We’ve spent the last year in the laboratory putting Phoenix under the microscope to reveal hundreds of specimens of the best culture, outdoor adventures, shopping, dining, and nightlife the city has to offer. And we’re finally ready to publish our results. Nerd alert! Now presenting Scientific Phoenix. See Also: -…
New York City restaurateur Eddie Huang found a stand that serves cream filled penis waffles when he traveled to Taiwan’s fabled Shilin Night Market for Vice. Apparently the stand advertises that they’re great for parties and as gifts to “scare” your friends. See Also: –Ten Favorite Chinese Restaurants in Greater…
The Spot: Davanti Enoteca 6316 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 480-659-1800 www.davantiscottsdale.com See also: -Happy Hour Report Card: Rusconi’s American Kitchen -Pete DeRuvo Dishes on the Mouthwatering Italian Food He Grew Up On and Praises Three Local Chefs Hours: Happy Hour is offered 3 to 6 p.m. every day…
Turkey Day is only a week away. If you or your family have yet to begin making plans, it might be better to skip the homemade feast and book a table at a local restaurant. You’ll be thankful for plenty of things by dining out on Thanksgiving: your clean kitchen,…
We can get behind the collision of doughnuts and beer, particularly when it’s Rogue beer and Voodoo doughnuts. Last year in honor of the Portland Oregon-based Voodoo Donuts breaking the world record for largest box of donuts, they rolled out the notorious pink bottle Voodoo Doughnut ale Maple Bacon Porter…
If you’re an avowed foodie who’s lived in Phoenix at least 12 years, you surely know or have heard of Norman Fierros. He started a little cafeteria-style restaurant in downtown Phoenix in the 80’s called Fina Cocina, a media darling also beloved by local movers and shakes who showed up…
It’s that time of year — vegetables are being harvested in local gardens and it serves as an inspiration to many. Thinking about the joy of growing dinner in your own garden? Think it’s too late? Have a fear of failure? Don’t worry, your November veggie garden guide is here…
Turkey, stuffing, countless side dishes, dinner rolls — you have enough on your plate to make for Thanksgiving. By ordering dessert from an expert baker, you free up some time to relax on the holiday, are ensured that the final course won’t leave a bad taste in anyone’s mouth, and…
Beer: Pale Ale Brewery: Omission Style: Gluten-free beer ABV: 5.8 percent The world has no shortage of really terrifying diseases you can catch. Necrotizing Fasciitis — often referred to as “flesh-eating disease” — is a bacterial infection that causes body tissue to dissolve like a wet napkin. Prion Disease can…
This is part two of my interview with Aaron Chamberlin, chef owner of St. Francis. If you missed part one, where Chamberlin dishes about why he’s not a celebrity chef and the over-hyped opening of St. Francis, read it here. See also: – St. Francis: Happy Hour Report Card Favorite…
The EatWave vending machine is designed to bring an end to the tyranny of the office microwave hogs. It’s a familiar scene: You rushed out the door this morning and forgot to pack a lunch. Your only hope is the office vending machine with its collection of questionable but rewarmable…
Restaurant attached to a nightclub? That’s always a gamble. Very little has been written about Miami Café, which is connected to the late-night spot and gay bar Amsterdam, so curiosity (and its convenient downtown location) really drove this dining decision. This is the kind of place that only seems cool…
Robert Irvine, celebu-chef, host of Food Network programs Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible, and husband of pro wrestler Gail Kim, will be bringing his heavily muscled self to the Mesa Arts Center at 8 p.m., this Friday, November 16, for a live theatrical performance. Aptly called Robert Irvine Live!, the…
Pie is so last week (no really, check out the photos from last weekend’s Pie Social), leaving this weekend’s dining schedule open for the biggest cupcake event of the year. Hundreds came out to the third annual Cupcake Love-In at the Hotel Valley Ho to participate in a frosted free-for-all…
Aaron Chamberlin St. Francis 111 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix 602-200-8111 www.stfrancisaz.com See also: — Update: Aaron Chamberlin Hopes to Open Cafe in Former Urban Grocery Space By Early Next Year This is part one of my interview with Aaron Chamberlin, chef-owner of St. Francis Restaurant. Come back Tuesday when Chamberlin…
We all know Scottsdale knows how to throw a party and apparently Scottsdale knows how to throw a restaurant opening, too. Saturday night Searsucker, the new restaurant from Top Chef Brian Malarkey, wined and dined a crowd of guests for an official grand opening in true red carpet style –…
When it comes to some of our favorite restaurants, we wish the chefs would just buckle down and put together a cookbook already. Maybe an entire book of recipes is a bit much to ask for, but how about sharing a few? So we put together a wishlist of local…
As we reported earlier, the Hobbit menu landed nationwide earlier this week. Given that the movie comes out in a month and that there’s going to be plethora of midnight showings, it seemed prudent to check to see if Denny’s was really serving up something that fulfill your late-night eating…
Swiss design students have developed what has to be the least efficient method of popping popcorn possible. It’s basically the exact opposite of the Popinator, which we reported on earlier. See Also: –New Gourmet Popcorn Shop in Scottsdale Features Ex-Exec Chef of Queen Creek Olive Mill’s Del Piero Restaurant –Slow…
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. It’s kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won’t all…
19th Century French gastronome Brillat-Savarin called the truffle “the diamond of the kitchen,” an apt description of a seasonal delicacy so rare and hard to find that even an ounce of it costs hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of dollars. Truffles (knobby-looking subterranean mushrooms with the most sublime aroma on God’s…
Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be answered in a future column. I’m getting a little stir crazy waiting for cold…
