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Not a Single Phoenix Food Truck Made the Cut for the Daily Meal's List of Best Food Trucks in America . . . Again. What Gives?

The first time the Daily Meal came out with its list of 101 Best Food Trucks in America we were neither offended nor surprised no food trucks in metro Phoenix, the sixth-largest city in the United States, made the cut. We often get overlooked when it comes to culinary awards. And as usual, the major ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Phoenix Shows This Week

She and him and them and them and him and her and them are playing in Phoenix this week, and all of them are a part of our five must-see Phoenix shows this week. You're bound to like one of those pronouns, if only you give it a chance.

Beer and Baseball Bats: Phoenix Ale Homefront IPA

Beer: Homefront IPA Brewery: Phoenix Ale Brewery Style: American IPA ABV: 6.5 percent I didn't know Gregory Fretz well. I really only met the man once, during the Beer for Brains Bocce Brew HaHa held in 2012, as he was pouring glasses of Phoenix Ale Watermelon Wheat. He told me in a gravelly barito ... More >>

Blue Hound Kitchen in Phoenix: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails 2 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix 602-258-0231 www.bluehoundkitchen.com See Also: - 10 Hotels for a Phoenix Staycation - Pallets in Downtown Phoenix: Happy Hour Report Card - Cibo in Downtown Phoenix Has a New Happy Hour Menu

Craziest Phoenix Crime in the Month of May?

Yesterday, we brought you our picks for the 10 craziest crimes that happened in Phoenix in the month of May.We'll leave it up to you to crown the craziest alleged criminal of the month.See also:10 Craziest Phoenix Crimes of the Month: May

Flight Instructors Were in One of the Planes in the Deadly Midair Collision Outside of Phoenix

Both occupants of one of the planes involved in the midair collision last week north of Phoenix were flight instructors.Paul Brownell and Basil Onuferko, both employees of TransPac Aviation Academy, were killed in Friday's crash, as were two occupants of another small plane, whose names haven't been ... More >>

Are Out-of-Town Festivals Worth the Hassle?

Music festivals have been around for decades, and they're only becoming more popular. Each year, millions of fans fly around the world to attend more than 270 fests of various genres in the United States alone. They aren't a cheap experience, either: between festival tickets, travel, hotels and basi ... More >>

TrapZillas: "Everybody Today has a Different Opinion of What [Trap Music] is About"

It's a recent Friday night and the interior of the TrapZillas house is a busy and chaotic hurricane of noise and activity. As vintage NBA playoff game plays loudly on a gigantic HDTV in the background, at least a half-dozen people are busying themselves with bongs and blowtorches in the kitchen, cra ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, City Officials Call for Water Donations to Help Homeless, Others During Blistering Summer Months

Take advantage of grocery stores' Memorial Day sales to stock up on cases of bottled water you can donate to the City of Phoenix for distribution to the homeless, seniors, people with disabilities, youth and others in need. The city collected and distributed more than 210,000 bottles of water last ... More >>

Score Small Bites of Summer at 30 Restaurants in Metro Phoenix

Food festival season is in full swing in other parts of the country, but in the Valley of the Sun, it's already too hot to crowd around outside with a thousand other people to score a bite of meat grilled over the open flame -- even if it is insanely delicious. That's no great loss, however, because ... More >>

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Phoenix Comicon Schedule: Concerts in Costume and an "Adventure Time Rave" Await Music Fans

Let's face it: We're always going to be the red-headed step-artform at comic book conventions. Superheroes have dominated movies for years, and videogames hit the comic-culture demographic pretty naturally, but music -- Jonathan Coulton and J-Pop and all the filkers on Livejournal aside -- has been ... More >>

Ex-Phoenix Firefighter Mark Nehrenz Gets Jail Time for Drunk-Driving Into a Teenager

A former Phoenix firefighter who was driving drunk when he hit a teenager and drove away in 2011 will spend a little time in jail.Mark Nehrenz was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years on probation for the incident, which left the teenager with a broken hip.See also:-Phoenix Firefighter Mark ... More >>

Breadfruit in Downtown Phoenix to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary on May 16

We kind of can't believe it's already been half a decade since the Jamacian restaurant The Breadfruit opened in downtown Phoenix. See also: - Cheuvront Restaurant in Phoenix to Close at the End of May - Dwayne Allen of Rum Bar Gives a Tasty Tutorial on Rum To thank customers for the years of loy ... More >>

Nine Favorite Mac and Cheese Dishes in Metro Phoenix

Ah, mac and cheese. Whether it comes from a blue box or your mother's oven, few childhood comforts can compare. These days, your cheesy noodle perfection can be customized with additions ranging from the gourmet (pancetta, panko bread crumbs, and lobster) to the not-so-gourmet (hot dogs, ketchup, an ... More >>

Aaron Chamberlin's Phoenix Public Market Cafe Opens Wednesday

It's been almost exactly a year since Phoenix Public Market Urban Grocery closed its doors, leaving downtown devotees feeling bereft without a locally focused brick-and-mortar market and a convenient, affordable go-to for a nosh and a glass of wine. See also: -- Downtown Phoenix Public Market Urba ... More >>

Du Hot Club de Bizarre Brings Sci-Fi, Stretchy Pants, and More to Crescent Ballroom

Crescent Ballroom wasted no time becoming a downtown Phoenix staple putting on shows almost every day of the year, and serving delicious food and drinks in the lounge. The venue expanded its horizons last year with Los Dias de la Crescent, where local bands performed both inside and outside for two ... More >>

Anti-Abortion Activists Hit Up Phoenix Clinic for Latest Undercover Video

A national anti-abortion group shot an undercover video "exposing" a "late-term abortion doctor" in Phoenix.The group, Live Action, does this by having a woman say she's 23 weeks pregnant, and go in this facility with a camera, apparently "exposing" the fact that the abortion process isn't the prett ... More >>

4 Easy Ways to Make Guacamole

Avocados are the tofu of the produce aisle, and I mean that in good way. See also: - 10 Best Margaritas in Metro Phoenix - 8 Great Guacamoles in Metro Phoenix I tried to think of words to describe how an avocado tastes, and it wasn't easy. They're not sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and they defini ... More >>

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Brews to Benefit This Thursday, May 2, at Lucky Strike Lanes in Downtown Phoenix

Enjoy four beers for just $10. Now that's a steal. Every month, New Times hosts a happy hour charity event at a local bar or restaurant. This month we're headed to Lucky Strike Lanes at Cityscape in downtown Phoenix, to drink to help out the Active 20-30 Club of Phoenix. See also: - Joe's Real BB ... More >>

It's Already Hit 100 Degrees in Phoenix

Winter's over -- the temperature was 100 degrees at Sky Harbor Airport yesterday.According to the National Weather Service, it hit 100 at 1:15 p.m. yesterday, April 28, which is only slightly earlier than usual.See also:-Anchorage, Alaska Has Been Warmer Than Phoenix

Flagstaff Hullabaloo Brings El Ten Eleven, Cool Air to Festival Circuit June 1-2

The Flagstaff Hullabaloo is not a big festival -- 2013's June 1-2 event in Wheeler Park is the first time it's stretched to two days -- and because there are a lot of big festivals in and around the Phoenix area, that might seem like an unbeatable disadvantage. But they do have one thing going for t ... More >>

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That Damn Show Schedule: Bad Religion Headlines Resurrected Alt-Rock Show

That Damn Show, the Phoenix music institution most likely to lead into an extended, vulgar Abbott and Costello routine, is less than a week away: On Saturday, Bad Religion and 11 other local and national bands will file into Mesa Amphitheatre and play music that is probably going to be really loud a ... More >>

Burglar Eats Concrete While Stealing Golf Clubs, but Still Gets Away (Video)

Today in Brief Acts of Criminal Stupidity, a burglary got a face full of concrete as he tripped over himself while stealing golf clubs from a Phoenix home.The only thing that could've made this video better is if it would've ended in an arrest, thus associating a name and mugshot with this act of cr ... More >>

9 Things That Make Phoenix a Better Food (and Drink) Town than New York City

I've done it. I've committed to living in Phoenix again after spending years in Manhattan and Brooklyn. I was a student at NYU in a self-constructed program of Food and Environmental Studies, sourcing from personal experiences of discussing, working with and (mostly) consuming food in New York. I tr ... More >>

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March Restaurant Openings and Closings in Metro Phoenix

Another busy month on the Phoenix food scene. We bid adieu to a handful of restaurants, including Chick Rotisserie & Wine Bar. But welcomed a fresh crop of new eateries, including a new Bink's location and the Salty Sow. See Also: --February Restaurant Openings and Closings in Metro Phoenix --Janu ... More >>

Pineapple Cocktail Clash: Gallo's Picoso vs. Hula's Hurricane

Nothing says relaxing on a sunny day quite like a pineapple cocktail. We've recently found our cravings for them rising along with the temperatures, so we decided to put two of our favorites up against each other and see which is the ultimate unwinding drink. We kind of played fast and loose with th ... More >>

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Teenager Dead After Friend Plays Around With Gun They Stole in a Home Burglary

A 17-year-old was shot and killed yesterday after he and his friends burglarized a neighbor's home in Tolleson, according to Phoenix police.The fatal shot was delivered from the homeowner's gun, but It wasn't the homeowner who shot the boy -- police say a 15-year-old girl who helped burglarize the n ... More >>

Phoenix New Times Needs a New Music Editor

Dear readers, let's get this out of the way: In nearly every possible way, being the music editor of the Phoenix New Times/Up on the Sun has been my dream job. No joke: I've chatted with Brian Wilson (it was a terrible conversation, and my chat with Al Jardine was much better, but still); I had the ... More >>

Salty Sow in Phoenix Could Use Some Spice

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out and let you know our initial impressions. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few items, and satisfying curiosities (yours and ours). Rest ... More >>

Beck's Song Reader To Get Local Treatment by Black Carl, Jim Adkins, Spirit Cave, and More

In case you've got the memory of Mr. Magoo, Beck's latest musical release wasn't an album. Instead, it was just a book of sheet music. Called Song Reader, the book includes over 100 pages of original artwork and 20 songs that Beck wants you to bring to life. Already dozens, perhaps hundreds, of folk ... More >>

Aaron Chamberlin's Phoenix Public Market Café to Open Late Spring

It's been nearly 10 months since the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar at Phoenix Public Market permanently closed its doors, and although St. Francis chef-owner Aaron Chamberlin acquired the building within a matter of days, he's had to do a bit of wrangling/finessing since then with Community Food Connec ... More >>

New Times Unveils Latest City App for iPhone and Android

Brand new versions of the Phoenix New Times apps are now available on iTunes and Google Play. The apps are loaded with new features. Check em out and download them now. Download the new app here.

New Times Unveils Latest City App for iPhone and Android

Brand new versions of the Phoenix New Times apps are now available on iTunes and Google Play. The apps are loaded with new features. Check em out and download them now.

New Times Unveils Latest City App for iPhone and Android

Brand new versions of the Phoenix New Times apps are now available on iTunes and Google Play. The apps are loaded with new features. Check em out and download them now.

Lunch Under $10 at Cheese 'N Stuff in Phoenix

Cheese 'N Stuff is pretty much the little deli that could. While every other neighboring business rose and fell with time, Cheese 'N Stuff has lasted for decades in Phoenix, distinguishing it as the oldest deli in town. Walking in underneath the iconic large globe sign, we stumbled into a time warp ... More >>

New Times and KUKQ Present: That Damn Show 2013, with Bad Religion, Awolnation, Against Me!, The Faint, and More

Phoenix New Times and KUKQ has partnered to resurrect a Phoenix festival tradition, That Damn Show. On Saturday, April 20, at Mesa Ampitheatre, Bad Religion, AWOLNATION, Against Me!, The Faint, Face to Face, Fenix*TX, Katastro, Passafire, HB Surround Sound, The Veragroove, Bend Sinister, Nomada, a ... More >>

Sir Richard Bishop Speaks About His "Constant State of Creation"

In this week's issue, we speak with guitarist Sir Richard Bishop, whose path from Phoenix and his days in the Sun City Girls has found him at the forefront of guitar experimentation from his home base in Seattle and around the world. Deftly blending and/or shifting between Middle Eastern ragas, saun ... More >>

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