Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
Kelly Fletcher Chef The Revival www.therevivalaz.com For years chef Kelly Fletcher wooed diners from the kitchen at Tempe’s House of Tricks, where he’d been working for some 10 years. But earlier this spring he left that post, seeking an opportunity to really do his own thing. He teamed up with…
We already told you that James Beard Award-nominated restaurant owner Sam Fox would be bringing his Culinary Dropout concept to a new project in Tempe. But now, the Arizona-based restaurant group is ready to release a few more details about their biggest project to date. The Culinary Dropout at Farmer…
Next Monday, July 28, NYPD Pizza — the locally-owned pizza chain with 11 other locations around the Valley — will open its newest restaurant at 222 S. Mill Avenue. The restaurant will be inside the Tempe Gateway building, across the street from the Mill Ave./Third Street light rail stop. The…
Burger 21 Today Today the Scottsdale location of Burger 21 will open its doors to the public and offer the first 100 guests to visit the restaurant a free Burger 21 t-shirt. The restaurant, which comes courtesy of the the owners of The Melting Pot Restaurants, Inc., will also be…
The sold-out Real, Wild, and Woody craft beer festival debuted on Saturday, July 19 at Tempe Center for the Arts, with beer geeks filling the indoor venue in hopes of getting a taste of countless rare and specialty brews. We’d love to console those who didn’t nab a ticket fast…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
We have a feeling our local chefs are enjoying the slow season this year. Why? Because this summer there’s been an remarkable number of multi-chef dining events (see, here and here) to enjoy — and to be clear, we’re not complaining. The latest seven chef/mixologist event to add to your…
Taste of Chicago, or The Taste as it’s usually referred to, is one of the nation’s best-known food events. It’s been around since long before Food Network was a social force and kale was cool. For many, it’s a summer tradition that’s as cherished as any, and this year was…
It’ll be bit of a trek for Valley food lovers, but that doesn’t mean a trip to Proper Meats + Provisons in Flagstaff and later Tucson won’t be worthwhile. The butchery and deli claims to be the state’s first butcher shop offering “100% Arizona farm raised meats.” Owner Paul Moir…
For the last five years James Beard Award-nominated chef Kevin Binkley has been teaming up with farmer Bob McClendon for an annual celebration of the heirloom tomato. The dinners highlight summer’s most versatile fruit with multi-course menus that have featured up to 15 different varieties of tomatoes. Earlier this summer…
Real, Wild, and Woody Saturday, July 19 We have a good feeling about this first-time summer event. The fest, courtesy of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, will feature dozens of in-state craft brewers who are pulling out all the stops to present an impressive lineup of speciality brews — think…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
There’s Short Leash Sit…Stay and now, Rollover. Or more specifically, Rollover Doughnuts. That’s right, Brad and Kat Moore and taking it back to the streets with a new food truck they expect to launch later this month. Rollover Doughnuts will serve a menu of brioche doughnuts and fritters in a…
Bashas’, the Arizona-based chain of groceries stores, has teamed up with Local First Arizona to bring products made in state to Arizona’s hometown grocer. For now the program is being tested at a Bashas’ location in McDowell Mountain Ranch. The program brings more than a dozen local companies into the…
The Chef: Chris Collins The Restaurant: Grassroots Kitchen and Tap The Animal: Beef The Dish: Tri-tip sandwich In Arizona you can find brisket just about everywhere. But for many Californians like myself, a “steak” sandwich has always meant one thing: tri-tip. This cut of beef, which comes from the bottom…
After a two-week whirlwind makeover, Earnest will open its doors to customers today. The restaurant occupies the space previously known Cork and is operated by former-Cork chef Brian Peterson and with co-owner and pastry chef Danielle Morris. Unlike its upscale, wine-focused predecessor Earnest aims to offer diners a more casual,…
Just a few months after announcing plans to open a second Valley location later this year, Denver-based Snooze, an AM Eatery is back with plans for a third restaurant. The next outlet of the retro-cool breakfast and brunch spot will be located in Tempe, specifically inside the remodeled Art Annex…
Back in April we told you that Outstanding in the Field, the company that hosts unique outdoor dining events in cities from coast to coast, would be returning to Gilbert’s The Farm at Agritopia for a one-night event. That dinner, which will feature cuisine from chef Gio Osso of Virtu…
Dear Guy at an Upscale Phoenix Cocktail Lounge in a Tank Top, You are why we can’t have nice things. Sincerely, Lauren There, I said it. And no, that’s not a random, made-up reference. I was actually out at a fancy new bar — er, “cocktail parlour” — on a…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
Bob Tam Chef, partner Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour www.bitterandtwistedaz.com In the words of Bitter & Twisted Principle Barman and Proprietor Ross Simon, the downtown cocktail lounge is “a bar that happens to have great food.” As in, first and foremost, this place is about the drinks. But just because…
