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Robot FOOD: Phoenix's Local Vegan Bakery...With Doughnuts!

Robot FOOD is now open in the Valley to change the stigma against vegan baking. They're not just going vegan for their love of animals. Instead, they're about all natural, nutritious food that also happens to be indulgently delicious.

Jake Dean at Sushi Roku

Zach Fowle Jake Dean ​At the front of the swanky W Hotel, sits Sushi Roku (7277 E. Camelback Rd., 480-970-2121). Soft jazz plays over the speakers while fishing net-style ceiling pieces, wood floors and walls decorated with rope combine to make the place look like an ultra-modern Japan ... More >>

51: Toro Tartare at Sushi Roku

​Hungry yet?We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit o ... More >>

Club Candids: Phoenix Fashion Week Spring Preview at the W Hotel

Adriane GoetzIn their spring best at the W Hotel in Scottsdale.​Phoenix Fashion Week 2010 kicked off Thursday night at the W Hotel in Scottsdale. Fashionable folks sipped pricey cocktails as they waited (and waited ... see Wynter Holden's review) for the show to begin. Check out the scene in o ... More >>

Phoenix Fashion Week Spring Preview: 'W' is for Wait

​Does anything run on schedule anymore? We've heard of "theatre time," in which shows from the lamest high school production to Broadway showstoppers start fifteen minutes after curtain. Then there's "poet time," a lame excuse to hold the start of a spoken word show until there's a ... More >>

7 Reasons to Attend Phoenix Twestival on Friday

​The talk of the town -- in the Twitterverse, that is -- is this Friday night's Phoenix Twestival 2009, a massive tweet-up (um, meet-up, in Twitter-speak) for charity. From 6 to 9 p.m. on September 11, guests will get to meet, greet, tweet, and eat at Aloft Tempe in the name of compass ... More >>

Sonny Long Is a Legend in His Own Mind

​The talk of the town -- in the Twitterverse, that is -- is this Friday night's Phoenix Twestival 2009, a massive tweet-up (um, meet-up, in Twitter-speak) for charity. From 6 to 9 p.m. on September 11, guests will get to meet, greet, tweet, and eat at Aloft Tempe in the name of compass ... More >>

Aloft and W XYZ Grand Opening in Tempe

Jonathan McNamara See more shots from the Aloft Grand Opening in our slide show. It's quiz time. Last night we checked out a swanky bar with kickin' tunes and an amazing outdoor lounge area. Where were we? Time's up. The answer: a hotel; the first hotel newly constructed in Tempe in th ... More >>

Feb. 16 In Blogs: NBA All-Star Game, Napolitano, Limp Bizkit and More

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced D ... More >>

Hollywood Heartthrob: How a Lucky Break and a Lot of Cash Made the Band

We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: 2009 NBA All-Star Game: Defense (For a Change), Jumpshots, and Forced D ... More >>

The Five Underground New Year's Eve Bashes No One's Told You About

Check out the Drunken Immortals at tonight's "Maybe 2009 Will Be Better" event in Tempe. The biggest party night of the entire calendar (a.k.a. New Year's Eve) is upon us. Anywhere and everywhere you go tonight is bound to have some kind of shindig going on. Scottsdale will have the swankiness g ... More >>

OutKast's Andre 3000 acts up with Will Ferrell in Semi-Pro

Check out the Drunken Immortals at tonight's "Maybe 2009 Will Be Better" event in Tempe. The biggest party night of the entire calendar (a.k.a. New Year's Eve) is upon us. Anywhere and everywhere you go tonight is bound to have some kind of shindig going on. Scottsdale will have the swankiness g ... More >>