Margita Webb

Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of 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. So, here's a recap of some of the top stories from the week that you may have missed.

Hey Joe! Filipino Food Truck on Cooking Channel's New Street Food Show, Eat Street

Brian and Margita Webb have been espousing the virtues of Filipino street food via their food truck Hey Joe! since it hit the streets in 2011. Now it's time for their close-up. See also: - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated - Hot Dogs & Pie: Mamma Toledo's to Open Space Inside New Short Leash Hot Dogs ... More >>

10 Best Things I Ate in March

March may already be in our rearview mirrors, but the 10 best dishes I ate last month are still very much on my mind. See also: 6 Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated and 10 Best Things I Ate in January From artisan pizza in North Scottsdale to a diner-style vegan breakfast in Phoenix to food truck fare on ... More >>

Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated

Six Valley Food Trucks, Rated

The Phoenix food truck craze is over. Not that we still don't enjoy food trucks. Their offerings at lower commitment levels than those of their dine-in brethren make them the most accessible and cheapest culinary adventures in town. But gone is the hype of the new. With more than 30 food trucks cur ... More >>

Big Brains 2013: Meet Past Winners, and Nominate Your Choice for This Year's Culinary Award

Are you getting creative in the kitchen? Want $500? Keep reading. New Times is presenting our fourth annual Big Brain Awards this year -- which means a $500 cash prize for creatives in each of the following categories: performing arts, visual arts, online, design, craft and (take note, Chow Bella ... More >>

Hey Joe! Sets Up Food Truck Pop-Up Restaurant in Central Phoenix

For a few set times during the week, Hey Joe! and other mobile kitchens won't be parking as much as they'll be popping up. See also: - Paradise Melts Food Truck Is Back With New Owners and a New Menu - Luncha Libre Partnering with Downtown Phoenix's Squash Blossom -- Happy Hour and Dinner Starting ... More >>

Amy Binkley, Tracy Dempsey, and More Join Top Female Chefs for Tastings, Demonstrations, and Pretty Much Changing the Culinary World

Quick, name five female chefs in the Valley. If that exercise proved difficult, it may be because, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, fewer than 15 percent of professional chefs and head cooks in the country are women. But from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, at the Art Institute o ... More >>

Three Questions, Four Valley Food Trucks

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. With the Valley's food truck phenomenon still in ... More >>

Ten Favorite Phoenix Food Trucks

​Since the first food truck festival rolled into Phoenix last October, it seems that nothing - not stupidly long lines, not inflated prices, not a complete and utter lack of organization, truly NOTHING - can stop the flood of food trucks and food truck festivals from saturating the Valley with mob ... More >>

Hey Joe! Filipino Street Food at Cycle This Friday and Saturday

Cycle​Brian and Margita Webb, winners of this year's Culinary Big Brain Award and owners of Hey Joe! Filipino Street Food, will be trading their truck for a kitchen this Friday and Saturday, July 15 and 16, at Cycle Restaurant & Bar, the pop-up joint hidden inside the Lexington Hotel in downto ... More >>

Brian and Margita Webb Win Culinary Big Brain Award

photo by Jamie Peachey​The 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 >>

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 >>

Brian and Margita Webb

Big Brain Awards 2011: Meet the Winners