The Breakfast Club

Detention Span

Want a Vague Idea of Midnight's Children? See the Movie!

10 Places in Metro Phoenix to Get Great Pancakes

Despite our mother's best advice about breakfast, most of us give the all-important first meal of the day short shrift during the work week. We gulp down sugary cereal, grab a granola bar (which probably shouldn't be considered food, much less breakfast), or just settle for a few thousand cups of co ... More >>

High School Times

Flashback Friday: Factories Talk the '80s

Where we're going, we don't need roads; just a synthesizer, eyeliner, and a touch of androgyny. Welcome to Flashback Friday. In case you missed it, Google commemorated the 78th birthday of electronic music pioneer, Bob Moog, with a wicked-cool doodle earlier this week. Moog left his mark on the w ... More >>

Chow Bella's Top Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of new Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in thi ... More >>

New Breakfast and Lunch Spot Comes to Old Town By Way of San Francisco

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. 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 item ... More >>

Aaron May's Praying Monk Opens as Vitamin T Closes

Chef-restaurateur Aaron May got a little surprise late last week from RED Development, the commercial real estate company behind CityScape in downtown Phoenix. The larger-than-life owner of Vitamin T, a taco shop situated on the east end of the mixed-use complex, was locked out of his space after a ... More >>

Our Lady of Cupcake Takes on Sprinkles

Cupcakes have been the golden child of the baking scene for years. They're cute, they're miniature, they're easy to love. Enter Lisa Even and Katie True of Our Lady of Cupcake. They're shaking up the typical cupcake facade with wicked awesome recipes such as the salted caramel frosted and pretzel ... More >>

Happy Birthday Arizona: 100 Songs that Define Arizona, Pt. 3

Draplin Design Co.​Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, we've rounded up sound clips for (almost) everything featured in our list, and will be rolling them out over the ... More >>

100 Years of Music That Defined Arizona

SHINE: Eat

The Breakfast Club, The Strand, and a Chipotle Coming to Downtown's CityScape

Jamie PeacheyThe Breakfast Club and Barrista Bar in Scottsdale will open its second location on November 14.​CityScape, downtown's newest highrise (and ongoing restaurant scene saga) of residential, retail, office, and hotel components, has announced three new restaurants opening in the coming ... More >>

Huauchinango's Poblano Cuisine Will Leave You Saying "Holy Mole"

The Strand Urban Italian, Silk Asian Chop House and More Coming Soon to Downtown Phoenix

Carol Blonder​ The Downtown Phoenix Partnership unveiled the second annual Downtown Dining Guide Wednesday at the recently opened Westin Phoenix Downtown. It was a chance to graze on offerings from six downtown restaurants and learn about what's up next for the downtown  dining "district," ... More >>

Terri Director Azazel Jacobs Moves Beyond the Labels

Terri: In Which a High School Outcast Finds His Place

Spring Training Eats: Old Town Scottsdale

Via cactusleague.arizonatourism.com​As Cactus League games are just kicking in, people who obsess about baseball as much as this restaurant critic obsesses about food are finding themselves with rumbling bellies, wondering what places to hit up in the vicinity of their favorite spring training bal ... More >>

2010 Redux: Culinary Happenings

Crudo dished up beautiful plates of fish at the Devoured culinary fest.​In the spirit of tying up loose ends, we're recapping some of our favorite food-related finds of the year. We've already looked back on the Best Books, Battle of the Dishes, Just Offal, the Best R ... More >>

Silver Agonistes

Is there a psychoanalyst in the house?

Shine 2010: Where to Eat in Scottsdale

The Crepes of Wrath: Cupz N' Crepes vs. Sandwich Club

Sometimes the best cure for a rough week (or the dreaded Monday blahs) is an international escape. When you can't literally hop a plane, the next best thing is to indulge in a foreign treat. My personal favorite are crepes, the wafer-thin stuffed pancakes that originated in Northern France ... More >>

Tilted Kilt Joins the CityScape Roster

​The Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery is the latest business to sign on with the CityScape project, joining 14 other eateries in the works. This suburban chain with locations in Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Peoria will make the jump to Phoenix proper in the fall of 2010. The Tilted Kilt brings a ... More >>

Silk Joins CityScape Restaurant Lineup

​Sushi restaurants are clearly not evenly distributed in the Valley. I can think of at least half a dozen, off the top of my head, that are in or around Old Town Scottsdale, but downtown Phoenix only has one, Moira Sushi. Later this summer, though, a new spot called Silk will bring the numb ... More >>

More Indie Breakfast Spots, Convenient Banh Mi, and Other Culinary Wishes for 2010

John Hughes Film Festival

Detention Shoppers

John Bender and crew live on at Biltmore’s Movies in the Park

The Spirit of '76

Pop-Culture Club

Rose & Crown series is some kind of wonderful

East of Edamame

Taste of Temari's food doesn't live up to its looks