You can find lots of things at Luci’s Healthy Marketplace & Coffee Bar. They have organic cheeses, locally brewed beer, a delicious deli, and most importantly for us — a great coffee bar.The coffee bar part of Luci’s is quaint and comfortable. There’s an assortment of tables and chairs, plus…
We’re giving away $25 to Coach & Willie’s JUST for guessing where we grabbed the cheesy treat above. Really. We snacked on this sweet and spicy number at happy hour while draining a couple mason jars of a strong, southern concoction. Can you follow our bread crumbs? Go ahead, take a stab at it…
amybites.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Rock Bottom Brewer’s DinnerJoin Chef and Rock Bottom Brewmaster Brian Helton for the Harvest Beer and Wine Dinner at Rock Bottom Brewery Desert Ridge this Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30. Chef Helton will be preparing a five…
Another week has come and gone leaving us to ponder the upcoming events that will shape our lives and, more importantly, our dinners out. But before we move on, let’s have one last look at the blog posts from this week: Mystery Macaron: Guess Essence’s New Flavor Dine Out with…
A story posted on azcentral this morning reported the closure of My Florist on Seventh Avenue and McDowell Road.The restaurant’s phone is disconnected and azcentral reported equipment being pulled out of the kitchen on Friday. The cafe was well known for it’s “bohemian” atmosphere and live music. If My…
Yesterday we met Charleen Badman, the chef-slash-bartender-slash-plateful-of-awesome who cooks up food and cocktails over at FnB. Today she shares with us the recipe for her Pomegranate Fig Gimlet, which premieres on the cocktail menu this week and makes use of her specialty, a fruit infused vodka. “I use dried Turkish…
This is the kind of math we foodies understand: One part tea plus one part chocolate equals a heavenly escape from the craziness of life, which is exactly what TeaTime and Wei of Chocolate intended for last night’s tea and chocolate tasting.
Sure, we’ve all done the not-gonna-try thing — stupid games, themed parties, office Olympics — perfectly understandable. But for a contestant on Top Chef Just Desserts to just say “screw it” to a challenge? Welcome, once again, to the wuss-out world of man-baby Seth. In this week’s Quickfire Challenge, there’s…
That’s a Wrap get a new homeOctober is here and our fingers our crossed that we can get outside and enjoy a little patio dining in the upcoming weeks. For now, lets take a quick look back at the new restaurants that have joined the Valley in the month of…
Celebrities love it. Athletes swear by it. Health freaks are… freaking out. But what’s the big deal? Coconut water has seemed to roll in from out of nowhere, in a very similar fashion to other wickedly-popular health drinks like kombucha and acai berry juice (which will probably be out of…
As a chef de cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Scottsdale, Chef John Deflieze can whip up a few dishes some at-home cooks would have trouble pronouncing. For a recent interview, however, we asked Deflieze to tackle some foods most chefs aren’t known for. “I’ve served…
www.feastingonart.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Oktoberfest!Boys and girls it’s the first weekend of October and that means it’s time for the annual Tempe Oktoberfest at Tempe Beach Park. Get your fill of bratwurst and sauerkraut or check out Long Wong’s special Oktoberfest…
Mention Southbridge and watch us have a Pavlovian reaction. We’re hungry for tapas and now we’ve got new destination to get our fix. Food Critic Michele Laudig on Tapas Papa Frita: Dinner started off with a basket of freshly baked rolls and a ramekin of garlicky, tangy allioli, the Catalan…
I can’t help but notice when a press release pimps something that will “usher in a new era of day drinking”. As if I wasn’t already a fan of weekend brunches (mimosas, yes!), and of Tempe’s Caffe Boa, the joint’s going to get a little (or maybe a lot) crazier this…
Just in time for the weekend, there’s a brand-new wine bar to check out. As I reported earlier, The Living Room, opening Friday, is the CenPho location of a concept that first opened in Chandler. The people running it have an established track record of opening groovy hangouts, including the…
Chef Damon Brasch at Green is a self-proclaimed cheese fiend who specializes in making vegan versions of great American classics, so what better than a baked Mac-n-Cheese?
Oh-em-gee, I can’t imagine how this thing would make one’s living room smell. But for the bacon-obsessed among us, here’s a way to commemorate your favorite food, your favorite actor, and (not even) six degrees of separation from all the other bacon/Bacon geeks on eBay. It’s a life-sized Bacon Kevin Bacon bust,…
The kitchen at FnB restaurant (7133 E. Stetson Dr., 480-254-9463) isn’t where it should be. Rather than safely hidden behind closed doors in a back room, the Scottsdale eatery’s pots, pans, grills and blenders are out in the open, smack in the middle of the Technicolor tile floor. Tiny tables and chairs…
Here’s a fun game to play while watching Hell’s Kitchen this season: Close your eyes and pretend it’s a prison reality show. You won’t be disappointed. Last night’s episode started with a bunch of EMT’s busting through the doors of Hell’s Kitchen at five in the morning to wake up…
There’s a buzz in the air; can you feel it? All about town, as the scents of spicy chicken and fresh tortilla waft through the air, three words are on everyone’s mind: Arizona Taco Festival. The state’s biggest celebration of that luscious combination of tortilla, cheese, meat and veggies is…
kblog.lunchboxbunch.comHungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Happy Birthday Sushi RokuJust two days left to take advantage of Sushi Roku’s two year anniversary special. Thursday and Friday from 5 p.m. to close the Scottsdale sushi restaurant is slashing price on the ENTIRE food menu…
Unleashing seven new chicken entrées may sound reasonable for a chicken-chow chain, but Smashburger? That’s right. The acclaimed “better burger” restaurant has gone chicken, with three new Smashchicken sandwiches: BBQ Ranch, Avocado Club, and Buffalo — and four new chicken Smashsalads: Honey Mustard, Caesar, Harvest, and BBQ Ranch — all…
