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. 51: Pho…

“Thwack!” . . . “Thwack! Thwack!” ??? “Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!” One doesn’t go to Wahsun for elegantly plated Asian fare in an upscale atmosphere. One goes to Wahsun to hear someone chopping the shit out of a crispy-skin roasted pork belly before they deliver it to your table…

Is there no getting out of the cupcake mob? “Every time I try to get out, they pull me back in.” — AHHHHH! CUPCAKE GODFATHER! As much as I’d like to pass this one up, I simply cannot. Seriously, a hot fudge root beer float cupcake? With root beer frosting?…

Tina’s coming back, and I can’t wait to see her again. Tina Tamrat Hildebrand, owner and chef of Tina’s Ethiopian Cafe, unexpectedly shut down her cozy little Chandler eatery in 2008 after four years in the business. Tina acted as chef and server to many devoted patrons hungry for dishes…

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. 53: Chocolate…

Payton Curry, step it up. Bernie Kantak, I’m callin’ you out. Silvana Salcido Esparza, time to kick some ass. Seems as if the producers of the Emmy award-winning Top Chef are putting together a potential new cooking-related series for Bravo — and they need new blood. With qualifications that include…

Looks like Sweet Republic, the artisan ice cream haven in Scottsdale, has caught the attention of the national media — and it hasn’t been the first time. Prior to celebrating their third birthday last month, Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung’s cool labor of love was listed as one of the…

Look, I’m no expert when it comes to real estate for restaurants (my idea for a neighborhood bar next to a Mormon temple failed miserably), but when I walked out of Over Easy in Arcadia a few days ago and walked past a “coming soon” new coffee shop just one…

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. 54: Chicken…

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. 55: The…

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. 56: Caribbean…

Ask the folks who’ve been there what they think about Robbie Fox’s Public House, and you’ll hear about the lively atmosphere, a party-perfect outdoor patio, and an amazing happy hour — all hallmarks of a good pub. But Robbie Fox’s wants to be more than just a great bar; it…

Yesterday, I received a tip that something big was happening in Tempe — literally. So, last night I checked it out, and man was it ever. Taco Migo opened up about two weeks ago on Baseline Road in what used to be an abandoned lot across from Arizona Mills mall…

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. 57: Italian…

My Fit Foods, a take-out operation for fresh, healthy, pre-portioned meals and snacks, is opening its first location in Arizona at The Shops at Gainey Village in Scottsdale, the Phoenix Business Journal reports. The Houston-based company, with over 33 locations in Texas, is owned by personal trainer and certified nutritionist,…

Trader Vic’s, the chic, tiki-fied eatery of Polynesian fare at the Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale will be saying “Aloha” (in the goodbye sense) on July 30. After the hotel’s rehab in December of 2005, Trader Vic’s was brought back to life from its previous home on the corner of…

So the Pink Spot, the all-day breakfast, coffee, and scoop joint in Phoenix, is carrying lobster ice cream through the month of July. And before you think some Valley schemester is forcing mutant scorpions from the canal into an icy dessert, this frozen crustacean creation comes by way of Ben…