Easter Holiday Brunch Happenings Part 2

Yesterday’s Easter brunch round up continues today with another batch of restaurants and resorts ready to take the holiday cooking duties off your hands. Ko’Sin at The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa will be serving a traditional Easter Champagne Brunch from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m..The afternoon buffet includes…

Asian Festival at Mekong Plaza and Pretty Lavender Non-Fail Cake in Today’s Eater’s Digest

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Easter Holiday Brunch Happenings Part 1

Don’t want to cook on Easter but haven’t got a clue where to go? We’re here to help. We have rounded up over a dozen restaurants and resorts that would be delighted to spend Easter with you. All you have to do is call and RSVP then let the experts handle…

Cibo Welcomes Guest Chef and Sommelier plus Chocolate Factory Inspired Food Porn in Today’s Eater’s Digest

Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Cibo’s Thursday Night SpecialTomorrow night, downtown pizza extraordinaire Cibo proudly welcomes two special guests from Boulder, Colorado’s Frasca Food & Wine. Sommelier Bobby Stucky and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson will be pairing their very own Scarpetta wine with…

Now Open: Carmel’s Coffee & Bakery

We were bummed last year when we learned that the too-cute Chestnut Lane Cafe (adorable but a little on the expensive side) had closed its doors for good due to landlord issues. But the doors to the tiny spot on Camelback just south of 44th street didn’t stay shut for…

Where Am I Eating?

Just because you walk into a pizza place, doesn’t mean you always have to get pizza. We stopped by this pizza-chain the other day before catching a movie with a few of our favorite friends. Our friends all had pizza but we were feeling a little rebellious that day and…

The Best Easter Candy Ever.

Hooray for Easter! Let’s celebrate Jesus’ resurrection with bunnies, baby chicks, colored eggs, and over-sized baskets filled with candy. Totally awesome! But what are you going to put in those big baskets? Plain ol’ boring jelly beans? Not this year. We have searched high and low, conducted hours of research…

Payton Curry Pops Up at the Welcome Diner

Thanks to Chef Payton Curry, life has returned to the beloved Welcome Diner, which sat sad and empty on the corner of 10th street and Roosevelt for far too long. The infamous chef kicked off the first night of his three-month pop-up project to a packed house — and a packed…

Where Am I Eating?

Several Arizonans claim to be the inventors of the Chimichanga.  Was it Woody, the founder of Macayo’s? Or maybe Monica Flin of Tucson’s El Charro? I guess we will never know, but we do know where you can get an exceptionally tasty chimi filled with just the right amount of…

March Restaurant Round-Up

Later  March, it was nice to see you again. Thank you for leaving us with so many new restaurants and not taking very many away. We appreciate it! Restaurants That Opened in March 2011Smok’n Joe’s Roadhouse, ScottsdaleMajerle’s Sports Grill, Scottsdale Province @ The Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel, PhoenixThirteen North Grille,…

April Food Festival Frenzy in Phoenix

Good lord, there are a lot of festivals going on. Last week we had competing barbecue festivals and this week we have everything else. Our poor little foodie heads are about to explode! To be sure you don’t miss anything, here is a quick run down of the April food…

New Restaurant Cycle: Trendy Pop-Up or Something Else?

Hey Phoenix, welcome to the pop-up restaurant party. Fashionable late as always, Phoenix is about to get its first taste of the foodie trend that has already hit major cities like San Fransisco, New York and Bozeman, Montana. The new restaurant project Cycle, which opens its doors this Friday in…

Top 10 Craft Beers for Pussies

So you have found yourself on a date with that hot hipster chick from the office. Lucky you. She insists that the two of you stop by her favorite super-cool beer and wine bar because “Hipsters so don’t hang out there.” You know you have been tricked the second you…