Phoenix over the weekend, and today announced the deaths have been ruled a murder/suicide.About 2 a.m. Saturday, Phoenix police responded to a shooting near 26th Street and Clarendon Avenue in Phoenix.Witnesses told the officers they'd heard people arguing and then ... More >>

Fall Frenzy, Radio Phoenix's Pool Party, Brazilian Day at Club 910 Live, and The Final Tranzylvania Over the Weekend

​Fall Frenzy 2010 Tempe Beach Park became the location for rocking out this weekend as bands like Weezer, Stone Tempe Pilots, and Disturbed took to the stage over the concert's three days. Check out all the photos, reviews, and nonsense you may have missed in our Fall Frenzy coverage...full st ... More >>

James Keenan, What Are You Eating?

​ James Keenan The singer/bassist/synth player for electronic rock band A Life of Science and art director for Sundawg Records performs with A Life of Science at Phoenix Comicon Saturday, May 29 at 6 p.m. and is a part of the A Life of Science "Creating Multimedia Comics" panel at Phoenix Comi ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Is Paradise Gardens a Genuine Beadle Design or Just Suffering From Beadle Mania?

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

Club Candids at SideBar on Valentine's Day

By Adriane Goetz.​You really can't blame folks for wanting to get a little boozed up on this holiday.If you're hooked up, it's time to get loose and get kinky. If you're single, there's no better time for some drunken wallowing. And, if you get lucky, you'll find another lonely soul at a bar.Such ... More >>

Seven Nights of DJs & Dancing

10 Things Under $10 New Year's Weekend

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

DJ William Reed Moves To NYC This Spring

William Fucking Reed is hitting the road for the Empire State in the spring.​Start spreading the news: William Fucking Reed is moving to New York Fucking City in April. The stylish 32-year-old DJ has apparently had his fill of being a Phoenician and will become a Gothamite after his moves to the ... More >>

Hot Fudge Sundaze Coming To The Clarendon Rooftop

​ DJs William "Fudging" Reed and Sean Watson have a new shin-dig scheduled for Sundays on the rooftop of the Clarendon Hotel in downtown Phoenix. The weekly party is called Hot Fudge Sundaze and runs from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public -- even, the press release says, ki ... More >>

Silver Medallion Posts New Music Video

Silver Medallion's Oren J. (left) and Carnegie.​The bombastic electro-hop duo of Oren J. and Carnegie (a.k.a. Silver Medallion) have been crazy productive in recent weeks. Not only have they released a brand new CD (The Last of the Popstars), they've also been gigging all around the Valley, and he ... More >>

8 Places for President Obama to Try on His Next Phoenix Visit

Call me a shameless arugula eater, but I still can't get over the Obama family's choice of dinner destination when they were in Phoenix this past Saturday night: Macayo's Mexican Kitchen on Central Avenue, the flagship among the Southwestern chain's 18 locations. Seriously? Sure, Macayo's has b ... More >>

Arizona Republic Reporter Don Bolles Was Blown to Pieces 33 Years Ago Today

A few hours ago, we were driving in the vicinity of the Clarendon Hotel on 4th Avenue south of Indian School Road when it struck us: It's June 2, the anniversary of a day that will live in infamy (to steal a line)  in Arizona and in journalism circles around the nation. At about 1 ... More >>

Gallo Blanco Café at The Clarendon Kicks Up the Taco Shop With Cochinita Tortas and Fresh Crepes

Gallo Blanco Opens For Business

In case you didn't catch the latest comment on my original post about Gallo Blanco Cafe at the Clarendon, here's the word from chef Doug Robson that his new Mexican joint is finally open: Thanks For the Support!We are cooking now so I Hope you can join us. We are located one block south of Indian Sc ... More >>

Endless Summer

Sending Love Letters to ASU for Keeping the North Central Avenue Post Office

Liquid Assets

Hot spins? Full bar? No piss? We’re there.

The Phoenix Fire Marshal Stops Pool Parties at the Hotel San Carlos

Summer Guide: Stay at one of the Valley’s luxest resorts for a fraction of the scratch

Last Minute Monday: "Gardians of the Camargue: The French Buckaroo Tradition"

Everybody Loves Raiment

Living clothes to the edge with Angela Johnson

Great Britons

Never mind the bollocks, here’s the Guana Batz

See ya soon, C4

Existential moment at Camus

New dining option at the Clarendon

Function Over Form

J. DeSanti gets the LED out

Hotel Arizona

Cool pool, hot wax at Clarendon

Karma and Camus

The cure for existential munchies

"Danger to Children"

Why did Kelly Blake douse her kids with gas and set them on fire? She's seriously mentally ill -- and she was deserted by the system charged with protecting her and her family.

Earth to Santa

Behind the scenes at Kriss Kringle's holiday high-wire act

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