Small Business

Mayor Phil Gordon hides behind his mummy and practically runs away from this reporter at the PHX State of the City address.

As if you needed another excuse to support a local restaurant

Baristas, Bartenders and Bouncers: Pocket full of Benjis

Calling all locavores, shopaholics, and foodies on a budget

PARTY POOPER

NOT EVEN MTV AND THOUSANDS OF DRUNKEN KIDS CAN TURN WASTE-TAINTED LAKE HAVASU INTO A SPRING-BREAK MECCA

HOMELESS ON THE RANGE

GOP leaders want local governments to run social programs and charities to assume more of the burden. Neither idea is working in Kingman, where no good deed goes unpunished.

Missing Links

Tempe council challengers seek access to city's popular Web site

Insurance, Business Lobbies Loco . . . over attempts to reform health maintenance organizations

Tempe council challengers seek access to city's popular Web site

Tax Breaks Thicker Than Thieves ... when industry sidles over for a handout

Tempe council challengers seek access to city's popular Web site

Adios ... Again

Small businesses continue to flee downtown Tempe. Restaurant Mexico is the latest.

Best Place To Buy New CDs

Tower Records at Desert Ridge

BEST ANTI-CHAIN GANG

Arizona Chain Reaction

BEST TEE SHIRT STORE

Shirts 'n' Things

BEST VINTAGE SHOPPING ON A BUDGET

Michael Todd's Furniture

So Long, Soma Cafe

By Michele Laudig Here's a real head-scratcher. The seemingly successful Soma Cafe, at Tatum and Shea, unexpectedly closed its doors over the weekend. According to one of my colleagues (who was a Soma regular to the point that it was like his second office), there was a note on the door yesterday ... More >>

"Mill Ave Inc." Documentary Available on DVD

Valley residents have often bemoaned the gentrification of Mill Avenue. Up until the late 1990s, the Tempe strip was a cultural mecca of mom-and-pop shops and rock clubs. But when corporate entities started moving in, landlords started raising the rent on retail spaces, forcing small business off Mi ... More >>

Mill Ave. Inc.

Valley residents have often bemoaned the gentrification of Mill Avenue. Up until the late 1990s, the Tempe strip was a cultural mecca of mom-and-pop shops and rock clubs. But when corporate entities started moving in, landlords started raising the rent on retail spaces, forcing small business off Mi ... More >>

Thy Bidwell Be Done

Sucking up to the king of futility

Magical History Tour

Those who remember the past are doomed to celebrate the future

Mill Street Blues

How gentrification killed mom and pop

Garden Party

Celebrating 70 years of green in a dirt-brown town

March Madness

Everybody loves a weird parade

Phoenix Rising?

A peek at the future cityscape

Matt's Big Hassle

Three years ago, Mayor-elect Phil Gordon promised to make it easier for small businesses to renovate old buildings. But the problems faced by one indie restaurateur show that, if anything, it's harder than ever

Fever Pitch

Changes of venue

You Say You Wanna Resolution . . .

Well, you know, we all want to change careers

Colangelo Eats Crow

ASU President Michael Crow's emergence provides Phoenix a preferable alternative to Jerry

Death of Cool

As Phoenix considers how to revitalize its downtown, leaders should note how Tempe murdered Mill Avenue's soul

Thug Love

As long as the Godfather's gangsters roam City Hall, will Jerry's reign ever be over?

Operation Mickey Mouse

Could downtown Phoenix get more soulless? Yep! Check out Jerry Colangelo's secret plan.

Sorry, We're Closed

Downtown businesses are struggling to stay afloat

Speech Therapy

Richard Florida jump-starts downtown dialogue

Jerry's World

Jerry Colangelo and his pals have gobbled up the lion’s share of public development dollars. If downtown’s to be saved, City Hall’s got to share the wealth.

Paying the Price

Major gas companies are driving away independent station operators, all in the name of greed

Night & Day

November 19 - 25, 1998

Public Theatre

Public relations firms wrote a script for overcoming opposition to Sumitomo's new silicon-wafer plant. City and state officials learned their lines well.

Saturday Night Special

Al Page’s soiree ain’t fancy, but it bangs

This Week: Shop Local, Eat Local for Independents Week

You want to see locally owned restaurants thrive? Put your money where your mouth is. The folks at Local First Arizona would be happy to help. Once again, they've organized dozens of local businesses for the annual Independents Week -- going on now through July 5. Visit the website, and you can ... More >>

Holiday Mixer @ ASU Art Museum

You want to see locally owned restaurants thrive? Put your money where your mouth is. The folks at Local First Arizona would be happy to help. Once again, they've organized dozens of local businesses for the annual Independents Week -- going on now through July 5. Visit the website, and you can ... More >>

Deputies Raid Chicanos Por La Causa Building, Take Boxes of Papers Out; Protest Sought by Activists

Deputies are taking boxes of files from the Chicanos Por La Causa buildings at 11th Street and Buckeye Road as the group's supporters prepare for a possible anti-Sheriff-Joe-Arpaio demonstration. (See update below -- a demonstration is now looking less likely). A regional conference of Chicanos Por ... More >>

Rumors of Tiger Woods Going to Wickenburg for Sex Rehab Could Boost Business

​If Tiger Woods winds up in Wickenburg for rehab over his apparent sexual compulsion and pill addiction, local businesses are ready. As the rumor mill seems to suggest, Tiger would be checking into the Meadows Rehabilitation Center in Wickenburg just after New Year's, and despite be ... More >>

Get [Pot]lucky

Downtown coffeeshops show off their stuff

Closed For Business: That's Italiano

​Farewell to a longstanding neighborhood Italian spot. Just got wind of the recent closure of That's Italiano, the mom-and-pop restaurant on Indian School (3737 E. Indian School) that was popular with the nearby Arcadia crowd for its homey pastas, live music, and old-school ambiance. Isn't th ... More >>

Stay Comm

Join the American Latino Renaissance

Karl Rove, "War Criminal," Feted by Phoenix's Business Elite

Where does America go from here, Karl? Hey, maybe we could invade some Middle-Eastern country unnecessarily and kill a bunch of people. Oh, snap, we already did that.The first thing that sprang to mind when I got the above flier in my e-mail in-box announcing that "Bush's Brain" Karl Rove will be sp ... More >>

Friends with Benefits

Score some new pals at The Living Room

Russell Pearce, Phil Gordon, D-Backs and even New Times to Crowd the Arrogant Butcher

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

West and Wild

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

Crash Course

http://www.etsy.com/shop/YeeHaw?ref=seller_info​It's being billed as "one of the most comprehensive series of grand opening events in Valley restaurant history," but to be honest, the line-up for Sam Fox's Arrogant Butcher is giving us a serious case of heartburn. Jason Rose -- the pu ... More >>

Utah Compact's Sister Arizona Accord Argues for Humane Immigration Solutions

AZEIRJulie Erfle, speaking on behalf of the Arizona Accord at the state CapitolAs I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the "Arizona Accord," was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a rational, humane approach ... More >>