Sky Harbor Airport

Toddy Takedown: Press Coffee Roasters vs. Cartel Coffee Lab

Toddy-style brewed iced coffee is better than hot drip for a few reasons. First of all, the acidity levels are lower in cold-brewed coffee, making it more drinkable in those indigestion-filled crunch times. It's also higher in caffeine, which means you pretty much only need one cup to keep you going ... 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

Cowboy Ciao's Lester Gonzalez Dishes on His Kitchen Pet Peeve and His Grandmother's Tortillas

This is part two of our interview with Lester Gonzalez, comfort food enthusiast and Executive Chef at Cowboy Ciao. To catch up on Gonzalez's food truck fantasies and his take on the bacon obsession, check out part one of interview. See Also: Peter Kasperski Considers Using FnB Name in San Diego Ni ... More >>

Humble Pie in Peoria Now Open, Three More Locations on the Way

See also: Humble Pie Slowly Taking Over the Valley With Four More Locations See also: Humble Pie: Happy Hour Report Card Humble Pie, the locally owned casual pizza chain with four locations, has opened its fifth restaurant at 15703 North 83rd Avenue in Peoria (near the Peoria Sports Complex and at ... More >>

Barrio Queen Still Looking to Rule Scottsdale

See also: 92: Silvana Salcido Esparza and 10 Favorite Chefs in Metro Phoenix. This year has been a busy one for Valley taste maker Silvana Salcido Esparza. On the heels of opening two new restaurants (and closing one of them), she's celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Barrio Cafe and has recentl ... More >>

Humble Pie Slowly Taking Over the Valley With Four More Locations

Humble Pie, the locally owned casual pizza chain with four locations, has announced it will open a fifth restaurant in July with three more to follow, bringing its total number of pizza joints in the Valley to eight. Humble Pie's most recent opening was at Scottsdale's Kierland Village in February ... More >>

Paul Lindsay Promoted to Executive Chef at Chelsea's Kitchen

Lauren Saria​Paul Lindsay appears to be on the fast track at the La Grande Orange dynasty. On Monday, the former chef of La Grande Orange Pizzeria and the Arcadia Room was promoted to executive chef of Chelsea's Kitchen. Lindsay started at Chelsea's Kitchen before being transferred to LGO an ... More >>

Barrio Cafe, Cartel, LGO and More Ready to Take Off at Sky Harbor

IdeationA sneak peek at what's in store for Terminal 4.​Back in May, Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport announced their selection of HMS Host's locally-focused proposal for a new cache of restaurants inside Terminal 4 as the first of two restaurant "master concessionaire" contracts to be awarded for the ... More >>

TSA Responds to Sky Harbor Freak Out Video

​Since our earlier post about a Youtube video featuring a woman who freaked out at Sky Harbor International Airport, the Transportation Safety Administration has issued a response.In case you missed it, during a routine security pat down, the woman claims the TSA officer grabbed her breas ... More >>

June 3 In Blogs: E3, Keith Richards, Jobot Coffee, and the TSA

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

What's Cooking at Sky Harbor's Terminal 4?

Sky Harbor AirportBig changes are in store for Terminal 4.​Changes are happening over at Sky Harbor International Airport, and we're not just talking about the otherworldly metal arches that recently went up at 44th Street and Washington in preparation for the PHX Sky Train. The grub offered insid ... More >>

Kaneko's Dango

See enormous ceramics at Bentley

Center Stage

Whoa. Has it really been twenty years?

Sky Harbor Luggage Thief Gets Prison Time

Stacy King​The Phoenix woman who stole more than 1,000 pieces of luggage from Sky Harbor Airport last year was in court this morning, where she was sentenced to prison time and probation for the thefts.Maricopa Superior Court Judge Paul McMurdie sentenced 39-year-old Stacy King to three-and-a-half ... More >>

Goldwater Institute Report: Property Tax Exemptions Shift Burden to Taxpayers

​The Goldwater Institute released a new study today that argues property tax exemptions for large, metropolitan development projects are forcing cities to raise taxes on citizens to compensate for lost revenue.According to the report, the city of Phoenix has about $2 billion worth of property that ... More >>

Flight Attendants for US Air to Picket at Sky Harbor Friday

​Flight attendants for US Airways aren't too thrilled with some of the working conditions after the 2005 merger with America West Airlines and they plan to let management know Friday morning, when they picket at Sky Harbor Airport.

Hot Links: Pot Bust, H1N1 Death, and a Two-Headed Baby

​A Douglas man was arrested at the U.S. port of entry with almost 700 pounds of marijuana Sunday night. The unnamed man, 20, was driving an F-150 truck loaded with pot, and was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement...An English teacher at Higley and Williams Field high schools has ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 17, 2009

Art Burn: Artists Get More Than a Coffee Break at Gold Bar Espresso

We've often wondered what it takes to get one's art displayed at local restaurants. Money? Notoriety? Clearly, if you're trying to bust into the likes of Malee's or District American Kitchen, you'll need representation via the galleries they've partnered up with. This (almost) guarantees the re ... More >>

Hot Links: Border Tunnels, Wind Turbines, and Dr. Burger

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 53 illegal immigrants on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation Friday, while a separate incident lead to the discovery of a smuggling tunnel, fifty feet north of the border in Nogales. The tunnel is the 11th tunnel near the border to be discovered since October 200 ... More >>

Swine Flu: Arizona on the Lookout for "Inevitable" Cases of New Virus

  Image: Wikimedia CommonsDoctors and clinicians across the state are preparing for what one official called the "fairly inevitable" discovery of a new strain of swine flu in Arizona.See: Shots of the Swine Flu's impact on Mexico City in this slide show. No sign of the virus that has killed ... More >>

Hot Links: Obama at Dobson High School, Richardson Suspended, Flight Crew Busted

President Obama will give his speech on economic woes at Dobson High School tomorrow, reportedly because he wants to see an area hit hard by home foreclosures, and for its easy access to the US 60 freeway and Sky Harbor Airport. Never hurts to have a quick getaway route, we guess...Speaking of quick ... More >>

Arizona Cardinals Return Home

Jonathan McNamara It would take more than a Super Bowl loss to prevent the Arizona Cardinals from receiving a hero's welcome at Sky Harbor Airport on the afternoon after their defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers. A few thousand dedicated fans with the luxury of leaving their respective jobs at ar ... More >>

Pittsburgh Steelers Fans Lash Out at Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon for Terrible Towel Diss. Go Phil!

  Hell hath no fury like  Steelers fans, dissed. One day after a Cardinals rally at Sky Harbor Airport, where  Mayor Phil Gordon stomped on one of the Steelers' signature "Terrible Towels," the mayor's getting slammed on Pittsburgh talk radio -- and bombarded w ... More >>

Current art shows, exhibitions and installations

Hollywood needs to unlearn what it's learned about Latinos

Current exhibitions, shows, and installations

Current Shows, Exhibits and Installations

Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations

Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations

Reviews of current exhibits, shows and installations

Witnesses of Carol Anne Gotbaum's arrest allege police brutality.

Art Scene

Current exhibitions, installations, and shows

Urban Legends

Continents get cozy

Alienated

Outraged citizens hold Mexicans at gunpoint in a church. Andy Thomas applauds such vigilantism as patriotic -- again

BEST PLACE TO MEET THE DOM OF YOUR DREAMS

The Den of Iniquity

Art Scene

A look at five Valley art exhibits.

Art Scene

Reviews by Gina Cavallo Collins and Kathleen Vanesian

Art Scene

A peek at five Valley exhibits

Power Vacuum

Arizona's letting the Big Three utilities steal countless millions from us by standing in the way of solar energy

Fly-By Right

Now that's food good enough to carry-on any flight

Tao Jones

Free your senses from desire with authenticity

Best Stadium

Sun Devil Stadium

On Guard

State's resources woefully inadequate for regulating private security guards

Thrill of the Grill

There's nothing brisk about brisket Texas-style

Best Tempe-to-downtown Shortcut

State Road 153

Primary Colors

A Phoenix City Council race is pitting Hispanic hopes against black history

Taco Belle

Terminal Condition

Finding Glory at the Phoenix Greyhound bus station

Flashes