This week we say goodbye to June and ring in July with late night ice cream, mai tai day dinner, your new favorite Indian cuisine, puffy tacos, and a pub crawl, all happening around Metro Phoenix June 26th-July 2nd.
Not everything that goes into my mouth ends up in a review or article, but some things are just too good not to share.
In an interesting summer move, some Phoenix shops are increasing their hours, rather than reducing them. This week alone saw two popular cafes up their business hours.
With the temperatures peaking at 120 degrees this week, a long and tired tradition of trying to cook things on the sidewalk or asphalt has again reared its sweaty head here in the Valley. Experiment if you must, but please, for the love of God, don’t eat it.
After opening their fourth branch at McDowell Mountain in North Scottsdale earlier this month, Vig owners Tucker Woodbury and Jim Riley sold their Fillmore location on 4th Avenue in Phoenix for $2.3 million.
Phoenix New Times and the Tempe Marketplace are hosting the 4th Annual Beer Olympics on Friday, August 18th from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. and though tickets don’t go on sale to the public until June 26th at 10 a.m., starting today, New Times readers can buy their tickets online early.
The city has one more hotel restaurant — and a pretty one, at that.
Phoenix Food Events 6/19-6/25: Huss Happy Hour, Hello Kitty Cafe, Taco Tuesday, a Gluten Free Expo, and an Herbal Wellness class, should all be on your to-do list this week in the Valley.
The Swedes famously celebrate Midsummer with fabulous outdoor feasts of Nordic delicacies. Here in Phoenix, it’s a little too warm for an outdoor fete, but that isn’t stopping IKEA from hosting a Midsummer Smörgåsbord today at their store in Tempe.
The James Beard Foundation is hosting a national contest that invites chefs from around the country to create a more sustainable burger, composed of at least 25 percent chopped mushroom in place of meat. This year there are four Arizona restaurants in the competition: Charro Steak and Lindy’s on 4th from Tuscon, and two Goodyear contestants, Eagle’s Nest and Toscana’s.
This year an all-star lineup of 10 mixologists and nearly two dozen sweets makers will be participating and flexing their creative culinary muscles. Though you probably already known many of them from their posts at top bars, restaurants, and sweet shops, but we wanted to get to the know these talented dudes a bit better before meeting them face to face at the event on June 17.
The McDowell Market opened recently on McDowell Road in Phoenix, providing the neighborhood with an organic produce and meat ordering system, organic convenience items, a local, fair trade coffee shop, a bilingual bookstore, a funky home decor shop, and a great neighborhood place to hang out.
Father’s Day deals, Sips and Sweets 2017, free food and more food and drink events happening in Metro Phoenix from Monday, June 12 to Sunday, June 18.
The flurry of restaurant openings across the Valley continues this week with the launch of Carolina’s Mexican Food in Mesa, Pita Jungle in Queen Creek, When in Rome in Scottsdale, Wine & Design in North Scottsdale, and The Organic Bean Cafe in downtown Mesa.
Sips & Sweets 2017 is right around the corner. Before the event, get to know a gourmet caramel maker, two doughnut masters, a high-profile Marriott pastry chef, chocolate gurus, and one of Phoenix’s best bartenders, before meeting them in person on June 17.
Pizza People Pub is shuttering on Sunday and The Original Wineburger is moving at the end of the month.
Sips & Sweets 2017 is a mere two weeks away (get your tickets here at a discounted rate of $15 per ticket from now through Saturday, while supplies last), so in case you aren’t excited enough already for June 17, we wanted to introduce you to a few of the badass babes flexing their drink-slinging, pastry-baking, confection-making skills.
Hash Kitchen has confirmed that they have a new Arcadia location in the works and it is expected to open in fall 2017.
Posh Restaurant in Scottsdale closes after eight years. Joshua Hebert plans to replace it with Chef’s Lounge this summer.
The new El Panzon y Frida brings a refined, playful late night dining option to Old Town Scottsdale
Once you know what to order, Iranian food might be your new favorite cuisine. We break down how to eat it, where to find it, and what to order.
Enter to win free food and beer in honor of Phoenix Ale Brewery Central Kitchen’s first anniversary.
