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South Phoenix

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Tamale Dinner at Corona Ranch Tonight Benefits Friendly House

    If you have a hankering for some Mexican food and don't already have plans tonight, might we suggest tamales and a show in South Phoenix. The 77th Annual Friendly House Tamale Dinner is tonight from 5 to 9 at Corona Ranch Rodeo Grounds.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2011

    The Five Most Memorable Things I Put in My Mouth in 2011

    ​That's right, laugh it up. Although the title of this post wasn't my idea, I did consume a fair share of noteworthy eats in 2011. Whether crazy-delicious, crazy-exotic, or just crazy-crazy, many have managed to make quite an impression. Here are five of the most significant. ​5. Pan-Seared ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Moist Brisket from Texas BBQ House

    ​Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we're back - with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 14: Moist Brisket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    In Season: Eggs

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Eggs Jennifer Woods​ Ok, so eggs are "in season" most all of the time -- though production varies throught the year. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    In Season: Amaranth Greens

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Amaranth Greens Jennifer Woods​ Amaranth has come into favor with the healthful properties of the seeds (which can be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    In Season: Purslane

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Purslane/Verdolagas Jennifer WoodsPurslane in the dirt​ Purslane is the fancy schmancy succulent weed that you see at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    In Season: Sweet Onions

    Kelly Saxer Sweet Onion from Desert Roots Farm ​Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Sweet Onions They are sweet enough to be eaten like an apple - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    In Season: Okra

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Okra http://www.cookthink.com/​ Hey, y'all. Are you hungry for some okra? Okra is one of those vegetables that you e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Requiem for a Super Middleweight

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Okra http://www.cookthink.com/​ Hey, y'all. Are you hungry for some okra? Okra is one of those vegetables that you e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    In Season: Cucumbers

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce.This week's harvest: Cucumbers Jennifer Woods The cute little Kirby cucumber, perfect for pickles.​ Cucumbers are not just for slicing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    In Season: Sweet Corn

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Sweet corn Jennifer Woods​ Did you know that you could hear the corn growing when it was quiet and still - especially ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    If You Know Who Threatened 12-Year-Old With Knife, You Could Get $1,000

    Police say this guy threatened a 12-year-old with a knife.​An unidentified man threatened a 12-year-old girl with a knife last month, and if you know who he is, you could get a thousand bucks.The suspect is described only as a Hispanic male, 25-40 years old, about 5-foot-5 or 5-foot-6 and 160-180 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Alleged South Phoenix Rapist Set House on Fire After Assault on Girl. Pregnant Fiancee Says He's Being Framed

    Dejuan Donaldson​A great way to draw attention to a house in which you just got done anally raping a child is to set it on fire, which is exactly what Phoenix police say 18-year-old Dejuan Donaldson, the alleged south Phoenix rapist, did last month.Donaldson's been hit with a laundry list of crime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    In Season: Artichokes

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Artichokes Jennifer WoodsArtichokes, a red-winged black bird, and part of the Phoenix skyline​ It's artichoke sea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    In Season: Carrots

    Whether you're a CSA devotee, a farmers' market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we'll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week's harvest: Carrots ​Jennifer Woods​ Easter is this month and with the bunny coming and all, we thought we'd feature the beloved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Richard Chrisman BBQ at PLEA Offices Protested

    Protesters berate cops coming out of the Chrisman BBQCops and other attendees had to run the gauntlet today at a BBQ/fundraiser for fired, killer-cop Richard Chrisman, held in an underground enclosure at the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, the powerful police union that reps rank and file Phoen ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2011

    Dream Weaver

    Protesters berate cops coming out of the Chrisman BBQCops and other attendees had to run the gauntlet today at a BBQ/fundraiser for fired, killer-cop Richard Chrisman, held in an underground enclosure at the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, the powerful police union that reps rank and file Phoen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    American Kennel Club Announces Valley's Most Popular Dog Breeds -- Assuming You Don't Live in the Hood

    www.sodahead.comThis guy isn't quite posh enough to be counted in the American Kennel Club's list of the country's most popular pooches.​The American Kennel Club released its list of "the most popular dogs in the U.S.A.," and Valley residents, it turns out, have a thing for Labrador Retrievers, Ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Taco the Town: Caldo de Res at Pitic

    Erica O'Neil A steaming hot bowl of caldo de res from Pitic in South Phoenix. In a town where the chimichanga is king, we stuff our faces with Meximerican fare, forgetting what a bevy awaits us -- if we only look. Really hard. Consider Taco the Town your passport to the stranger (a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Opened and Closed Restaurant Roundup

    Jobot Coffee now open on 5th just south of Roosevelt ​Holy cow it's November already?! Here is your roundup of all the new restaurants that joined our fair city in the month of October and a couple we had to say goodbye to.  RESTAURANTS OPENING IN OCTOBERJobot Coffee, DowntownChaka Chak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Jan Brewer for President Comment at Military Conference Raises Eyebrows

    Odd moment recently at the symposium for the Arizona Coalition for Military Families, which we attended at a conference center in south Phoenix.   ​Joey Strickland, director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services, was giving a nice little speech about how Arizon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Rick Romley Seeks Hate Crime Enhancement for White-on-Brown Shooting in South Phoenix

    Alleged killer Gary Kelley now facing hate crime enhancement in a South Phoenix shootingThe Maricopa County Attorney's Office has confirmed that prosecutors will seek a hate crime enhancement against Gary Kelley in the May 6 shooting death of Juan Varela in a South Phoenix neighborhood.Kelley, an An ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2010

    Return to Sender: The Feds, Fueled by Local Anti-Immigration Hostility, Are Draining Talented Undocumented Youth into Mexico

    Alleged killer Gary Kelley now facing hate crime enhancement in a South Phoenix shootingThe Maricopa County Attorney's Office has confirmed that prosecutors will seek a hate crime enhancement against Gary Kelley in the May 6 shooting death of Juan Varela in a South Phoenix neighborhood.Kelley, an An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Battle of the Cuban Sandwiches

    Babaloos Cuban Cafe vs. Havana Cafe Created by immigrant laborers at the turn of the 20th century, the Cuban Sandwich is a tasty alternative to Plain Jane ham and cheese. Some versions have salami, some have lettuce and tomato, but the basics are the same: pork, spiced ham, cheese and pickles on toa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Recent Restaurant Closures

    ​July was yet another tough month for the local restaurant scene. Among the recent casualties were the high-profile SouthBridge eatery, Canal; CenPho Belgian spot Trente-Cinq 35, and Richardson's, a local institution that was destroyed by fire. Next door to Richardson's, newcomer Luci's Heal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2009

    Cops Arrest Three in Phoenix Home Invasion Slaying; Grieving Family Fosters Children of Imprisoned "Vegans"

    Police arrested three men today in connection with the slaying of an aspiring law student who was apparently the victim of mistaken identity in a home invasion.Bilal Russell, 24, was gunned down on January 14 after opening to the door of his home near 500 E. Euclid to three strangers, crashing throu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Phoenix Man Gets 46 Years for Drugs and Shooting Another Man in Foot, Leg

    "Crawl, punk!" the man known as "Mississippi" yelled, reloading his 20-gauge after blasting a man in the right foot. Then, according to a  news release by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' office, the 62-year-old man fired again, striking his victim in the left leg. The scene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    One-Stop Shopping: Cops Say Tire Store Owner Linked to Robberies, Home Invasions and Cockfighting

    How do folks do it these days? You know, run a small business, keep a stable of thugs in line, figure out which home to invade next and still save energy for Saturday night's big cockfighting event? Just thinking about all the work that police say went into operating a south Phoenix tire shop make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Underground All-ages Music Venue The Chamber Closing Next Week

    How do folks do it these days? You know, run a small business, keep a stable of thugs in line, figure out which home to invade next and still save energy for Saturday night's big cockfighting event? Just thinking about all the work that police say went into operating a south Phoenix tire shop make ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 26, 2008

    Guitar Hero

    Former Phoenix cop is now rockin’ SoPo

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Nine tips to take your strip club experience to the next level

    Former Phoenix cop is now rockin’ SoPo

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Breathless

    Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 28, 2006

    Caribbean Queen

    Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Letters

    Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 30, 2005

  • Dining

    August 5, 2004

    Snow Day

    Family traditions find their way to Oasis Raspados' offerings

  • Dining

    September 18, 2003

    Federico's de Broadway

    No one strikes out on this dance floor

  • Dining

    July 3, 2003

    Boxing Selena

    A KO for entertainment

  • Dining

    April 10, 2003

    Corn Stalking

    Mexican kernals equal culinary art

  • Dining

    January 2, 2003

    Inn Sync

    New resort restaurants set a tony table

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best Break Into Stardom By A Local Musician

    Buddy Strong

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 26, 2002

    Best 24-Hour Restaurant

    Hap's Real Pit BBQ

  • Dining

    November 23, 2000

    Grill Instructor

    Lessons from Mad Coyote Joe

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Green Corn Tamales

    Carolina's Mexican Food
    1202 East Mohave
    602-252-1503

  • Best of Phoenix

    September 21, 2000

    Best Nueva Mexican Restaurant

    Norman's Arizona
    4410 North 40th Street
    602-956-2288

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Canal Knowledge

    Cruising the Valley's irrigation system with the zanjeros, ditch riders of the old Southwest

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Net Loss

    Twenty years ago-- as gangs began their rise in the valley-shortsighted civic leaders slashed youth programs. Today's troubled kids are still paying the price.

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    Larry Jack's Second Shot

    He survived two bullets in the face from a man he claims killed five in South Phoenix last month

  • News

    January 11, 1996

    Young Fife: The Lost First Decade

    He may have gone to Harvard and been elected governor. But did J. Fife Symington III spend his early years on the poor side of Phoenix?

  • News

    October 13, 1994

    THE POLICE STRANGLEHOLD ON ED MALLET'S FIANCEE

    He may have gone to Harvard and been elected governor. But did J. Fife Symington III spend his early years on the poor side of Phoenix?

  • News

    September 15, 1993

    THE DOCTOR IS OUT SOUTH PHOENIX'S JESSE OWENS CENTER PLANS TO ELIMINATE TRAUMA TREATMENT

    He may have gone to Harvard and been elected governor. But did J. Fife Symington III spend his early years on the poor side of Phoenix?

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