Naya Mediterranean Cuisine in Scottsdale: Happy Hour Report Card
The Spot: Naya Mediterranean Cuisine 8877 N. Scottsdale Road 480-355-6600 www.nayaaz.com The Hours: Happy hour is offered from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday…
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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…
La Purisima Bakery vs. La Reyna Bakery: Pan Dulce Battle
Pan dulce, or sweet bread, is the poster child for Mexican sweet treats. It’s cheap, sweet, and easy to find in the Valley. Pan dulce is to Hispanics as biscotti is to Italians, and something many have come to enjoy because of the vast amount of panaderias throughout the Valley…
5 Sweet Pastries You Can Make Savory
I love sweets, obviously. But when I was in culinary school, I craved salt. I needed to balance all the sweet I was eating. Typically I was getting my sodium fix through French fries or potato chips, but why not change over some favorite sweet pastries to get some savory…
A Guide to Locally Roasted Coffee Beans in Metro Phoenix
With over twenty coffee roasters in town making both boutique blends and distributing wholesale, there’s undeniably a lot going on in the Phoenix coffee community. If you’re feeling stuck in a rut with your java, why not try a whole new roastery to add some variety to your mornings. While…
Map of U.S. Craft Breweries Features Arizona Favorites
A Brooklyn-based graphic design and chart making business has compiled what they’re calling “the most comprehensive mapping of the breweries of the USA ever compiled.” Admittedly, the map does feature twelve spots in just the Phoenix-area alone, with several more in Tucson and Flagstaff. We have to say, we’re impressed…
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Mikkeller, Arizona Wilderness and Mexas Ranger: Denmark in the Desert
Beer: Mexas Ranger Brewery: Mikkeller Style: Spiced Beer ABV: 6.6 percent You may have heard that Mikkeller, renowned Denmarkian gypsy brewer, is making his way to Arizona this week to cook up a beer in collaboration with the best new brewery in the world. Arizona Wilderness has been discussed at…
The 7 Chef Pig Out at The Gladly Lived Up to Its Name
Before you could even step inside The Gladly Sunday, you could smell the salty, smoky aromas of pork wafting through the air. But that will tend to happen when seven of the Valley’s best chefs team up to create an eleven-dish, pork-centric supper. With the help of Tender Belly, which…
Lemon Bars from Phoenix Public Market Cafe: 100 Favorite Dishes
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…
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Michael O’Dowd of Urban Vine: “I’m Trying to Be Normal, But It’s Hard.”
Michael O’Dowd Executive Chef/Owner Urban Vine www.urbanvinephx.com If you’ve experienced chef Michael O’Dowd’s food already it was probably in one of two different contexts. Either you dined at Kai, when the chef was heading up Arizona’s only Forbes five star and AAA five diamond restaurant, or you dined at Renegade…
The Mission vs. Barrio Queen: Table-Side Guacamole Tumble
As far as we are concerned, it’s always the right time for some guacamole. There are so many ways to dress it up or down, and it can be given a savory flavor or be prepared with a sweet note. The Mission and Barrio Queen, both located in Scottsdale, make…
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s Barrio Queen to Open in Gilbert
We’ve got more good news for Gilbert food lovers. In addition to the already impressive lineup of local restaurants with plans to open in the southeast Valley suburb, chef Silvana Salcido Esparza has announced plans to open a fourth restaurant in Gilbert…
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5 Best Restaurants in The Biltmore Neighborhood Right Now
You’d never know that fine dining has taken a downturn when you look at the restaurant scene in the Biltmore neighborhood. This upscale area surrounding the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa continues to be one of the best dining and shopping destinations in town. There’s been a lot of growth…
May Restaurant Openings and Closings in Metro Phoenix
Even though the busy tourist season in Phoenix has come and gone, the good news for Phoenix food lovers is that we’ve still had more great spots open up in the past month than we’ve had to say goodbye to. We’ve even seen some previously-closed favorite restaurants open back up…
First Draft Book Bar at Changing Hands in Phoenix is Now Open — Here’s The Menu
The First Draft Book Bar, located inside the new Changing Hands Bookstore in Phoenix, is now open, along with the rest of The Newton, the mixed-use multi-tenant space on Third Avenue and Camelback Road. Both the bookstore and the bar opened on Friday, May 30. The First Draft Book Bar…
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7-Eleven Is Like So Totally Hip with Its New Mustachioed Mason Jar Slurpee Cup
If you weren’t sure whether or not putting everything in a mason jar was still hip, we’re pretty sure 7-Eleven just made it quite clear. The mini-mart chain announced earlier this month that they plan to release limited-edition Slurpee receptacles that look like mason jars. The fun doesn’t stop there,…
Guido’s of Chicago in Scottsdale Stays True to the Simple Pleasure of Eating
I often find myself wondering when the seemingly insatiable desire for culinary reinterpretation and deconstruction will finally have reached its endgame, when food has been reinvented and disassembled to the point that it loses its appeal altogether. This is the modern gastronomic age in which diners marvel at a microscopic…
How to Make Tropical White Sangría for a Big Group of People
Pool party season is definitely upon us. My tiki torches are primed and ready to go. All I need now is something delicious to serve my party guests. I could always put out a big ice-filled bucket of beer, but what’s the fun of that when I could make a…
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Chicago Dog from Portillo’s Hot Dogs: 100 Favorite Dishes
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…
Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour Preview Event: Grand Opening Is Tonight (PHOTOS)
The highly-anticipated Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour opened its doors for a few hours Thursday night to give guests a taste of downtown’s newest hotspot before officially opening Friday, May 30. Saying that people were eager to get in would be an understatement. The bar area was full before the…
La Grande Orange vs. AZ 88: The BLT Battle
The BLT: bacon, lettuce, tomato. It is a classic American sandwich that is just as good plain as it is dressed up with sauces and extra toppings. According to the Big Apple, the BLT stemmed from the Bacon Mit Tomato sandwich, which was named for the New York City subway…
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Mi Comida Restaurante Latino: A Taste of Peru and Ecuador in West Phoenix
Mi Comida Restauante Latino4221 W Bell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85053(602) 548-7900Closed Mondays, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m Tuesdays – Saturdays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sundays.I recently took a trip to Washington, D.C. and ordered take-out roasted chicken with a spicy Aji Verde sauce from a hole-in-the-wall Peruvian restaurant. I’ve…