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JK Grence's 5 Best Places to Eat After Midnight in Metro Phoenix

The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year's issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local "experts" to list their own personal bests? This week JK Grence, who pens Chow Bella's Last Call column, shares his five favorite spo ... More >>

Watch a Man Destroy the Entire "The Hobbit" Denny's Menu in 20 Minutes

When we reviewed "The Hobbit" menu at Denny's, it should be noted that it took two reporters, including one who writes a column called "Guilty Pleasures," and we still didn't eat everything on the menu. Yet here is a man who single-handedly polished off everything on the special menu in one sitting ... More >>

We Ate It: Denny's Nerd-Bait "The Hobbit" Menu

As we reported earlier, the Hobbit menu landed nationwide earlier this week. Given that the movie comes out in a month and that there's going to be plethora of midnight showings, it seemed prudent to check to see if Denny's was really serving up something that fulfill your late-night eating post-The ... More >>

Hobbit Menu Coming to Denny's November 6th

In what has to be one of the strangest movie tie-ins in recent history, Denny's is rolling out a Hobbit-themed menu just ahead of the release of the Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The seemingly innuendo-ready dishes include a cheddar filled "Hobbit Hole," "Shire Sausage" and "Gan ... More >>

Is Matt's Big Breakfast Really Worth Getting Out of Your PJs For?

We had so much fun chucking Chow Bella contributors Ando Muneno and Lauren Saria into the ring over Alton Brown, food trucks, movie theaters with food and pho that we put them back at it again. This week's topic: Matt's Big Breakfast. Lauren: A few weeks ago, I was sharing a perfectly enjoyable ... More >>

Thoughts and Predictions for the Local & National Food Scene in 2012

Hey, it's a new year and you've already got a ton of things going on -- we get that. That's why we've put our top thoughts and food predictions posts for the national and local food scene in 2012 all into one convenient format. Here's an excerpt on what could happen to the Valley's food scene this ... More >>

IHOP v. Denny's: Clash of the Christmas Pancakes

Lauren SariaIHOP's white chocolate mint pancakes​Thanks to Hallmark it's become socially acceptable to throw some green and red on just about anything and market it a special holiday treat...and don't you just love it?! Don't know about you, but we can't get enough peppermint and sugar flavored go ... More >>

Cycle at the Lexington Hotel Successfully Reinvents the Restaurant

​ While the Valley has an established pop-up art gallery scene, this past weekend marked the debut of anything even close to a pop-up restaurant, in the form of Cycle, at the Lexington Hotel in downtown Phoenix. After development group Habitat Metro purchased the hotel, they de ... More >>

Trashcan Sinatras Celebrate 20 Years of Recording and Face a Trans-Continental Future

Izumi KumazawaTrashcan Sinatras are scheduled to perform Tuesday at Martini Ranch in Scottsdale.​Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut album, Cake, the Trashcan Sinatras find themselves at a career crossroads. Two of the band's four remaining original members reside in the ... More >>

Two Prescott Valley Dimwits Arrested for Urinating on Cop Car

Nathaniel Stropko and Jasen Venable are accused of pissing on a cop car.​A Prescott Valley police car took a golden shower, and two men got arrested after witnesses say the men pissed all over the car as it stereotypically sat in a Denny's parking lot over the weekend.Prescott Valley Police ... More >>

We Hope Crackers & Co. Café Is Building a Breakfast Empire

Denny's Free Breakfast and Heart Shaped Whoopie Pies in Today's Eater's Digest

An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. ​ In the weirdest food news we've heard in a while, two men robbed a pizza delivery guy and were caught by the trail of pizza sauce and wings that led police right to them. Read the Arizona Republic's story here. W ... More >>

7 Spots to Dine After Midnight

​You're working late. You're partying late. You've had too much to drink and you need to soak up the booze in your belly. Or maybe your idea of a midnight snack is more elaborate than those leftovers in your fridge. Where to go? Good question -- the Valley could stand to have some more late ... More >>

Sacrificial Lambs and Olfactory Sensation Beneath the Light of the Moon

Hot Links: ASU Settles in Rape Case, Lawmakers Ponder Tax Code Overhaul; Tribe Allows Liquor Sales for Loop 101-Area Restaurants

So-called "date rape" cases will be handled differently at the state's three universities because of a lawsuit settlement -- no more sweeping cases under the rug. State lawmakers are considering a change to tax code -- critics say that's code for tax hike. Drink up on Indian land: The Salt ... More >>

RedMonkey Trouble

"SuperMixer" beats a pass-out at Denny's anytime

Sunnyside Up

Dream Weaver

Denny Le Nimh, the Yoda of PHX rock DJs, parties with the Kreme posse at Paco Paco for Plus One

The Case of the Grim Tweaker

Officer Dave Uribe's murder made no sense, until detectives made the killer as a doper bent on shooting a cop

Robrt's Rules

A new tchotchke for the trophy case

Road Kill Rules

Off-track in more ways than one

BEST TACOS

Tepic Restaurant

BEST CLUB FOR SWING

Kyote Ballroom

BEST HANGOVER BREAKFAST

Harlow's Cafe

Cafe Roulette

Fine food and casinos rarely mix well in the Valley

BEST LATE-NIGHT MEAL

Zen 32

Big Fat Greek Tragedy

Film knockoff is awash in Mediterranean mediocrity

Mid East, Midnight

Best Breakfasts

J.P. Pancake

Best Place To Quell Stoner Munchies

Mickey's Hangover

Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling

Ethnic offerings take backseat to lunch, American-style

Night Foods

Hungry Valley night owls need to eat, too

Mex Offender

There's a brand-new Mexican restaurant in town

Best Late-Night Alternative to Denny's

Punky's Corner Cafe
816 East Camelback
602-265-6956

Knives and Lovers

Ethereal Girl on the Bridge cuts to the quick

Later, My Check

Where do hospitality employees go for good food when they'redone with work?

Spender Bender

Campaign contributions buy the strangest things

Midnight Chow Boy

Jerry's Restaurant

Death of a Diner

The Desert Rose bloomed on a rough street; it took real progress to shut it down

Touch of Evil

Blood, sweat and no tears, as Gwar and Derrick May infiltrate the Valley club scene

The Bitter Trend

Letters

Boy Meets Grill

SECOND HELPINGS, 5-18

THEY NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDENTHE MEN OF PANSY DIVISION PLAY GAY ROCK WITH BALLS

OH, MY ACHING CAMELBACK:

ARTISTIC DRIVEARIZONA'S ART CARS HIT THE ROAD IN NATIONAL CRAZE FOR AUTO EXOTICA

ME STARVIN', YOU CHAIN

ROMAN HOLIDAY

The Cap'n Does Lean Cuisine

A nutritional lesson from the deputies of diet