Old Town Scottsdale is a special place where, within just a few square miles, you can find some of the Valley’s few-remaining fine dining restaurants and some of metro Phoenix’s most popular spots for over-priced well drinks served with a generous side of loud music. This dichotomy makes the area…
Last year, we told you that Nook Kitchen, the Arcadia neighborhood favorite, would open a second location in downtown Phoenix. Well as of today, April 6, Nook Kitchen is officially open to the public at 15 East Monroe Street inside the Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Downtown. We took a tour of the…
It’s been months since Okra, the second restaurant from the Crudo team, opened its doors at The Crown on Seventh in Central Phoenix. But since then, there hasn’t been much action when it comes to restaurants opening in adaptive re-use projects. Next month, however, that will change. The Phoenix Ale…
As of April 1, Scottsdale has a new destination for sandwiches and salads in Leoni’s Focaccia, an Italian restaurant owned by a duo of familiar names in the Valley food scene. The lunch spot comes courtesy of husband-and-wife team Danielle Leoni and Dwayne Allen of The Breadfruit, the longstanding Caribbean…
Ok, Aussies. The wait is over. As of last week, The Great Australian Bakery is officially open in Old Town Scottsdale, bringing culinary classics from Down Under to the Valley of the Sun. The bakery, located at 7217 East Main Street in Scottsdale, serves a menu of sweet and savory baked…
Last month we told you about Ahipoki Bowl, the California-based Hawaiian poke restaurant that planned to open a second location here in the Valley. If you haven’t been able to get the vision of fresh tuna and salmon out of your mind ever since, then we have good news. As…
There’s already been a lot of buzz surrounding The Colony, a soon-to-be-completed mixed-use development located on the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Missouri Avenue in midtown Phoenix. Earlier this month, we told you about plans for a restaurant and speakeasy-style bar that will occupy two spaces within the converted office…
Heads up Tempe and Scottsdale residents: You now have a new way to get food without having to get up from the couch. As of today, Favor, an Austin-based personal delivery app, is available in Tempe and Scottsdale. The company delivers to metro Phoenix neighborhoods including University Heights, Sunset, Clark Park in…
This year, more than 1,500 bartenders applied for just 400 spots at The Bar Institute at Portland Cocktail Week. The prestigious program includes “advanced level education for current and future professionals in the bar industry,” according to the Portland Cocktail Week website — and if you live in the Valley and…
We’ve already told you about some of the Community Supported Agriculture programs going on around metro Phoenix this spring. But if you haven’t yet signed up to get your allotment of farm-fresh produce every week, there’s still time to get in on the action. Maya’s at The Farm at South…
The wait is over. As of today, Crab & Mermaid, the much-anticipated fish shop from Square One Concepts, opens its doors to the public at 4218 North Scottsdale Road. As we’ve told you, the restaurant comes from the same folks behind Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers and Wasted Grain, two other popular…
Northwest Valley diners in search of a new spot for modern American food need look no further than The Rogue Tomato. The new restaurant opened at 18561 North 59th Avenue in Glendale earlier this year and comes courtesy of chefs Devin Delnicki and Shane Copeland, who spent months renovating the space…
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…
Though it may seem like the far reaches of the city, south Phoenix really isn’t such a leap from CenPho, Tempe, and even Scottsdale. Which only makes it all the more shameful that many diners don’t often take advantage of the neighborhood’s excellent dining options. The very best of South…
Want to break bread with your family and friends this Easter, but don’t want to deal with the mess and fuss of hosting? Not a problem. This Sunday, March 27 plenty of Valley restaurants will offer Easter brunch specials ranging from extravagant buffets to menus featuring bone marrow and slow…
It’s a sad day for East Valley diners. Over the weekend, owner Danielle Morris announced plans to close her New American comfort food haven, Earnest, in Chandler. “I’ll miss seeing our neighbors, regulars, and friends,” Morris says in a press release. “The entire community has been so wonderful to us over…
Around these parts, we love our cactus. But when it comes to harvesting, cooking, and eating prickly pear, we’ll admit, we’re not quite experts. If you’re in the same boat, then you’ll be happy to know you can learn all that and more at a workshop tomorrow morning at the…
What do you do when you have nearly a decade of experience in specialty coffee and a room full of brewing equipment? Well, if you’re the guys behind Sidekick Cold Brew, you start making cold brew coffee in kegs. The Tempe-based company launched late last year and comes from a team…
Mill Avenue just got a little bit cooler. Earlier this week, the strip of downtown Tempe most often associated with college bars and the kids that frequent them got the newest location of Cornish Pasty, a chain of local restaurants known for serving Cornish hand pies and craft beer. The…
Last week some of Arizona’s top wine growers gathered at The Farm at South Mountain for the launch of the Arizona Vignerons Alliance. The nonprofit organization hopes to promote Arizona wine through quality control. Founding members include some of the biggest names in Arizona wine, such as Kent and Lisa…
If you’ve always struggled to choke down broccoli and asparagus, we have some good news. It might not be that you hate vegetables because they’re green and good for you. It might be that you’re a supertaster, or a person who experiences taste more intensely than others. Because as much…
Get ready, seafood lovers. Next week, Crab & Mermaid Fish House will open its doors to the public, bringing oyster shooters, tuna poke, and crab cakes to Old Town Scottsdale. The restaurant, which is located at 4218 North Scottsdale Road, comes from Square One Concepts, the same folks behind Cold Beer…
