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February 3, 2009
AZ Stronghold Gets Props from Wine Spectator
Jamie Peachey89! I hear this is the best score ever given to an Arizona wine (Callaghan's 2001 Syrah scored the same). Not bad for a debut label, huh? Wine Spectator rated Arizona Stronghold's Nachise in a recent Super Bowl feature where the editors rounded up 22 top wines (a la 22 players o ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Sonny Long Interviewed in Video
Jamie PeacheySonny LongIf you've read this week's music feature Sonny Long you may have a grasp on who he is (at least in his own mind). Is he the next thing in Arizona music or just another dreamer? Read on to find out.While writing this week's cover story, witers Niki D'Andrea and Mike Meyer met w ... More >>
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April 17, 2009
Budget Beat: Persian Garden Café
I've gone on record as saying that it's not hard to find good Middle Eastern food in the Valley. Choosing among all the great places has become the difficult part. Now, I'll have to add Persian Garden Café to the mix, especially when I want a little bit nicer, sit-down dining experience.Jamie Peach ... More >>
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April 30, 2009
The Howard Stern Porno DVD Release Party at Pink Cabaret
Jamie PeacheyTaryn ThomasEven with all his self-professed shortcomings, shock jock Howard Stern was bound to be tied to a porno movie someday. And while the "Howard Stern Porno" doesn't actually star Stern, it does feature actors in Stern masks having sex in the DJ's chair at his old WXRK studios, b ... More >>
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June 8, 2009
Sonny Long Responds To This Week's Cover Story
Jamie PeacheyEver since Niki D'Andrea and Mike R. Meyer's cover story on faux celebrity/singer Sonny Long hit newsstands I've been waiting to see what Long would have to say about it. All was quiet until about four hours ago, when Long twittered this:I would like to apologize to all my fans, family ... More >>
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June 17, 2009
Hot Links: Pipe Bombs, George Gascon, and Electric Beef
A Valley man found a pipe bomb his mailbox Tuesday night. The bomb squad arrived at his home near 7th Avenue and the Loop 101, where they determined the device was indeed an explosive. The postal inspector is investigating the incident, and the man's mailbox was taken as evidence...Police say a ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Caffiend: Conspire's Chai Latte
So what, exactly, is the "Coffee Conspiracy" at Conspire coffee house in downtown Phoenix? We can let you in on one thing -- this offbeat mom-and-pop shop uses the house blend of Tempe's Cartel Coffee Lab for its brews, so CenPho folks can enjoy Cartel's heady roast blends without having to drive to ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
Fred's Opens Along With Barneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion Square
Jamie PeacheyBarneys New York at Scottsdale Fashion SquareYesterday, luxury department store chain Barneys New York opened its first Arizona location ever at Scottsdale Fashion Square. Along with high-end fashion Barneys brings Scottsdale the culinary creations of Fred's Restaurant. This marks th ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Kitchen Ink: More Tattoos from the Phoenix Restaurant Scene
Jamie Peachey Casey Brooks, Sucker Punch Sally's catering/marketing director, shows off his ink. Last week, in the feature Kitchen Ink, New Times gave you the dish on local chefs who express themselves through tattoos. Ready for another helping? We'll continue to post new photos on Cho ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Kitchen Ink: More Tats from the Food Biz
Jamie PeacheyThe ink continues to flow. Following on the heels of our story about local chefs who are covered in tattoos, even more are stepping up to show off their skin art. Today, we have two guys from Scottsdale's Culinary Dropout, executive chef Clint Woods, pictured on this page, ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
Kitchen Ink: Sleeve of the Week
Last month's photo essay, Kitchen Ink, has spawned a slew of great photos of local culinary talent with tattoos as creative as the cooking. This week, Modern Steak chef Andrew Ashmore shows off the intricate design spanning the length of his arm. (Photos are by fave NT photographer Jamie P ... More >>
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May 14, 2010
Kitchen Ink: Girls and Gargoyles
Jamie PeacheyThis week's Kitchen Ink is a sampling of North chef Ben Taft's skin art. There's more eye candy after the jump.
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May 20, 2010
Press Club Honors Staffers
Jamie PeacheyThis week's Kitchen Ink is a sampling of North chef Ben Taft's skin art. There's more eye candy after the jump.
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May 26, 2010
Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Death Was Suicide, Inside Sources Say
Jamie Peachey A suicide prevention kit at Adobe Mountain School. Staff at Adobe Mountain School in Phoenix are reporting that the death of a youth yesterday was a suicide. And they wonder if the incident is tied to the "hush hush" suicide earlier this month of a corrections officer ... More >>
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November 2, 2010
Centerpoint Towers in Tempe Not Sold Yet; Prospects for Deal Diminish
Image: Jamie Peachey The sale of Tempe's Centerpoint Towers was supposed to close no later than October 15. That didn't happen, and prospects for the deal are dimming.By now, the sale of the Tempe's Centerpoint Towers was supposed to be a done deal. Workers should be buzzing all ... More >>
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November 6, 2009
What's on Tap for First Friday: Furious Styles Crew, Train Tracks, and Pop Art
It's been 16 years since the Furious Styles Crew first busted onto P-Town's cultural landscape back in 1993. And in that time span, the premier b-boy/hip-hop dance collective has been popping and locking up a storm. Their dances have become a major draw during First Fridays as well, drawing hund ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
This Week's Cover Story: Zach Fowle Bites Off More Than He Can Chew
Jamie PeacheyZach Fowle's arm span is nothing compared to his appetite.Every week we watch Zach Fowle walk into the Chow Bella staff meeting and can't believe he doesn't weigh 500 pounds. The guy eats. Lots. Fast. That's sort of his gig on his regular Chow Bella column "Feasts of Fury." Thi ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Listen to Exclusive DMX Tracks
Jamie PeacheyDMX from this week's New Times cover.This week's cover story asks the question, "can DMX ever stay out of trouble long enough to top the charts again?" Diving such an answer may take more than mere words can provide. So for you, our readers, we have here three songs to help you decid ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Congressman Ben Quayle Among Several Lawmakers to Hitch Ride to Tucson With "Worst President in History"
Jamie PeacheyCongressman Ben Quayle may think Barack Obama is "the worst president in history," but he's apparently still good for a lift.Quayle is among several lawmakers who will hitch a ride from Washington to Tucson aboard Air Force One with Obama today in order to attend a memorial service f ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Branded: Moving the Tucson Safeway Memorial
Photos by Jamie Peachey Safeway employees move the makeshift memorial outside of the Tucson Safeway where Jared Loughner open fired on January 8, 2011. When we arrived, the memorial was intact: hundreds of bouquets, cards, candles, posters marking the January 8 tragedy, remembering the victi ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Centerpoint Towers Finally Sold to Zaremba Group; Construction to Finish Project Begins "Immediately"
Image: Jamie PeacheyThe Centerpoint Towers in Tempe have finally sold. The buyer, Zaremba Group of Ohio, hopes to have renters living there by August. Welcome to "West Sixth." The Centerpoint Towers in Tempe have been sold, and construction on the unfinished project will resume "immediately" ... More >>
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February 20, 2011
Chef Payton Curry Says Farewell to Caffe Boa
Jamie PeacheyChef Payton Curry was the talk of the town with his Christmas "reindeer menu."After nearly a year and a half as executive chef at Tempe's Caffe Boa and Mesa's Caffe Boa Bistro, chef Payton Curry is leaving to launch his own restaurant."I want to do what Charleen Badman's doing, and w ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Big Brain 2011 Finalist: Renetto-Mario Etsitty
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Big Brain 2011 Finalists: Brian and Margita Webb
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Big Brain 2011 Finalist: Mario Martusciello
You submitted nominations for awards given to the Valley's emerging creatives and the results are in. Introducing our Big Brain 2011 Finalists. Leading up to the Big Brain Award awards announcement (on April 9), Chow Bella and Jackalope Ranch will introduce the finalists along with a sneak peek at ... More >>
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April 10, 2011
Brian and Margita Webb Win Culinary Big Brain Award
photo by Jamie PeacheyThe results are in and the 2011 Big Brain Awards were given to winners on Saturday, April 9 at New Times. In the culinary category, Brian and Margita Webb of Hey Joe! the Filipino food truck took home $1000 and the Big Brain title. Read more about the Webbs here, and see who ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Gold Price Hits Record $1,500 an Ounce
Image: Jamie Peachey Gold hit a record $1,500 an ounce today, giving us an excuse to publish this picture again.While reporting our feature article on gold last year, we heard from experts who thought the price of gold would keep going up. Shoulda bought a truckload. Or&n ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Fight Night In Phoenix
Professional and amateur boxes at Friday Night Fights on April 8 pummeled each other and thrilled the sold out crowd at the Madison Events Center in downtown Phoenix. Michelle Rosado, president of Face to Face Events, organized the event and hopes that it will spur more enthusiasm in boxing throug ... More >>
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May 22, 2011
New Times' Writers, Designers and Photographers Win Honors from Arizona Press Club
Phoenix New Times walked away with nine first place awards Saturday night at the state Press Club's 2010 Best Journalism in Arizona contest -- including for the paper's comprehensive immigration series, "Amongst U.S."The newspaper received more than 30 awards for work during 2010.Sarah Fenske, ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
New Times Writers, Photographers, and Designers Win AZ Press Club Awards
Phoenix New Times walked away with nine first place awards Saturday night at the state Press Club's 2010 Best Journalism in Arizona contest -- including for the paper's comprehensive immigration series, "Amongst U.S."The newspaper received more than 30 awards for work during 2010.Sarah Fenske, ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Undocumented ASU Graduate Erika Andiola Receives Freedom From Fear Award for Confronting Russell Peace, Organizing for DREAM Act
Jamie Peachey Erika Andiola can show you papers -- a national award, her diploma, and more. Undocumented Arizona State University graduate Erika Andiola won the Freedom from Fear Award this morning, a national prize given to immigration activists by the U.S. Democracy Program and Special O ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Arizona Compassion Club Helps Obtain Qualified Patients With Medical Marijuana From Valley Office Locations
Want pot? Are you one of Arizona's 6,000-plus, card-carrying, qualified medical marijuana patients? Or a valid patient from another state? Join the club. In a creative work-around to the state's lack of marijuana dispensaries, a group of card-holding patients are offering various strain ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Alexis "Beaver" Santiago, Boxing's Local Favorite, Beaten by Randy Caballero in Indio
Image: Jamie PeacheyMichelle Rosado and Alexis "Beaver" SantiagoArizona's harsh laws against undocumented immigrants plays a role in the waning popularity of the Phoenix boxing scene, as New Times pointed out in a May 12 article.The beating of local favorite Alexis "Beaver" Santiago in Indio on F ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Georganne Bryant's Perfect Food Day
Jamie PeacheyGeorganne Bryant is the owner of Frances, Smeeks and the new Frances Studio, all in Medlock Plaza on the northwest corner of Camelback and Central. If you've seen those Love Phoenix or Leave Phoenix t-shirts and bumper stickers around town, we have her to thank. She has enviable tas ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Legality of Medical Marijuana Clubs in Arizona Questioned by State Officials
Image: Arizona Department of Health ServicesWill Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, writes in his latest blog post that his agency has "serious concerns" about the legality of cannabis clubs. The rise of medical marijuana clubs in Arizona is giving state ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Summer Months Turn Flagstaff Into Homeless Haven Despite City's Harsh Laws
Jamie PeacheyTrash heaps left by homeless campers usually becomes a problem for residents and law enforcementTo escape the hellish Valley heat, thousands of homeless men and women make the uphill trek to sunny Flagstaff during the summer months. This week's New Times cover story looks at the rel ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Spiked Fruit: A Simple Solution for a Labor Day (or Any Day) Party
Jamie PeacheyNothing says Labor Day and the last gasps of summer quite like a good dose of fruit -- and liquor. In a last-ditch effort to cool off and wholeheartedly prepare for the weekend, we vaguely recalled times spent in the dorms with watermelons, funnels, and spigots ... and decided ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue Does Beer For Brains Event Next Monday
Jamie PeacheyJuicy barbecue, ice cold beer, and a good cause? This one's a no-brainer, or, in the case of Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue in Cave Creek, a Beer for Brains fundraiser. At 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 12, Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue will be pairing up 'que and beer ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Christopher Quaratino, A.K.A. Amityville Kid, Will Tell Spooky Story for Halloween
Image: Jamie Peachey Christopher Quaratino, a member of the Lutz family that got chased out a creepy-looking house in Amityville, New York 25 years ago, will read a spooky story during a live Web cast at 6 p.m. on Sunday, October 30.Christopher Quaratino, who was 7 when he lived in th ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
The Breakfast Club, The Strand, and a Chipotle Coming to Downtown's CityScape
Jamie PeacheyThe Breakfast Club and Barrista Bar in Scottsdale will open its second location on November 14.CityScape, downtown's newest highrise (and ongoing restaurant scene saga) of residential, retail, office, and hotel components, has announced three new restaurants opening in the coming ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Giuseppe's on 28th Hosts Thanksgiving for 100 of the Area's Homeless
Jamie PeacheyVisiting a shelter to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving Day has always been a way to help those in need, but for Richard Bock, owner of Giuseppe's on 28th, this year, he's bringing the needy to him. Between noon and 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, St. Mary's Food Bank will transport ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Tamales 101: 10 Tips from a First-Time Holiday Tamale Maker
photos by Jamie PeacheyFor some, the Holy Grail of Holiday Cooking is the croquembouche. For others, it's the perfect latke or maybe the whole turkey-and-fixin's line-up. But tamales have always topped my holiday bucket list. Maybe because "Tamale Day" has long been described by fri ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Tucson's Cafe 54 Serves the Seriously Mentally Ill by Allowing Them to Serve
2011, as you might recall, started off with a horrific bang. A man with a gun took aim at U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a Safeway just outside of Tucson, and -- well, you know the rest. My colleague Paul Rubin and I did a story a few days later about both the state of the mental h ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Joe Arpaio and Pals Call DOJ's Racial-Profiling Investigation Political "Witch Hunt." Sheriff's Resignation: "Never Gonna Happen"
Jamie Peachey From left: MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre, MCSO attorneys Joe Popolizio and John Masterson, and Sheriff Joe ArpaioMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- flanked by two attorneys and MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre -- held a press conference this afternoon to address the Dep ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Joe Arpaio's Rough Week: Is the Sheriff Finally Unelectable?
Jamie PeacheyFour more years (of civil rights violations, lawsuits, political witch hunts, and smugness)?Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's had a pretty rough week -- aside from the Department of Justice determining that he's guilty of the worst racial-profiling practices in U.S. history, the s ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Five Awkward Moments in the Phoenix Food Scene, 2011
http://www.etsy.com/shop/missive Let's pick 2011 apart, shall we?Well, folks, 2011 has come and (just about) gone and we're left to chew the fat. It was a year filled with great new restaurants and some fun moments -- and some awkward ones, too. Let's look back on a few high l ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Will Joe Arpaio Cooperate With the Feds Or Lead Taxpayers Into Another Pricey Lawsuit?
Jamie PeacheyJoe Arpaio: America's most expensive sheriff.Happy January 4! Today's the day we'll find out whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will cooperate with the federal government in correcting some of the problems outlined in the Department of Justice's report on the MCSO's alleged r ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Getting Fired Up at Timo Wine Bar
Jamie PeacheyIf you're a fan of bread -- golden and crusty and full of flavor -- it is a good reason to visit Timo, the new-ish wine bar in Sunnyslope, but it isn't the only one. There's the intimate atmosphere, stellar selection of wine and beer, and affordable dishes of Italian-inspired far ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Ten Favorite Downtown Phoenix Restaurants for Late Night Dining
We've all been there: drunk and hungry, only to find most of the local food joints are closed. As a remedy to this dire situation, we've done our best to find some downtown Phoenix spots where you can still grab a bite after most of the other restaurants have closed their kitchens. Let us kno ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Arizona Needs a State Food, I Say Let's Give It One.
Jamie PeacheyNext Tuesday, February 14, Arizona celebrates 100 years of statehood. So where are the eats? The official state food eats? Sadly, there's not one to be found. Which is why, after this long, it's time to get hungry for an official state food. Here's an excerpt from my column i ... More >>
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