Most of the time, I don’t mind dining alone. Give me a magazine or just the Twitter feed on my iPhone, and I’m self-sufficient. I’ve done sushi solo too many times to count, and I’ve even treated myself to fine dining, when the mood struck me. It’s sort of an…
It’s gonna be a blissful weekend downtown, if a new restaurant and next-door watering hole have anything to do with it. Hey, it’s another option for lunch, dinner, and brunch, so things are looking up. Bliss, a New American restaurant, takes over the 4th Street house-turned-eatery that was previously Nine 05…
What do you feed your little aspiring chef? Check out what these Valley chefs ate as kids that made them what they are today… or rather what they became in spite of what they ate.
Despite what the supermarket aisles may lead you to believe, there’s more to an animal than neatly wrapped styrofoam trays of meat. From tongue to tail, offal (pronounced awful) encompasses all those taboo edibles that don’t make the cut at your local grocer. Just Offal is here to explore these…
Here at New Times, we’re not exactly the tea-and-scones crowd. You’re more likely to spot a tattoo or a death metal t-shirt than a frilly floral dress on one of our contributors — and ninety percent of us have no clue which fork to use when or that Miss Manners strictly forbids twirling…
“I love sweets,” says Betty Alatorre. This comes as little surprise from the woman behind the Mexican popsicles at Paletas Betty, which she and her fiancé Alvin Hong recently opened in Chandler. Gansitos, frescas, fruit on a stick, paletas – you name the Mexican sweet, and Alatorre probably loves it.
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Tomatina FestivalDon’t miss out on the Tomatina Festival happening this week at Iruna in Scottsdale. In honor of the Tomatina Festival that happens in Spain every year, Chef/Owner Aaron May has created a special tomato inspired menu …
The Spot: Feeney’s, 6314 N. 12th St., Phoenix, 602-274-9700 http://www.feeneysaz.com/ The Hours: Happy hour proper is between 3 and 7 pm during the weekdays, and after the restaurant closes the bar keeps on serving with a reverse happy hour from 11 pm to 2 am. The Details: Four buck appetizers…
When Betty Alatorre and her fiancé Alvin Hong opened Paletas Betty in downtown Chandler, there was a lot of confusion as per what they were selling: Polenta? Palates? No. Paletas. The homemade Mexican popsicles we’ve been asking for.
Move over Ikea – there’s a new Swedish meatball slinger in town. Beaver Choice, opened this month by a Swedish family from Stockholm by way of Canada, serves up Scandinavian classics in Tempe. Salads, pitas, wraps, sandwiches and quiche with a Swedish twist comprise the grab-and-go menu (that, regardless of the name, you can also eat in) and are nearly all less than $10.
See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below: – Death-Warmed-Over Warming Tray – Karl the Kitchen Hedgehog Hibernation…
Emma Pew The vocalist for local soul band Black Carl performs this Saturday, August 28 at The Sail Inn. What’d you eat for dinner last night? Shrimp ceviche from La Grade Orange–it is mind-warping tasty. Favorite food: Cottage cheese. Up until a few years ago, the stuff completely freaked me…
Hungry for your early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives?Beer Pairing DinnerGet your tickets now for Thursdays beer pairing dinner with with Four Peaks Brewery at Noca on Camelback. The four course tasting menu will feature Crispy Chicken Thighs, Berkshire Pork Belly Sopas, Oatmeal Stout Braised…
Holy burger bomb! How’s a Fry Girl supposed to catch up with the latest Jersey Shore dirt (news flash: Ronnie called Sammi a bitch — for serious!) when the worldwide interwebs is all bogged down with bloggage about Burger King’s New York Pizza Burger? Set fast-food feak show gun to…
Conspire, the popular Roosevelt Row coffee shop, artist co-op, and alternative-thinking-and-doing hangout, is about to undergo some major changes. John Sagasta, the brains behind the coffee aspect of the two-year-old shop, tells New Times that he will move operations across the street to the space that used to house HoodRide…
Anyone that has searched the couch cushions for a handful of change knows that boozing on an extreme budget can be a risky proposition. To help you decide how to spend that meager pile of pennies, we’ve scraped the Bottom of the Barrel to review some of the cheapest screw…
We have a lot of family birthdays in the spring so we decided to get a suite at the ballpark and have a joint celebration. A cake was ordered for the big event. When it arrived it said, “Happy Birthday Tom”, the only problem was no one celebrating a birthday…
My good friend and colleague Steve Jansen tipped me off to a call for entries in an upcoming Ouija Board-themed art exhibit at Green New American Vegetarian Restaurant. The public will be invited to pick favorites in the exhibition, and the winner will get two free meals per week for a whole…
Want to open a restaurant but can’t handle the overhead? Cook in the moment with a temporary eatery. Consider what L.A. chef Ludo Lefebvre is doing with his insanely popular “pop-up restaurant” LudoBites, featured on NPR’s Morning Edition today. Every couple months, he temporarily takes over an existing restaurant and…
Although change is coming to a North Scottsdale restaurant, the good news is that locals won’t be deprived of Italian food. The owners of Tutti Santi are taking over the space that has been home to Amarone Ristorante Italiano since late 2008. After renovations, the restaurant will open in September…
Some secrets are just plain juicy (your best friend’s boyfriend’s into what!?) and others are just so-what’s (your best friend’s boyfriend’s aunt suffers from gout.) Family Style, the new reality show from Food Network that aired a special preview last week and is nowhere to be found on FN’s website,…
When it comes to high-octane sodas, few brands can compare to Jolt cola, which generally packs more than twice the caffeine of supercharged pops like Mountain Dew. But one fairly new “energy cola,” X-Drinx, comes pretty darn close to Jolt-power.A 12-ounce bottle of X-Drinx Kosmic Kola contains undisclosed amounts of…
