Mesa residents with an appreciation for Cajun and Creole fare will be able to satisfy their cravings soon. Baby Kay’s, the longtime Valley Cajun restaurant formerly located at Town & Country Shopping Center until August, is getting ready to open a restaurant at 2051 South Dobson Road in Mesa. The…
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In less than two weeks, beer fanatics from all over the city and state will gather at Steele Indian School Park to taste some of the strongest — and rarest — beers around. The fourth annual Arizona Strong Beer Festival will bring together more than 80 craft breweries from all…
Today, we’re back for part two of our interview with Chef Nick LaRosa of Nook in Arcadia. If you’re wondering about the photo above, the fun-loving chef was channeling his inner Iron Chef during our photo shoot. Today, we chat with LaRosa about the possibility of a second restaurant (hint:…
Imagine the scene: You’re sitting on your couch alone on Friday night catching up on the most recent season of The Taste. Anthony Bourdain is describing fried chicken for the millionth time and you’re lounging on a pizza-shaped pillow and wearing leggings covered in French fries with a waffle-print sweatshirt…
Beer: Brown Ale Brewery: Upslope Brewing Style: American Brown Ale ABV: 6.7 percent This is a story about love. It’s also a story about beer, which, when you think about it, is kind of redundant. It begins years ago in a small Argentinian town called Ushaia, a picturesque hamlet made…
A new food truck is here to comfort the masses of Phoenix — with comfort food…
About a month ago, one of our favorite growing Instagrammers, Tony Kasowski, (@TonyGrowsFood) posted this update along with photos: “Spent the morning at St. Vincent De Paul Watkins campus, building garden beds, and harvesting chard with some amazing people! Also got an opportunity to tour the facility which provides over…
Nick LaRosa Nook 602-651-1390 www.nookkitchen.com One of Arcadia’s newest dining spots is appropriately named — Nook is the kind of cozy local joint where families can come for an easy dinner and dates can slide into cozy booths for a nice glass of wine. Chef Nick LaRosa, a Connecticut-born guy…
Barrio Queen Tequileria Just last week, culinary queen Martha Stewart (who tweeted that she was in town for a meeting with PetSmart) stopped in to eat at Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s Barrio Queen in Scottsdale, proving that all it takes to dine with the stars is good taste in restaurants…
Chocolate was the unifying factor at the Heard Museum’s second annual Haute Chocolate festival, held Friday, January 31. From cocktails to cupcakes — with some Peruvian cacao thrown in — it was a sweet evening with a few twists and even an edible fashion show…
Who says romance is dead? Woo your sweetie with a box of chocolates and a night on the town at one of the Valley’s best dining spots. Valentine’s Day gets a bad rep as a capitalist holiday, but when you honor local food and enjoy the work of great chefs,…
The first month of 2014 was full of new beginnings for restaurant owners around the Valley. Last month, we saw the opening of Payton Curry and Dave Andrea’s highly anticipated Taco Haus and welcomed several new restaurants to the booming dining scene in the Arcadia neighborhood…
Back when we were kids, the simple joy of some chicken nuggets with honey dipping sauce, fries, a soda, and a mini Beanie Baby was all we expected to find in the big red Happy Meal box. However, according to CBS Pittsburgh, one employee has been using the childhood staple…
Those of us curious about what was going on at the northwest corner of Campbell and 40th Street now have our answer: Ingo’s Tasty Food, the newest restaurant concept from LGO Hospitality, has opened there. The folks behind popular Arcadia staples including La Grande Orange Grocery, Chelsea’s Kitchen, and Grateful…
Many bartenders I know have cultivated a certain sense of authority. It makes sense to me that it happens naturally. We bartenders are often seen as fonts of information, whether it’s dating advice or a piece of trivia to settle a bet. Goodness knows I’ve certainly done quite a bit…
That’s right. Even Gordan Ramsay couldn’t resist going back for more crazy in the upcoming season of Kitchen Nightmares. According to Fox, the notoriously hard-ass chef will return to Crazy Amy’s for the premiere of the sixth season of the show. The episode, “Amy’s Baking Company, Part Two,” will be…
After several years, El Portal in downtown Phoenix is once again open for business. The restaurant is owned by Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband, Earl, and closed its doors in 2010 after receiving numerous bad heath department inspections. The restaurant reopened two weeks ago, once again…
Gordas Baja Taco meets the most important criteria of Baja-style Mexican food: Seafood is heavily present on their menu, and it’s fresh without being overcooked…
Chandler has a new Asian fusion spot with a lot of Thai-influenced dishes and some great-sounding happy hour deals. Chao Urban Asian Eatery, which opened last weekend off Dobson and Germann roads, boasts a large, casual patio with fire pits for chilly winter dining and a full bar inside. We…
Just about everything we eat contains “virtual water,” or water that goes indirectly into the production of food. In fact, water that goes into the agricultural industry accounts for 70 percent of water consumption worldwide — and you might be surprised to find out just how much H20 goes into…
There’s no exact formula for starting your own wine company. You could buy land and plant grapes, but then you’d need a place to make the wine. Or you could have the winemaking facility, but you’d need the fruit. Or you could have none of those things but the burning…
