Cullen Campbell

Kelly Fletcher of House of Tricks on Lori Hashimoto, the Boys at Citizen, and the Next Big Thing

Kelly Fletcher House of Tricks 114 E. Seventh Street, Tempe 480-968-1114, houseoftricks.com See also: -- House of Tricks: Happy Hour Report Card -- Quiessence Chef Greg LaPrad Leaving the Farm at South Mountain for Sonoita This is part one of my interview with Kelly Fletcher, executive chef at Ho ... More >>

Searsucker Scottsdale's Steven "Chops" Smith Headed to James Beard Awards: Here's What's on the Menu

Following in the contrail of Crudo chef Cullen Campbell, another Phoenix chef is headed to New York City for some James Beard culinary fun: Steven "Chops" Smith of Searsucker Scottsdale. See also: - Kevin Binkley, Searsucker, and Short Leash Hot Dogs Among Winners of the 2013 Foodist Awards - The 2 ... More >>

Crudo and Noca Team Up for a One-Night-Only, 5-Course Cocktail Dinner Tour (Bus Included)

When it comes to one-of-a-kind culinary adventures, venerable East Phoenix restaurants Crudo and Noca serve them up regularly. But at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, the two are teaming up to bring 32 lucky diners a taste of the both of them. See also: - Get Your Tickets Now for the Arcadia Edible Garde ... More >>

Here Are the Winners of the 2013 Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame

Hold on to your apron strings, folks. The Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame has announced its 2013 winners. See also: - Top 5 Favorite Events at the 2013 Scottsdale Culinary Festival - Crudo Chef Cullen Campbell Invited to Cook at the James Beard House Presented by the Scottsdale Culinary Festival an ... More >>

Here's Who's Been Nominated for the 2013 Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame

For over twenty years, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival and the Scottsdale League for the Arts have been presenting the Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame awards, where the best chefs, restaurateurs, and beverage masters in the state have secured a place in culinary history. See also: - Chef Kevin Binkl ... More >>

Cullen Campbell's Crudo to Host a Late-Night Pop-Up Pizza Party

He may be cooking at the James Beard Award House in April, but Cullen Campbell, chef-owner of Crudo, his modern Italian restaurant in East Phoenix, still likes to party -- pizza party, that is. See also: - Crudo Chef Cullen Campbell Invited to Cook at the James Beard House - 11 Best Pizza Spots in ... More >>

Charleen Badman: On Lori Hashimoto, Chris Bianco's Mom, and the Kitchen Phrase That Gets Under Her Skin

Charleen Badman FnB 7125 East Fifth Avenue, Suite 31, Scottsdale 480-284-4777, www.fnbrestaurant.com See also: -- Charleen Badman and Pavle Milic to Open FnB on Craftsman Court on Tuesday -- FnB's Charleen Badman Tells Food & Wine Her Favorite Places to Eat, Shop and Sleep in the Valley -- 15 Met ... More >>

Crudo Chef Cullen Campbell Invited to Cook at the James Beard House

With the Oscars right around the corner, it seems fitting that chef Cullen Campbell of Crudo, his home of expertly crafted modern Italian fare in Phoenix, would be called upon by a foundation whose awards are known as the Oscars of the food world. See also: - Best Move 2012 - Crudo - Cullen Campbel ... More >>

The 10 Best Things I Ate in 2012

The 10 Best Things I Ate in 2012

As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to look back on some of the most all-around stellar meals I had the pleasure of consuming in the Valley. See also: - 9 Best New Restaurants of 2012 in Greater Phoenix - 10 (Okay, 11) Best First Tastes of 2012 in Greater Phoenix From the fancy to the more famili ... More >>

9 Best New Restaurants of 2012 in Greater Phoenix

This year, the variety of new restaurants in the Valley has more breadth and depth than ever before: comfort-food-meets-gourmet in Scottsdale; artisan pizzas by a legendary baker in Central Phoenix; and knockout Italian eats in east Mesa. When I made this list, I wanted a selection of restaurants ... More >>

Does Promising a Higher Tip Mean Better Service?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here.Usually, tips are something left at the end of a ... More >>

What Valley Chef Deserves a Comedy Roast?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here.Comedy roasts, first made popular by The Friars C ... More >>

Cullen Campbell Dishes on the Food Network Star That Pumped Him Up and His Favorite Local Dishes

This is part two of my interview with Cullen Campbell, chef-owner of Crudo. If you missed part one, where Campbell dishes about the catch-phrase he thinks is pointless and explains how he under-estimated his customers. See also: -- Pete DeRuvo Dishes on the Phenomenal Chef Phoenix Lost to NYC and ... More >>

Cullen Campbell Dishes on the Stupidity of a Certain Catch-Phrase and Shares His Feelings about Skinny Jeans

Cullen Campbell Crudo 3603 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix 602-358-8666 www.crudoaz. com See also: -- Crudo at New Location: Get. In. The. Car. -- Small-Batch Spirits Dazzle at Micah Olson's Bar Crudo This is part one of my interview with Cullen Campbell, chef-owner of Crudo. Come back on Tuesday ... More >>

Los Angeles Magazine Makes Fun of Phoenix Magazine's September "Best New Restaurants" Cover: "Is That a Fish as a Necktie or Are You Just the Worst Idea Ever?"

Hey-oh! One wouldn't think a publication like Los Angeles Magazine would have slow news days when it comes to the topic of food, but this week in its online Digest section, dedicated to "L.A.'s tastiest restaurant gossip, culinary events, and food finds," it seems it did. What to do? What else? Take ... More >>

How Does a Server Decide Who Gets The Check?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. Cullen Campbell, Chef and Owner, Crudo We alwa ... More >>

Crudo Debuts $20 Three-Course Chef's Choice Dinner For Summer

See also: Crudo at New Location: Get. In. The. Car. If you haven't yet treated yourself to an evening at Crudo, chef Cullen Campbell's relocated comfortable and contemporary restaurant of raw seafood, handmade pasta dishes, and killer drinks by cocktail artist and sommelier, Micah Olson (Merc Bar) ... More >>

Crudo's Pig Ears: Way Too Freaking Amazing For Your Dog

Most of us think of pig ears as leathery chewables for the dog, not something we'd ever dream of eating ourselves. But they're showing up on local menus as bar snacks, and you know what? They're fantastic. At Crudo, chef Cullen Campbell turns pig ears into crunchy strips of such addictive porkali ... More >>

85: Chris Lee

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

86: Cullen Campbell

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of new Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth . . . or in t ... More >>

Crudo at New Location: Get. In. The. Car.

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few item ... More >>

Crudo Bar Now Open, Featuring New Happy Hour and Signature Cocktails

Since it opened earlier this month, Crudo, chef Cullen Campbell's establishment serving inventive raw seafood, handmade pasta dishes, and signature mozzarella, has been waiting on the completion of its bar area to give guests the total restaurant package. But starting today, Crudo fans wanting a li ... More >>

New Crudo to Open Tomorrow

As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. Since he was kicked out of his old location in Scottsdale last July, Cullen Campbell, owner and chef of Crudo, has been working on his new Phoenix location at 3603 East Indian School Road (Indian School and 36th Street) since November. And tom ... More >>

Chef Cullen Campbell Picks Up Sommelier and Cocktail Artist Micah Olson for New Crudo Bar

Micah Olson at former employer, Jade Bar.​If the popularity of last Saturday's pop-up dinner inside chef Cullen Campbell's soon-to-open new Crudo location still leaves doubts as to his new restaurant's appeal, Campbell has created additional excitement with the recent hiring of the bar's owner ... More >>

Laura Hahnefeld's Year in Food: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

​In addition to food trucks making the scene in a big way in 2011 (see the article here), the year in food for the Valley was chock-full of other newsworthy goodies as well -- even chef Payton Curry managed to slip in a last-minute announcement. Here are a few of Laura's favorites:10. Chefs o ... More >>

Laura Hahnefeld Looks at the Year of the Food Truck

Chef Cullen Campbell Finds New Home for Crudo at Former Backstreet Wine Salon

There's work to be done, but Campbell loves the new space.​Chef Cullen Campbell​Chef Cullen Campbell, owner and chef of Crudo, has been restaurant-less since July, when he was forced out of the Steven Paul Salon where Crudo made its home on the patio and in-house cafe. Since then, he's b ... More >>

Crudo Chef Cullen Campbell To Pop Up at Scottsdale Bungalow Boutique

To describe chef Cullen Campbell, owner and chef of the Italian-inspired Crudo, as restless would be an understatement. Still working on securing a new home for Crudo (rumored to be in Arcadia) since being kicked out of his Scottsdale location in July, Cullen has kept busy with pop-ups at Posh and ... More >>

Josh Hebert (Posh), Cullen Campbell (Crudo), and Kelly Fletcher (House of Tricks) Team Up for a Seven Deadly Sins Dinner

Marta Dahlig​Holy hellfire, this looks like a sinfully good time. On Monday, July 18, at Scottsdale's Posh, chef Josh Hebert, owner, will be teaming up with Kelly Fletcher from House of Tricks and Cullen Campbell of Crudo (who's in the process of moving his restaurant to another location) for ... More >>

Crudo Chef Cullen Campbell Talks About Leaving Steven Paul Salon, Possible New Locations, and a Crazy Take on Moons Over My Hammy

Scottsdale Culinary Festival​Two weeks ago, Cullen Campbell -- owner and chef of Crudo, the quirky Scottsdale eatery that is home to inventive raw seafood dishes and handmade pasta -- received some heart-stopping news. The folks at the Steven Paul Salon, where Crudo makes its home on th ... More >>

Crudo's Brandon Crouser Heads to Avalon

​After a year and a half of working at Crudo, the quirky Old Town eatery-within-a-salon that he founded with his friend and co-chef Cullen Campbell, chef Brandon Crouser has left the restaurant to take the executive chef position at Avalon, in South Scottsdale. He started the new gig a w ... More >>

Crudo: A Hidden Culinary Gem in Scottsdale's Steven Paul Salon

Crudo Brings in Fish From Japan

Brandon Crouser (pictured) and Cullen Campbell are turning Japanese at Crudo.​It's really not hard to get my attention. Just say the secret word: Japan. The other secret word? Seafood.That's how the guys from Crudo caught my eye this morning, in a newsy little email sent to local media types. ... More >>

Chef Nathan Crouser Departs Downtown's District Kitchen

​Changes are afoot downtown.Nathan Crouser, chef de cuisine at District American Kitchen & Wine Bar since its debut, will be pursuing a career opportunity in California. Although the restaurant's name isn't currently available, I'm told that Crouser will stay with Starwood, the company that al ... More >>

Meat Up at This Weekend's AZ BBQ Festival

​I doubt the AZ BBQ Festival will be a one-off event. Those guys over at the EaterAZ blog, Rick Phillips and Dave Tyda, have done a bang-up job with organizing and promoting their brand-new culinary festival, which takes place this weekend at the Scottsdale Waterfront. I drove ... More >>

Stealthy Table Unveils Debut Menu

The James Bond theme song is playing in my head as I type this.I just got a look at the complete menu for Stealthy Table's inaugural covert dining event -- "My Bloody Valentine," scheduled for V-Day, of course -- and it's looking mighty fine. Pork belly? Cocoa nib-crusted short rib? Meatballs? Choco ... More >>

New Stealthy Table Covert Dinners Roll Into Phoenix

The La Vida truck's hiding a secret...​At the Scottsdale Old Town Farmers' Market this weekend, we caught up with Joe Garcia of La Vida Locavore and got the inside scoop on a new "covert culinary dinner" project called Stealthy Table. Basically, it's like the food versio ... More >>

St. Francis, Crudo Cafe Expand Service

​Do you ever get a midday craving for a restaurant that's only open evenings? Or a nighttime urge to eat at a favorite lunch spot? Two new-ish local restaurants have just expanded their hours. For the past four months, chef-owner Aaron Chamberlin has been sticking to dinner-only service at ... More >>

Crudo Cafe Readies to Launch Dinner Menu

​It's been two months and change since the adventurous Crudo Cafe opened inside Scottsdale's Steven Paul Salon at 7035 E. 3rd Ave. in Old Town Scottsdale. The tiny eatery has been serving breakfast and lunch, and now chefs Cullen Campbell of the now defunct Fine's Cellar and Brandon ... More >>

New in Scottsdale: Crudo Cafe

There's a new breakfast and lunch option in Old Town Scottsdale. And soon, it will be a dinner destination, too. ​After this summer's unfortunate demise of Fine's Cellar, chef Cullen Campbell teamed up with his good friend, chef Brandon Crouser, formerly of Atlas Bistro, to open Crudo Cafe, l ... More >>

Lots of New Local Eateries in the Works

AZCentral's list of 20 new restaurants scheduled to open by the end of the year has suddenly been changed to 15 since the story was posted yesterday. Not hard to figure out which five are now missing -- it's the restaurants on Jackson that Bernie Kantak is planning. Should we rea ... More >>

This Week In Chow Bella

Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let's have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Now Open: The Parlor Fine's Cellar Closes Over the Weekend Chefs Cullen Camp ... More >>

Chefs Cullen Campbell and Brandon Crouser Plan New Restaurant

This afternoon, I finally got some time to catch up with chef Cullen Campbell in the wake of Fine's Cellar's recent closing, and he says he's really upset about it. "It was pretty much the economy, and with the way things have going, the investors didn't want to put more money into it," he tell ... More >>

Wednesdays: Chef's Table Dinners at Fine's Cellar

To be sure, every visit to Fine's Cellar ends up an impromptu wine dinner, but every Wednesday this month, the Old Town Scottsdale restaurant is doing something extra special: Chef's Table dinners. Executive chef Cullen Campbell creates four courses tailored to each week's ... More >>

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Fine’s Cellar pairs well with the Scottsdale dining scene

Think Pink

The Kreme crew kicks it at Camus, soaking up all the chill creativity of a Pink Sunday night

Funktified Friday

Jett gets sprung on a dope local chef, and Kreme sips Hennessey with E.T. at StraightNoChaser