See Also: Three Ways to Eat Your Way Through Arizona Restaurant Week Have you heard the news? Arizona Restaurant Week 2012: The Fall Edition is right around the corner. September 15 to 23, to be exact. And more than 200 restaurants across Phoenix and Tucson are participating with special three-course…
The Olympics are plenty over. But, since our favorite sport — drinking — was overlooked, we’re not too disappointed. Maybe next time they’ll make things more interesting with beer pong, flipcup, or bottle flipping.Until that day comes, we’ll happily rely on our local mixologists for a drinking competition fix. On…
See Also: Chef Justin Beckett Launches Big Money “Feed Your Dreams” Contest Back in late June, chef and voice of the popular Beckett’s Table restaurant, Justin Beckett, put a call out to the community asking for people to pitch their creative, sustainable, food-focused ideas for a chance at $17k in…
See Also: Craft Beer of the Week: Bell’s Oarsman Ale Good news, East Valley Craft beer lovers. Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. just received approval for their Series 3 Domestic Microbrewery Liquor License! That means that the Kickstarter assisted brewery that will eventually be housed at 721 N. Arizona Ave. in…
See Also: Mixing It Up with AZ Bitters Lab For the last couple years, cocktail lovers and husband and wife team Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys have been keeping themselves busy in their Chandler kitchen by experimenting with exotic and indigenous ingredients to create perfect tiny batches of their handcrafted bitters…
See Also: Brew Review: Four Peaks’ Pumpkin Porter is Here! See Also: It’s the Great Pumpkin Fatigue, Charlie Brown! An Open Letter to Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Four Peaks and the Rest of You Who Let the Pumpkin Out of the Bag Too Early This Year It’s mid-August and 105 degrees…
See Also: 10 Favorite Breakfast Spots in Greater Phoenix (Plus a Bonus, Rise-From-the-Ashes Entry) Happy Weekend, Chow Bella Friends! We’ve all made it through another week of the daily grind. Now it’s time to treat ourselves to a weekend filled with delicious food and intoxicating drinks. We’re headed to Tempe…
See also: 10 Must-See Back to School Parties in Tempe and Scottsdale Come back tomorrow for our list of spots to eat and drink around ASU’s downtown campus. Welcome back, ASU students! Once again, it’s time to hit the books and get yourself educated. But you can’t study all day…
Back in August of 2001, long before craft beer sank its jagged little teeth into the hearts of trend-setting hipsters and fixed-gear riding brocavores across the country, a little brick building called the Sonora Brewhouse opened its doors for people to enjoy cold pints of Sonoran Brewery’s locally crafted beer…
See Also: My Mini Taste of Phoenix: Seeking Sweets and Asian Comfort Food in the Valley During these last few weeks of summer, we’re trying to keep cool and that means skipping out on anything fried, breaded, or even hot. So lately we’ve become quite attached to the Vietnamese spring…
See Also: Ten Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix for Craft Beer by the Bottle (or the Can) Last week, Arizona’s brand new growler laws went into effect. As we explained here, Arizona beer nerds can now take home 64oz of their favorite draft beer from some of their favorite craft…
See also: World of Beer Grand Opening in Tempe Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! We’re going to sweat it out this weekend with a little bit of barbecue at one of Phoenix’s newest restaurants, then we’re popping over to Tempe to check out their newest beer bar, and wrapping things…
The typical beauty pageant normally consists of pounds of makeup, poofy, bedazzled dresses, and dental flippers. The lucky lady who manages to combine these essential components to look her best is awarded a shiny sash and sparkly crown. That is, unless you’re in Phoenix. Then the competition comes down to…
See Also: Top Ten Hot Dogs in Greater Phoenix Oh Onion Rings — so unhealthy but so delicious. The golden fried rings are one of our biggest guilty pleasures. This week, we’re pitting the onion rings from two of our old school favorites — Ted’s Hot Dogs in Tempe and…
See Also: 10 Favorite Drive-Thrus in Metro Phoenix Let’s face it, the music that streams through the speakers of a restaurant has the ability to make or break your dining experience. We know of a sushi shop that only plays religious music, a Mexican food joint that can’t turn down…
See Also: Chick-fil-A “Kiss-In” Protest Today: Puckering Up for Gay Rights All this talk of chicken sandwiches lately has made us hungry for one thing — a chicken sandwich. But not just any ol’ chicken sandwich, we want a delicious, hate- free chicken sandwich that believes that everyone should have…
See Also: Here Come The Growlers: Starting at Midnight, Bars Can Hand Over 64 oz To Go Happy weekend Chow Bella friends! Ready for another road trip? This time we’re heading out west to sunny Palm Springs, California for one of the desert’s biggest craft beer parties. Then we’ll head…
Every year, Phoenix’s sweltering summer temperatures and monsoon humidity force the females of our fine city to seek refuge from the sweaty, sticky conditions with a potent fashion weapon: the easy, breezy, sassy, summer sundress. On Friday, those cool and sexy dresses (and the ladies that love them) will be…
See Also: Ten Favorite Places in Metro Phoenix for Craft Beer by the Bottle (or the Can) Starting August 2, the much-discussed new AZ Growler Law goes into effect, which means as early as midnight tonight you can be taking home 64oz of your favorite beer from any bar willing…
See Also: Ten Favorite Metro Phoenix Craft Beer Bars Starting this Thursday, you’ll be able to fill up growlers of your favorite craft beer on draft at most of your favorite craft beer destinations but you’re still going to need your trusty liquor stores to pick up beautiful bottles (and…
See Also: Kevin Binkley, Shinji Kurita, Kelly Fletcher, and More Scheduled for Beau Mac’s 2012 Lunch & Learn Series See Also: Beau Mac Dishes on His Favorite Herb and What It’s Like Being Famous This past Saturday, local celebrity and executive chef at Elements restaurant, Beau MacMillan, and the Sanctuary…
See Also: Craft Beer Review of the Week: Moa Imperial Stout Happy Friday Chow Bella friends! Have you had enough of the triple digit temperatures yet? Ready to get outta town? This weekend we’re doing exactly that with a trip up north to the cooler temps of Flagstaff for a…
