When you’ve been crankin’ out wings for over 35 years, sometimes you just want to do something different. See also: – Sam Fox’s New Seafood Spot, Little Cleo’s, Opens at The Yard in North Central Phoenix – New Breakfast Spot, Snooze AM Eatery, Coming to Central Phoenix That’s what Ron…

Say it ain’t so, Pro’s. See also: – Ranch Market in Phoenix: What We Bought, What We Skipped, and What We’re Still Lusting Over – A Visual Tour Through Pro’s Ranch Market Pro’s Ranch Markets, the super-awesome California-based supermercado of Latin foodstuffs with 11 stores in Arizona, Texas, and Mexico…

Attention lovers of spherical, part cookie part cupcake, sweet treats: the whoopies have left the building. See also: – 12 AZ Chefs Create Limited Edition Flavors for The Gelato Spot – New Breakfast Spot, Snooze AM Eatery, Coming to Central Phoenix Whoopie Baking Company, the shop from Jennifer Brya and…

And then there was one. Joey’s of Chicago, the quick service restaurant of Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef, and burgers, has shuttered its Glendale location at 6738 West Bell Road. See also: – CLOSED: Sam Fox’s Modern Steak in Scottsdale – CLOSED: Davanti Enoteca in North Scottsdale Once a three-store…

For those who prefer their carb and protein loads delivered via a plastic foam container, there may not be a more perfect meal than the Hawaiian plate lunch. See also: – Chasing Amy: Overcooked Reality and the Decline of Western Civility – The Original ChopShop in Scottsdale Caters to the…

For those who prefer their carb and protein loads delivered via a plastic foam container, there may not be a more perfect meal than the Hawaiian plate lunch. Featuring a steaming mass of rice, a scoop of mayonnaise-heavy macaroni salad, and mountains of meat piled into a white Styrofoam takeout…

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…

Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. The right sandwich can make for a tasty quick lunch, no-cook dinner, or laid-back meal…

Looks like longtime Valley chef Eddie Matney may be in more hot water than anything he’ll cook up at his five-year-old restaurant, Eddie’s House, in Scottsdale. See also: – Gio Osso Will Open Virtù Honest Craft in Scottsdale June 7, with Grand Opening June 13 – Jeremy Pacheco of Lon’s…

Just shy of two weeks following the opening of Little Cleo’s, his new fish house and oyster bar at The Yard in north Central Phoenix, restaurateur Sam Fox has shuttered Modern Steak, his contemporary steakhouse in the Scottsdale Fashion Square. See also: – CLOSED: Davanti Enoteca in North Scottsdale -…

This Monday, Memorial Day, May 27, folks in Gilbert will be waking up to a new bakery in town. See also: – New Breakfast Spot, Snooze AM Eatery, Coming to Central Phoenix – Scottsdale’s Pomo Pizzeria Moving to Downtown Phoenix Kneaders Bakery & Cafe, a Utah-based franchise specializing in European-style…

Italian cuisine (or some form of it) has once again made its way into the space at Goldwater Boulevard and Indian School Road in Old Town Scottsdale. Perhaps the third time will be a charm. See also: – Ex-Kai Chef Michael O’Dowd Opens Renegade by Mod in Scottsdale This Friday…

A tall, thin man with long, gray hair and a pair of saggy but expensive jeans shakes the handles of two doors of a restaurant. Behind him is a handful of onlookers. His wife, in shorts with hands on hips, leans in and reads the restaurant’s hours posted on the…

Is the level of service at restaurants on the decline? Restaurant critic Alan Richman seems to think so and has accused several NYC restaurants of going too far out on the casual dining limb by providing careless service. See also: – Should the Food Industry Separate the Accomplishments of Female…

Even if you’ve never heard of chef Michael O’Dowd, you’ve most certainly heard of Kai, the AAA five-diamond and Forbes Travel Guide five-star restaurant that O’Dowd, during his 10-year reign at the culinary destination, put on the map. See also: – New Breakfast Spot, Snooze AM Eatery, Coming to Central…

Given that tonight is the start of her now-infamous restaurant’s “Grand Re-Opening,” not to mention the seemingly endless parade of what-the-fucks that have unfolded in the past few weeks (See: Kitchen Nightmares season finale and most epic online breakdown in history), it would appear Amy Bouzaglo of Amy’s Baking Company…

Editor’s note: After the insanity of the last two weeks, we decided that the Amy’s Baking Company saga desperately needed some context. New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld graciously complied. A tall, thin man with long, gray hair and a pair of saggy but expensive jeans shakes the handles of…

The city of Scottsdale takes another punch to the restaurant-scene gut today — and this one’s a doozy: Davanti Enoteca has shuttered after just nine months. See also: – CLOSED: Indulge Burgers & More in Scottsdale – CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale The fourth location of the Italian restaurant…

As part of the shit-show gift that keeps on giving, Rose+Moser+Allyn Public & Online Relations, the Scottsdale-based PR firm helmed by Jason Rose, has announced it has ended its relationship with Amy’s Baking Company — if you could even call it a relationship. The Scottsdale-based company picked up the controversial…

A Colorado import is making its Phoenix debut, breakfast-style, at 2045 East Camelback Road, in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Phoenix. See also: – Scottsdale’s Pomo Pizzeria Moving to Downtown Phoenix – Sam Fox’s New Seafood Spot, Little Cleo’s, Opens at The Yard in North Central Phoenix Set…

Cross off one less place in Scottsdale to score a burger made any way you wish. Indulge Burgers & More has shuttered. See also: – CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale – CLOSED: X-Tapa Joe’s in North Scottsdale Located at 10392 North Scottsdale Road, Indulge was opened nearly five years…