Ozzy Perez begins with a yellow corn tortilla on an oiled grill, loading it with a blend of Monterey jack cheeses, shrimp, and sautéed onions and tomatoes seasoned with garlic and paprika. They add a squirt of their house chipotle sauce, fold, and serve. It is a dish that blurs the line between quesadillas and tacos.
Queues wrap around the block for the mesquite-grilled carne asada and chicken two brothers are dishing up super late night in Old Town Scottsdale. Their North Scottsdale shop caters to the more conventional mealtimes.
Lorenzo Santillan, who built a robot with a small team of high schoolers that beat MIT in an underwater robotics competition in 2004, over ten years later has opened his own taco truck.
A little taqueria nearby the Phoenix Children’s Hospital takes al pastor very seriously.
Joe’s Tacos is new to Phoenix, only open since the tail end of 2016, but it’s made a splash with a simple menu featuring a signature taco wrapped in crispy, caramelized cheese.
Taquería El Chino is a Sonoran-style taquería serving rib-eye carne asada and a dozen barbacoas in Phoenix.
Spring 2017 has seen an unusual amount of cantina-style restaurants opening up in the Valley of the Sun. Two are a cut above the rest when it comes to agave spirit cocktails.
Build your own tacos at El Pollo Correteado, the little West Phoenix joint serving up some of the city’s best Mexican-style, mesquite-grilled pollo asado.
A Mexican diner in South Central Phoenix serves up homemade machaca and other homestyle Mexican comfort foods.
Andiario’s last day as a chef at Tratto will come mid-June. By early July, he will have left Phoenix, finalizing his move to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he and his girlfriend, Maria Van Shaijik, will open their own restaurant.
Just a year in, a father-son duo are making their mark on the local taco scene from their cart in Peoria with top-notch al pastor and carne asada tacos, fresh tortillas, and uncommonly good service.
This downtown Phoenix bar wrote the book on cocktails — and the latest edition is out.
Pavle Milic has launched one of the Valley’s most ambition wine programs, which switches wine regions monthly.
The cult favorite has opened a fifth Valley location in downtown Phoenix.
Counter Intuitive continues the dive bar-inspired Bemusement theme with updated cocktails, menus, and artwork.
Chef TJ Culp and his team will serve dinner, cocktails, late night drinks and bar snacks, and Sunday brunch in the up-and-coming Phoenix neighborhood.
Arizona’s premier annual cocktail event returns for its sixth year.
Chris Bianco’s little bar is no after thought.
The Fat Ox, a new Italian restaurant in North Scottsdale, has drinks loaded with enough Italian flair to match the cuisine.
10 of Phoenix’s best and most memorable drinks of 2016.
Three metro Phoenix bars now host weekly tiki nights, including Central Phoenix’s Honor Amongst Thieves.
“Oh, look! There’s the old Trader Vic’s!” Verity Bendel is pointing at Citizen Public House, a sleek bar and restaurant in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale. She’s right. From 1962 to 1990, the spot was home to the Valley’s original location of Trader Vic’s, the iconic Polynesian-inspired chain. Past…
