If you’re in the mood to treat yourself to some upscale fare without breaking the bank, head over to Different Pointe of View at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort for their $39.95 prix-fixe menu special…
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…
This time of year, conversations at Chow Bella staff meetings tend to turn to who’s eaten what and where. With the summer travel season in full swing, we bring you Food Tours, our writers’ suggestions of what to eat and drink out of town. On a recent trip to New…
It doesn’t take much to make an excellent taco. Oftentimes the very best ones come off of trucks or carts parked on the side of the road and its the simplicity of the dish that makes the dining so great. But Taco Guild takes an altogether different approach. The restaurant…
Scottsdale Beer Palooza Saturday, June 28 You know what’s even better than a new summer festival in Phoenix? A new indoor beer festival in the summer in Phoenix — and that’s exactly what we’ll get this Saturday at the first Scottsdale Beer Palooza at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The new indoor…
For the second year, the James Beard Foundation will make a ten-city tour around the country, hosting dinner events, cooking demonstrations, book signings, and more with James Beard Award-winning chefs. This year the tour comes to Phoenix during September for a weekend full of star-studded events and one sure-to-impress dinner…
Colony collapse disorder got you down? Well, it should, but there might be a bit of good news for lovers of honey, butterflies, and basically our entire ecosystem. President Barack Obama recently signed a memorandum setting up a governmental task force to come up with a plan on how we…
I remember Caesar salads the way other people recall first dates. I can recite for you my best Caesar, and my worst; can list for you the most disappointing Caesars in my life, and how they fell short. I especially recall my first Caesar, prepared by my paternal grandmother, Giovanina,…
So you might have recently seen a cocktail on a menu featuring sloe gin. Maybe you’ve seen a bottle of it at your favorite liquor store. If that’s the case, you were likely intrigued by the liqueur’s deep red color. Sloe gin is a gin-based liqueur (or it should be),…
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…
Bernie Kantak. Gio Osso. Nobuo Fukuda. Tracy Dempsey. Keenan Bosworth. What do all these chefs have in common beside being some of the best-known names in town? Believe it or not, they all passed through the kitchen at Peter Kasperski’s Cowboy Ciao restaurant. There are few places in town that…
A new urban tavern will be opening in Old Town Scottsdale early next month. Union Barrelhouse, courtesy of Scottsdale restauranteur John Casale, will occupy the former home of Salty Senorita at 3636 N. Scottsdale Road. The restaurant will offer a menu of “upscale tavern” cuisine, including salads, burgers, and a…
Sorry fans, you still have a while to wait until the next season of PBS’s Check, Please! Arizona debuts. But in the meantime you can stay busy by putting some serious thought into what restaurants you think should earn a spot on the Emmy Award-winning program in the future. In…
Let’s be real: Sometimes looking at a wine list can be a cumbersome experience if you aren’t already well on your way to becoming a sommelier. Many times you’re just looking for a reasonably delicious glass that won’t cost as much as your entrée. Enter the WineGlass App…
The Spot: Milagro Grill 4280 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, 602-773-5844 www.milagrogrillaz.com…
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…
As a pastry chef, I create sweet treats, and sugar is my chosen artistic medium. More and more though I have people passing by my table at the farmers market, lamenting that they can only look because they can’t have sugar on their current diet. What’s a sweet treat peddler…
The late-night dining scene in Phoenix just got a little bit bigger — and even better than just offering a new dining option for night owls, this new spot has plans to throw late night (or early morning, depending on how you look at it) delivery into the mix. Welcome…
A staple in many Mexican dishes, the tomatillo is a delightful nightshade vegetable that you might have seen recently at some local farmers markets. They sort of look like very hard, green tomatoes and do well in low desert climates like Phoenix. They are an annual climate and seem to…
After a decade of good times and loud music The Tavern on Mill will close its doors for good. For ten years the bar was a staple of the downtown Tempe scene, with spacious patios, solid drink specials, and lots of high-definition TVs. On Sunday, July 6 The Tavern will…
Bad news for fans of Gordon Ramsay’s anger-filled restaurant makeover show Kitchen Nightmares: The TV celebri-chef announced via his website yesterday that “as filming comes to a close on the latest series of Kitchen Nightmares I’ve decided to stop making the show.”…
Beer: Xingu Black Beer Brewery: Cervejaria Sul Brasileira Style: Schwarzbier ABV: 4.7 percent I’m not sure how it happened, but somewhere along the line casual beer drinkers got the wrong idea about dark beer. Every day, all across the land, you’ll find drinkers turning down black-colored brews because they think…
