Michael Monti

Is Yelp Fair to Restaurants?

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.Last December, when Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern called Yelp a "forum ... More >>

Tempe Wingnut Is the Ideal Man to Run the County GOP -- and Here's Why

Which Celebrity Should Be the Next to Open a Restaurant in Phoenix?

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.Movie stars and musicians opening their own restaurants is nothing new -- e ... More >>

Name Monti's New Patio, Get a Monti's New Patio Party for You and 20 of Your Friends

Monti's may be the oldest restaurant in Tempe, but its patio is another story. See also: An Interview with Mike Monti, Owner of Monti's La Casa Vieja and Best Slimer 2012 - Michael Monti In late February, the oldest continuously occupied structure in the Phoenix area will be sporting a brand new, ... More >>

What Will Get Someone Blacklisted From a Restaurant?

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.Gentle laughter, clinking glasses, soft music -- ... More >>

Is the Bloom Off the (Jason) Rose? PR Stuntman Lost More Petals in May

The post-election dust has settled, and we would be remiss not to take a look at the scorecard for one of our favorite public-relations stuntmen -- famous (some would say infamous) spin-master Jason Rose.   We see that he lost a few more petals in May, but Rose tells New Times that busine ... More >>

Do You Think There Was a "Reasonable Belief" of Convicting Mark Mitchell?

Yesterday, we brought you the letter from Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, explaining to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery why no charges will be filed against Tempe Mayor-elect Mark Mitchell.Aside from the "absence of a reasonable belief of probable conviction," Polk also notes Mitchell ... More >>

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk: No "Reasonable Belief" of Convicting Mark Mitchell

We got a copy of the letter from Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, explaining to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery why no charges will be filed against Tempe Mayor-elect Mark Mitchell.Aside from the "absence of a reasonable belief of probable conviction," Polk also notes Mitchell's age at ... More >>

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman Drops City Firefighter and Police "Endorsement" (Eight Years Later)

For anyone still trying to vote in the 2004 election for Tempe mayor, we'd like to inform you that Hugh Hallman is no longer endorsed by "Tempe firefighters and police."Sure, Hallman was elected mayor in 2004, but why not hit him with a complaint while he's on his way out the door?Stemming from the ... More >>

Mark Mitchell Reportedly Not Being Charged in Sexual-Abuse Claims

The Yavapai County Attorney has reportedly decided to not file charges against Tempe Mayor-elect Mark Mitchell in the case involving the woman who recently came forward claiming Mitchell sexually abused her as a kid.The case -- initially reported to Phoenix police -- was forwarded to the Yavapai Cou ... More >>

Mark Mitchell Elected Mayor of Tempe

Mark Mitchell's going to be the new Tempe mayor.According to the unofficial results, Mitchell beat Michael Monti by 139 votes, and the City of Tempe put out an announcement declaring Mitchell as the winner.Election officials still haven't finished counting write-in votes or the three votes cast by p ... More >>

Michael Monti Leads Mark Mitchell in Race for Tempe Mayor After Election Day

The relentless attacks on Mark Mitchell seem to have worked out in Michael Monti's favor in the race for Tempe mayor, as Monti was up by one point after people hit the ballot box yesterday.There are still some votes left to count -- provisional ballots and people who brought their early-voting ballo ... More >>

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman's Website Brings Up the Question of Endorsements from City Employees Again

The battle between supporters of Tempe mayoral candidates Mark Mitchell and Michael Monti over whether "your" public employees can endorse people in campaign signs seemed to end with City Manager Charlie Meyer's ruling that it was all pretty much OK.That question apparently has not been completely a ... More >>

Is the Anti-Mark Mitchell Crowd Pulling the "Most Repulsive Last-Minute Attack in Arizona History"?

This week, folks not too fond of Tempe mayoral candidate Mark Mitchell have been pushing a report from the Phoenix Police Department, in which a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with her when she was a kid, and Mitchell was 13 or 14 years old.As we mentioned yesterday, the wom ... More >>

Mark Mitchell Case Forwarded to Yavapai County Attorney, Likely Because Bill Montgomery's a Michael Monti Fan

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery -- who's publicly endorsed Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti -- transferred the case involving allegations against Monti's opponent, Tempe Councilman Mark Mitchell, to Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk.The case, as we wrote about yesterday, involves a w ... More >>

Mark Mitchell Says He's Just Been Hit With "What May Be the Most Repulsive Last-Minute Attack in Arizona History"

There are people out there who really, really don't want Mark Mitchell to be the next mayor of Tempe.Recently, his opponent, Michael Monti, pulled out a police report involving an incident Mitchell was involved in with the cops in 1993 on Mill Avenue, when Mitchell was 24 years old.Mitchell sai ... More >>

Michael Monti Brings Out Mark Mitchell's 1993 "Arrest"; Mitchell Says Monti's "Really Hitting the Bottom of the Barrel on This One"

Back in 1993, Mark Mitchell -- who's running for mayor of Tempe -- was involved in an incident with police at a Mill Avenue bar.Mitchell's opponent in the mayoral race, Michael Monti, is now making it a campaign issue (in 2012), claiming Mitchell's "distort[ing] the truth" about what happened.It boi ... More >>

Tables Turned on Michael Monti Supporter, as Your Cops Apparently Like Monti for Tempe Mayor

The picture above was an interesting sighting at the corner of Baseline and McClintock in Tempe today, as you can see, "your" cops apparently support Michael Monti for Mayor of Tempe.That's interesting, seeing as it was just a few weeks ago that a Monti fan complained that "your" firefighters suppor ... More >>

Fan of Tempe Mayoral Candidate Michael Monti Lets the World Know He Plans on Ripping Down Opponent's Signs

Here's a tip: If you're planning on doing something that may be a crime, don't tell the state's largest paper before doing so.Apparently our tip is a little late, as it would seem that a fan of Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti did that yesterday.Legislative District 17 Republicans chairman A.J. ... More >>

An Interview with Mike Monti, Owner of Monti's La Casa Vieja

How the Valley's Legendary Restaurants Keep Up With the Times

Monti's La Casa Vieja Celebrates Arizona's Centennial With 75-Cent Sirloin Steak Dinners (at Breakfast)

Forget Prince, when the city's original pioneer home and the oldest continuously occupied structure in the Phoenix metropolitan area wants to party, it's gonna do it like it's 1912. And that means Monti's La Casa Vieja, the Arizona landmark in Tempe that serves American fare in a labyrinth of dinin ... More >>

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman isn’t afraid to step on a few toes as he waltzes into his second term

Low Steaks Game

Second Helpings

Second Helpings

License to Steal

Arizona car owners register concern over online MVD snafu that posted their credit-card numbers on the Internet