Downtown Phoenix Partnership

Five Places to Eat, Drink and Celebrate for Mardi Gras in Metro Phoenix

We're usually looking for a reason to convince our more responsible friends to go out drinking on a Tuesday night, which is why Fat Tuesday is one of our favorite days of the year. As much as we wish we could pack our bags and hit Bourbon Street for authentic eats and Hurricanes, we'll be celebratin ... More >>

Carol of the Bars

Holiday Cocktail Challenge: District at the Sheraton vs. Province at the Westin Downtown Phoenix

Tis the season...for boozing, that is. To celebrate, more than a dozen downtown Phoenix restaurants and bars are taking their holiday concoctions into the battlefield in a six-week competition to see who can come up with the Most Spirited Holiday Cocktail of 2012. The seasonal libations vary from ... More >>

The Strand Urban Italian, Silk Asian Chop House and More Coming Soon to Downtown Phoenix

Carol Blonder​ The Downtown Phoenix Partnership unveiled the second annual Downtown Dining Guide Wednesday at the recently opened Westin Phoenix Downtown. It was a chance to graze on offerings from six downtown restaurants and learn about what's up next for the downtown  dining "district," ... More >>

Take Twenty

PHX gives itself a good pat on the back

Downtown Phoenix Dining Guide Launches

Downtown Phoenix Partnership A guide to dining in the heart of Downtown. ​It's no secret that the advent of the light rail has invigorated the downtown dining and nightlife scenes. Downtown used to be a concrete jungle catering to the 9-to-5 crowd, but has increasingly branched out to lure ... More >>

Did Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Party at the 2008 and 2010 Super Bowls? And Who Paid for the Tickets?

Facebook.com​ Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon may be refusing to answer questions about a $3,200 payment made to the NFL in 2008 out of a fund meant to promote downtown Phoenix -- but a Facebook photo of his girlfriend may provide a clue about that expense.In the photo, Elissa Mullany (left front ... More >>

Civic Duty

Rock out on your lunch break

Christopher Gross' Chef's Tour: A Recap

Sloane BurwellJames Porter gets Aaron May's autograph. After this weekend, it's time to replace "party like a rockstar" with "drink like a chef." Friday night is a bit of a blur for most (if not all) of the participants in a Chef's Tour of central downtown Phoenix restaurants (yes, and bars) dreamed ... More >>

Friday: Chefs Tour Downtown Bars and Restaurants

What happens when you get a bunch of chefs from notable local restaurants, you put them on a trolley, and you take them bar-hopping downtown? I don't know, but there should be some sort of cheeky punchline here. Anyway, it sounds like a fun time, and it's happening tomorrow night. Chef Christopher G ... More >>

New Downtown Phoenix Logo: Ugly or Just Stupid?

Sayonara to Copper Square?

Phoenix Rising?

A peek at the future cityscape

Sweetheart Deal

Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox got the bargain of the century. Why?

Sex and the City

For Stuart Char, life is an all-nude cabaret.

Colangelo Eats Crow

ASU President Michael Crow's emergence provides Phoenix a preferable alternative to Jerry

Thug Love

As long as the Godfather's gangsters roam City Hall, will Jerry's reign ever be over?

Give the Godfather the Boot

A throng of people turned out to learn about Jerry Colangelo's secret plan for downtown. They learned nada. It's high time for Mayor Phil Gordon to end this charade.

Letters

Letters from the week of January 15, 2004

Big Scam Theory

Downtown Phoenix has always had its high points, but the Civic Center boondoggle isn't one of them

Letters

Letters from the week of December 11, 2003

Dark Impulses

At night, downtown Phoenix is a ghost town – except for a few bright spots

The Cool Index

Phoenix has always been hot. But can it ever be cool?

Operation Mickey Mouse

Could downtown Phoenix get more soulless? Yep! Check out Jerry Colangelo's secret plan.

Downtown Brown

Barrio businesses are flourishing, but not in downtown Phoenix

Letters

Letters from the week of October 30, 2003

Speech Therapy

Richard Florida jump-starts downtown dialogue

Jerry's World

Jerry Colangelo and his pals have gobbled up the lion’s share of public development dollars. If downtown’s to be saved, City Hall’s got to share the wealth.

Letters

Letters from the week of September 18, 2003

Copper Squares

A downtown power lunch - without all that much power.

Off Color

Skip Rimsza and Mike Johnson race into another controversy

Un-Urban Development

Proposed downtown site draws criticism from residents, urban planners

National Football Cartel

How the Arizona Cardinals and their NFL brethren exert monopoly power to extract billions of dollars from American taxpayers

A Dive & Kickin'

Tom is long gone, but Tom's Tavern lives on

Lame Time, Last Year

Reeking havoc, Phoenix style, in the 12 months the millennium forgot

Letters

From the week of November 30, 2000

Jim Kaufman's Bottom Line

The cryptic savior of historic downtown structures says he'll raze his classic PUHS buildings before he'll lose his investment

BOB's a Bust

Bank One Ballpark was touted as a powerful economic engine for downtown. Data show, however, that BOB has fueled sales mostly for BOB. The meager spillover doesn't bode well for the Arizona Cardinals' stadium aspirations.

Traffic Thicket

Will Phoenix voters finally get onboard a transit plan?

Building Down

Warehouse-district defenders retrench as two structures come down

Whither Warehouse?

The county's new downtown jail would destroy valuable pieces of Phoenix's past

A Capitol Idea

Phoenix Community Alliance's new plan for the Capitol Mall sends the homeless scrambling while the city looks the other way

Our Hero

The most powerful man in Phoenix explains why he's just a regular guy

Letters

Parking Breaks

Phoenix's shadow governors had keen ideas for the warehouse district south of Bank One Ballpark. But property owners told them where they could park them.

Parking Mirage

City pretends that parking garage next to stadium is not a favor to Colangelo's Diamondbacks

Trophy Strife

Sculptor says downtown partnership bootlegged his award design

FLASHES, 6-8

BUY ME OUT FOR THE BALLPARK

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT MORE THAN PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACK TO BUY THE LAND FOR THE DOWNTOWN STADIUM.

YOU CALL THIS A REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN?

WAIT 'TIL SQUARE ONE BECOMES A PARKING LOT