Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
Simple syrups are often found behind your favorite bar, used to flavor and add a bit of sweetness to your cocktails. Equal parts sugar and water (or liquid), they can be flavored with a multitude of things, but if you aren’t mixing up cocktails every night, what else can you…
Beer Dinner: Huss Brewing Company Saturday, August 2 We’re pretty excited that well-known Valley chef Matt Taylor has relocated to the kitchen at Gertrude’s at the Desert Botanical Garden. And if you’re looking for a good excuse to go check out what the chef has up his sleeve, then this…
Just when you were beginning to feel left out, Silent Flight Coffee announced that it will expand services to deliver coffee Valley wide. Co-owner and roaster Perry Czopp says the all-inclusive delivery radius is due, in part, to high demand for Silent Flight cold brew since the beginning of this…
If the first half of 2014 is an accurate indication of how the rest of this year’s going to go, then we’re in for quite a delicious ride. We’ve welcomed more than a few hot new dining spots to the scene, some of which didn’t quite make this list but…
You probably don’t need much convincing to head over to House of Brews in Gilbert to try one of their nearly fifty different beers on tap, but today and today only there’s actually a pretty good reason to get a pint or two. That’s because the local bar and restaurant…
It’s been a great year thus far for craft cocktails in Phoenix, making it pretty difficult to pin down just 10 drinks to mention. While original tiki drinks have made their way back into the scene in a big way, simplicity, with a focus on high-quality craft spirits, seems to…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
For years, Orange Table has been our go-to spot for brunch in Old Town Scottsdale. The restaurant’s cozy location, neighborhood feel, and one-of-a-kind dishes (where else can you get chimichurri corned beef hash or a heaping plate of white flannel?!) made it a gem of the dining scene. But that’s…
This Friday, August 1, locally-owned dessert chain The Gelato Spot will launch its second annual Gelato Wars contest. As with last year’s event, the contest will pit a lineup of local chefs against each other in a battle to earn a custom-molded gelato cone trophy, $500 cash, and a $5,000…
That was quick. Less than two months after closing its doors at 110 East Roosevelt Street, Tonya Saidi’s The Pie Hole has found a new Central Phoenix spot to call home. The pie shop closed on June 10, at which time Saidi (a.k.a. Mamma Toldeo) said she was looking for…
Thank goodness for fried chicken because without this dish, we’d have nothing to stuff ourselves with after an emotionally exhausting experience. It’s one of the pillars of comfort food and — particularly when paired with a heap of something starchy — makes for a pretty much perfect meal. There are…
Although other places in the nation pridefully boast their barbecue prowess, one Phoenix restaurant is showing America what the Valley has to offer fans of smoked meat. Bobby Q was ranked among the top thirty BBQ joints in the nation by Open Table’s Diners’ Choice awards after about a decade…
The Spot: Delux 3146 East Camelback Road, Phoenix 602-522-2288 www.deluxburger.com The Hours: Happy Hour is offered Monday – Friday from 4 until 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. daily, though the sushi kitchen closes at midnight Sunday – Thursday…
It’s been a long run for That’s a Wrap, the healthy-minded restaurant located at 800 East Camelback Road. But after 18 years, the restaurant is preparing to close its doors on Friday, August 29. The building the restaurant occupies has been purchased by a local car dealership and will be…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
You’ve had plenty of opportunity to pig out on the Bink’s Midtown patio. For more than a year now, the central Phoenix restaurant courtesy of James Beard Award-nominated chef Kevin Binkley has been hosting weekly whole pig roasts with themes that change from week to week. Earlier this year we…
The Valley of the Sun is 1,500 miles from New Orleans’ Little Palermo neighborhood, a district seated next to the French Quarter that happens to be where the muffaletta was born. And since this deli marvel is a multicultural invention, if you’re Créole, it’s pronounced muff-uh-LOT-ah; if you’re Italian, it’s…
Are you good at retaining information while consuming a formidable amount of alcohol? If so, then chances are you’d get a lot out of The Gladly’s Summer Cocktail Camp, a series of bi-monthly cocktail classes featuring some of the Valley’s top mixologists this summer. Each booze-soaked camp features a different…
You think of them, perhaps, as garden pests. For me, they are a favorite meal. I eat snails. With a glass of good rosé and the proper amount of French bread, escargot are on my comestibles short list. I’ve eaten them in sauces and in phyllo purses, wrapped in sourdough…
Prepare to waste the next hour or so of your day on Yelp. No, we’re not talking about revisiting some of your favorite Amy’s Baking Co. reviews (though that’s always fun). Yelp just released a city-specific trend analytics site that can tell you what’s hip in Phoenix. And from the…
Beer: RuinTen IPA Brewery: Stone Brewing Co. Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 10.8 percent When I was in college, I spent seven weeks studying German language and culture in the city of Regensburg, located in southern Bavaria. The experience, as those who’ve studied abroad are required to call such things, was…
