By tomorrow Halloween will be but a pile of candy wrappers and a pumpkin rotting on the porch — but the next holiday is right around the corner, and we’re not talking about Thanksgiving. Dia de los Meurtos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November…
Pet food maker My Perfect Pet has recently partnered with several Valley restaurants to start distributing restaurant appropriate dog food through a program called Dine With Your Dog. The promise is that you can eat your meal in peace while your canine comrade chows down on his own meal alongside…
The Spot: Milagro Grill 4280 E. Indian School Road, #101, Phoenix 602-773-5844 www.milagrogrillaz.com See also: – Macayo’s Family Makes Good at Arcadia’s Milagro Grill – Chimi Challenge: Macayo’s vs. El Molino Hours: Happy Hour is offered 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday…
Think you can’t grow your own fruit? Think again. Urban orcharding is gaining ground (pun intended). Bryan White of the Green House Farm often teaches about urban orcharding and soil building for the Valley Permaculture Alliance and he let us in some secrets for a fruitful harvest. See also: -Autumn…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Halloween is all treat and no trick at Rainbow Donuts Cafe. The 7th Street location has a special deal just in time for the holiday: $25 for a dozen frightfully delicious Halloween donuts. This deal is available now through Sunday, November 4, and pre-orders are recommended. See also: – 10…
For those of you who have passed the shuttered Miriam’s Designer Clothes building on North Seventh Street and wondered, “Why can’t that just be a restaurant already?” (yours truly included) here’s some news: It’s going to be a restaurant already. More specifically, one called Gadzooks specializing in enchiladas and soup…
Edward Farrow, the executive chef at the Café at MIM, loves Halloween. In fact, it’s his favorite holiday. And while he can’t dress up in an outlandish costume during work hours (too much risk of fire), he gets in the ghoulish spirit by giving his constantly changing, locally sourced menu…
Sharing my favorite eats of the month from new restaurants, reviewed restaurants, and places I’ve popped into just because. It’s not a countdown, it’s a collection. And I hope it inspires. Enjoy. Pork Stomach and Black Pepper Clay Pot at New Hong Kong “I can’t believe I’m on my second…
This is part two of my interview with Michael Rusconi, chef-owner of the new Rusconi’s American Kitchen. If you missed part one, where Rusconi dishes about his guilty pleasure and what he metaphorically eats for breakfast, read it here. See also: Two New Brunches Hit the Valley in October: Mastro’s…
We have a winner! We received more than a dozen limericks in our quest to select a judge (who will join our esteemed panel) for Pie Social, Saturday, November 3 from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt and 2nd streets in Phoenix. See also: – The Final Celebrity Lineup for…
This extremely informative video from Buzzfeed is as helpful for veteran Halloween candy traders as it is for people just entering the competitive marketplace. While it’s sad that they haven’t offered a PDF version of their infographics we think it’s fair to say that this was done to encourage people…
“I’m terrified as shit, but in a locker-room-before-the-game kind of way.” That’s what Keenan Bosworth says about opening Pig & Pickle, his first restaurant, slated to open at the end of November in Scottsdale serving comfort food with a gourmet twist. The Wisconsin-born chef, who moved to the Valley in…
Beer: Baltic Porter Brewery: Alaskan Brewing Co. Style: Baltic Porter ABV: 9.8 percent Alaskan Brewing is known for their Smoked Porter, and why not? The beer’s won more golds than Michael Phelps, impressing so many beer judges that they’ve basically made the brew the standard by which all other smoked…
Since opening two months ago, Angels Trumpet Ale House has gotten rave reviews from beer geeks all over town. With over 30 beers on tap, that’s no surprise. On the other hand, the bierhaus has received very mixed feedback for its food. Conceptually, the menu sounds great, although fairly safe…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Mamma Mia, the family owned pizza joint with two locations on Indian School Road, has shuttered one of them. The location at 806 East Indian School Road (8th Street and Indian School Road in Central Phoenix) closed a few weeks ago. Opened shortly after the pizzeria’s original restaurant was established…
The Halloween season may be drawing to a close on Wednesday, but there’s still one excuse to leave those decorative skeletons out on display. Dia de Los Muertos, the traditional Mexican holiday honoring the dead, happens once Halloween comes to a close. To help you celebrate this weekend, here are…
Michael Rusconi Rusconi’s American Kitchen 10637 N. Tatum Boulevard, #101 B, Phoenix 480-483-0009 www.facebook.com/RusconisAmericanKitchen See also: – Rusconi’s American Kitchen a Nice Add for Paradise Valley Neighborhood – Chrysa Robertson Dishes on Her Role as Exorcist and What It Takes To Be a Woman Chef This is part one of…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
At last! Blissfully cool mornings, evenings with a hint of chill and daytime temps that mean we can lunch on a shaded patio without swimming in sweat. This right here, this seasonal slice of heaven is why we endure traffic, tourists and summer. See also: 10 Favorite Places for Pozole…
The proof-of-concept/trailer for Monster Roll, a movie in which a rag-tag band of sushi chefs fight off enormous and well animated monsters from the deep, has just been released. Now that is an idea that cries out to be made into a full-length feature film. See Also: –Jiro Dreams of…
