Madison Improvement Club is always a good spot to catch a Phenomenal Flow yoga or Party on a Bike spin class. More recently, they’ve opened up a health nut restaurant inside that they’re calling the S.E.E.D. Café. According to the owners, S.E.E.D. stands for sustainable, edible, and entirely delicious, but…
Minus one Mexican restaurant from the city of Gilbert after this month. Cafe Posada is shuttering. See also: – Hao Bao Food Truck Hitting the Brakes – CLOSED: Chick Rotisserie & Wine Bar in Arcadia The casual Mexican eatery on Ray Road owned by Oscar and Susan Lee first opened…
As the chefs competing in Smeeks and Chow Bella’s fourth annual Caramelpalooza — coming 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at UNION — get out the candy thermometers, we’ve got our pens ready to introduce you to the faces behind the caramel. Avid fans of the Food Network show Cupcake Wars…
Waffles. Belgian waffles. Crisp. Hot. With melted butter and warm maple syrup. Sunday brunch is just one of the regular food happenings at my mother’s house, and it’s all about the waffles. But going gluten-free meant waffle changes for me. See also: – Don’t Call Judy Nichols Names; She Knows…
The once-vacant Canvas building, located on the northeast corner of Third and Roosevelt Streets in Phoenix, is showing some signs of life. See also: – Kevin Binkley to Open Bink’s Midtown in Phoenix on Wednesday – Second Location of Essence Bakery Coming to Phoenix This Summer Last weekend, the second…
This is part two of my interview with Noca chef Claudio Urciuoli. If you missed Monday’s interview, in which he dished about Olive Garden, truffle oil and the weirdest thing he ever ate (which pretty much tops everybody else’s), read it here. See also: — Noca Owner Eliot Wexler on…
Hey, you vegetarians and vegans. Round up your carnivorous companions and drag them over to Green on Wednesday, March 20. For every flesh-muncher you bring in to eat a vegan meal for Green’s “Carnivore Caravan,” the restaurant will give you $1 off your own meal. If you temporarily convert six…
Comedy group stuntbear takes a good hard humorous look at the future through the lens of Google Glass. For those of us who haven’t been keeping up with the latest tech news, Glass is a pair of augmented reality glasses that promise to take us one step closer to our…
wynkoop.comBeer: Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Brewery: Wynkoop Brewing Co. Style: Foreign Export Stout ABV: 7.5 percent This week’s beer is…huuurrrp. Excuse me. Um, this week’s beer…HLEEAAHHHurkurkBLLEAAHH! Sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Let’s get a little distance between us and that picture, shall we? :)…
As the chefs competing in Smeeks and Chow Bella’s fourth annual Caramelpalooza — coming 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at UNION — get out the candy thermometers, we’ve got our pens ready to introduce you to the faces behind the caramel. For Rachel Miller, there’s nothing more delicious than yesteryear…
Today, the James Beard Foundation Awards, also known as the Oscars of the culinary world, culled its huge February listing of restaurant and chef semifinalists into a short selection of finalists for this year’s awards, which will be announced on Monday, May 6, at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in…
Downtown Phoenix is about to get a little more sushi-fied. See also: – Owners of Citizen Public House Announce New Restaurant Planned for the Biltmore Area – Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers Coming to Old Town Squid Ink Sushi, the Peoria restaurant from chef-owner Schuyler Estes, is planning on bringing its…
Claudio Urciuoli Noca 3118 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix 602-956-6622, restaurantnoca.com See also: — Noca Re-Opens with New Look, New Breads and New Cocktail Program — Noca Serves Up Wallet-Friendly Lunch with Nocawich This is part one of my interview with Claudio Urciuoli, the executive chef at Noca. Come back Tuesday…
No, it isn’t your St. Patrick’s Day hangover messin’ with your head: Bink’s Midtown, the restaurant from James Beard Award-nominated chef Kevin Binkley, will open this week in the former Sophie’s Bistro space on Osborn. See also: -2013 James Beard Award Semifinalists Announced: 4 Arizona Candidates Make the Cut -…
If you’re any kind of food geek at all, you’re already familiar — by fork and good press — with local celebrity chefs such as Chrysa Robertson, Chris Bianco, Kevin Binkley, Greg LaPrad and Charleen Badman. But what you’re far less likely to know are the names and faces of…
Rob Rhinehart is a busy software engineer who was resentful of “The inordinate amount time it takes to fry an egg.” So he did what any rational slightly crazy person would do: He cracked open a couple of physiology textbooks, jumped on the Internet, and ordered all the chemical components…
Every week, there’s a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you’re like most people, you probably just don’t have the time to get to all of it. So, here’s a recap of some of the top stories from the week that…
There are a number of things I love about my career as a bartender. One excellent part is that when I take my work home with me, that means it’s time to try some new cocktails. A favorite source of mine is the nice folks at the Phoenix Public Library…
It’s not impossible to find good seafood in the Valley but there are certainly times that we feel the inconvenience of being in the middle of the desert. The distance from the coast, however, hasn’t stopped many an adventurous restaurateur or chef from setting up shop around here. It also…
Welcome to Picky Eaters — where Chow Bella will introduce you to different ways of eating, and where to get the goods. If you never did have time to get a flu shot but you’re still worried about getting caught by the tail end of flu season, you might want…
In China, where Cantonese, Hunanese, and Sichuanese cuisine are included in the “eight great traditions” of Chinese cuisine, Dongbei cai, the food of northeastern China, doesn’t even make the cut. See also: – 2013 James Beard Award Semifinalists Announced: 4 Arizona Candidates Make the Cut – Hana Japanese Eatery Makes…
As the chefs competing in Smeeks and Chow Bella’s fourth annual Caramelpalooza — coming 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at UNION — get out the candy thermometers, we’ve got our pens ready to introduce you to the faces behind the caramel. Last year at Caramelpalooza, Slade Grove took second place…
