See also: Beau MacMillan To Appear On Premiere of Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Made Beau Mac — executive chef of Elements at Sanctuary Resort — is our local celeb-chef and certifiably famous TV star, the high-energy, fast-talking BoSox buff who’s truly in his element on the small…
Welcome to Brunched, where Chow Bella samples local restaurants’ offerings for our favorite meal. Hey, you get to sleep in and eat breakfast — what’s not to like? See also: Frescas and Pozole at Distrito What: Wy-Knot Cafe Where: 2325 N. Seventh Street, Phoenix, 602-218-6646 When: 7 a.m. to 3…
See also: Barrio Queen Still Searching For an Identity If there’s one thing Silvana Salcido Esparza is not, it’s timid. About three weeks after opening Silvana Bistro (Barrio Queen’s fancy-pants sister), she shut the place down because a little voice told her the concept wasn’t going to work. No hand-wringing,…
See also: Kevin Binkley Stiffed at Beard Awards Shh, don’t tell anyone, but some people get the royal treatment in restaurants while others don’t. You’ve probably witnessed some version of Special Handling in action — servers scurrying to and from a particular table, the chef-owner engaging in an inordinate amount…
See also: Kelly’s at SouthBridge: Happy Hour Report Card See also: Ruth’s Chris Steak House: Happy Hour Report Card The Spot: Local Bistro, 20581 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale, 480-302-6050, www.localbistroaz.com…
See also: Jeff Kraus’ Crêpe Bar: A Decidedly Different (and Delectable) Take on the Crepe This is part two of my interview with Jeff Kraus, chef-owner of Crêpe Bar. If you missed part one, read it here. Describe a meal you’ll never forget and why: In France, Erin and I…
See also: Tastemaker #40: Jeff Kraus See also: A Sneak Peek at Jeff Kraus’s New Crepe Bar Jeff Kraus Crepe Bar 7520 S. Rural Road, Tempe 480-247-8012 www.facebook.com/TruckinGoodFood This is part one of my interview with Jeff Kraus, chef-owner of the recently opened Crepe Bar and former owner of TruckinGoodFood,…
See also: Sam Fox to Open Second Culinary Dropout in Phoenix As reported by Chow Bella last January, local restaurant mogul Sam Fox plans to open a second local Culinary Dropout in the space that formerly housed a series of motorcycle and car dealerships on Seventh Street in Phoenix. Construction…
Welcome to Brunched, where Chow Bella samples local restaurants’ offerings for our favorite meal. (Hey, you get to sleep in and eat breakfast — what’s not to like?) See also: Iron Chef Jose Garces of Distrito at The Saguaro What: Distrito at the Saguaro Hotel Where: 4000 N. Drinkwater Boulevard,…
See also: Vincent Guerithault: Tastemaker #53 Like hairstyles and handbags, desserts go in and out of fashion. When’s the last time you saw Crepes Suzette, Bananas Foster or Baked Alaska on a restaurant menu? And rightly so. You’d probably hoot at the very notion. But there’s one old school dessert…
See also: Sacha Levine: Tastemaker #74 If you keep abreast of culinary up-and-comers, then you already know about Sacha Levine. She works for Chrysa Robertson at Rancho Pinot and puts in prep time for Charleen Badman at FnB — which is to say, she’s been mentored by two of the…
See also: Ruth’s Chris: Happy Hour Report Card See also: District American Kitchen: Happy Hour Report Card See also: Bar Crudo: Happy Hour Report Card The Spot: Kelly’s at SouthBridge, 7117 E. Sixth Avenue, Scottsdale, 480-393-3205, www.kellysatsouthbridge.com. The Hours: Happy Hour: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday…
See also: Sweet Republic Makes U.S. News and World Report’s List of America’s Best Ice Cream When do you know you’ve made the Big Time? For most people, appearing in a national publication would be a pretty good litmus test. But by now, Partners Helen Yung and Jan Wichayanuparp –…
See also: Lifting the Wine-List Veil at Citizen Public House This is part two of my interview with Bernie Kantak, chef and co-owner of Citizen Public House. If you missed part one, read it here. The great thing about being a chef is: I get to throw a party every…
See also: Chef Bernie Kantak Returns with Citizen Public House Bernie Kantak Citizen Public House 7111 East Fifth Avenue, Scottsdale 480-398-4208 www.citizenpublichouse.com This is part one of my interview with Bernie Kantak, chef and co-owner of Citizen Public House. Come back on Tuesday for part two, when Kantak reveals where…
See also: Chef Robert McGrath Leaves Spotted Donkey Cantina When Matt Taylor said adios to Noca in May, foodistas who’d come to love his elegant spin on Southern classics worried he’d leave the state, just as he did when he left Metro Brasserie for Bellagio in Las Vegas. Lucky for…
See also: Noca Owner Eliot Wexler on Chef Claudio Urciuoli See also: Windsor and Churn: Behind the Design Scenes with Craig DeMarco, Lauren Baily and Daniel Germani What a difference a month makes! Owner Eliot Wexler closed Noca for summer hiatus the first of July. And today, he re-opens with…
See also: Tracy Dempsey: Tracy Dempsey Originals See also: Bernie Kantak of Citizen Public House See also: Chef Pete DeRuvo To Head Kitchen at New Davanti Enoteca See also: Tastemaker 86: Cullen Campbell Nothing says “Hey, Y’all” like a big ol’ Mason jar of sweet tea, and folksy restaurants (corporate…
Tired of suffering the weather at your favorite farmers market? Air traffic controller Dan Cunningham hopes to change all that. The Glendale resident, who sees retirement in his immediate future, is putting the finishing touches on a charming two-story bungalow-style house in Caitlin Court (an historic shopping district in the…
See also: AZ Wines Impress at FnB’s Arizona Judgment Two summers ago, FnB co-owner and resident wine guru Pavle Milic set local wine wonks swirling when he created Arizona Judgment, a blind tasting of wines, judged by a panel of local and national wine experts, to determine whether Arizona’s juice…
See also: Bar Crudo: Happy Hour Report Card See also: District American Kitchen: Happy Hour Report Card The Spot: Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 2201 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, 602-957-9600, ruthschris.com The Hours: Dinner 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday, 5 p.m to…
See also: James Porter, Eddie Matney and Others Team Up with Local Brewery to Make Their Own Beer This is part two of my interview with James Porter, chef-owner of Petite Maison. If you missed part one of the interview, read it here. Favorite food smell: Saffron and white wine…
