The Guilty Pleasure: Not Your Father’s Root Beer Float Where to Get It: Luci’s at The Orchard Price: $10 What it Really Costs: A fast and furious sugar rush, followed quickly by the feeling of sweet, booze-induced fatigue. You might want to block out some nap time in your schedule…
Chef Tom D’Ambrosio made a name for Aioli Burger throughout the Valley as a food truck powerhouse, over the years growing the business to three trucks and a sister concept called Modern Tortilla. Now, D’Ambrosio and his two business partners putting down roots, with plans for a brick-and-mortar Aioli Burger…
From meatloaf to PB&J, chances are high that you cherish food memories from childhood. And chefs are no exception. From touring the Jelly Belly factory in California to eating Mom’s lasagna, find out what childhood memories metro Phoenix chefs hold dearest. What is your favorite childhood food memory? Kelly Fletcher,…
It’s been less than two months since we sat down with Michelin-starred, James Beard Award-winning chef Alessandro Stratta, who, at the time, had just taken the reins at Prado at the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia. The chef had recently moved to the Valley to be closer to family…
As they say, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, which lands us at the bar to find some satisfaction this summer. At Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour in downtown Phoenix, you can freeze yourself from the inside out with the Perfect Martini, served at a shocking…
There are many places for good falafel around metro Phoenix, and even more places for merely passable falafel. Falafel, that crunchy, deep-fried stalwart meze dish of the Middle Eastern table, is one of those foods — like pizza, or maybe a gooey cheeseburger — where even middling efforts usually produce…
If you’re looking to get your fix of milk tea or shaved ice in central Phoenix, then you may want to check out My Tea, a new-ish tea and snack shop located on Central Avenue just south of Camelback Road. The cafe opened about two months ago at 4750 North Central…
The Guilty Pleasure: The Big Buck Burger Where to Get It: Wimpy’s Paradise Price: $10.50 What it Really Costs: Enough protein to put your gut through its paces for hours to come. There’s something about Wimpy’s Paradise in downtown Chandler that makes you feel like you’re visiting with old friends…
Head north into the desert foothills of Carefree, and it’s hard to miss the iconic, 12-million-year-old granite boulder formations for which The Boulders Resort and Spa were named. The 160-unit and 61-villa resort originally opened in January 1985, but completed a multi-million dollar renovation last year. We were invited to…
Chandler will get a new spot for modern French cuisine later this summer when Fabrice and Mairead Buschtetz open a second location of their Gilbert restaurant, Cuisine & Wine Bistro. The new eatery will take over the former home of Earnest (formerly Cork), which closed in March after less than…
Time to free up some space on those smartphones, Phoenix residents. As of this week, the food delivery service, UberEats, is available in metro Phoenix, meaning you can get food from some of the city’s top restaurants delivered right to your front door. Or office door. Or the door to…
The Camby Hotel, or rather “the Camby,” is a swanky new Biltmore-area hotel that debuted a few months ago in the home of the former Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. The Camby is what marketing folks refer to as a “luxury lifestyle brand,” which is more or less shorthand for a hotel designed…
Though caffeine addicts may consider the very idea blasphemous, there are people in the world who don’t drink coffee. And for a non-coffee drinker, coffee shops can be intimidating places to say the least, as coffee-snob baristas give you the look when you order a hot chocolate — yes, really,…
Fans of Carolina’s Mexican Food know that the no-frills eatery with locations in downtown, north Phoenix, and Peoria is one of the Valley’s best spots for homemade tortillas and spicy, red machaca. Now, we’ve got some good news for the restaurant’s fans who live on the east side of town. …
It’s been almost two years since The Upton opened its doors in Old Town Scottsdale, taking over the former home of the well-loved French eatery Petite Maison. But it seems the restaurant’s knack for putting out “playful and delicious” New American cuisine wasn’t enough because as of Sunday, July 3, The…
It’s hard to resist the charms of American Way Market Café, the casual eatery and small artisanal food marketplace located inside the Merchant Square Antiques mall in Chandler. Part bakery, part smokehouse, part ode to vintage Americana, the first thing you may notice about the dining room at American Way…
Restaurant openings slowed down a little bit in June, but that doesn’t mean diners in metro Phoenix didn’t get a few intriguing new options, including a new restaurant from Barrio Cafe chef Silvana Salcido Esparza, a cocktail bar on Seventh Street, and a ramen spot in Chandler. We lost a…
From local produce to bread that’s made right here in the Valley of the Sun, there are plenty of farmers, bakers, and food artisans making products that taste uniquely Arizonan. And home chefs aren’t the only ones who have taken notice of just how much great stuff is being made…
Chances are, most Americans have a fairly limited understanding of Australian cuisine, often imagining an endless stream of Aussies enjoying “shrimps on the barbie,” Foster’s beer, and Vegemite on toast. The reality is Australian cooking runs much deeper than these stereotypes. It is influenced equal parts by our shared colonial…
Since opening in 2013, Gadzooks Enchiladas and Soup has brought build-your-own-enchiladas and, of course, soup to the midtown Phoenix neighborhood around Seventh Street and Osborn Road. The restaurant, known for its customizable menu of made-from-scratch eats, lets diners choose from a list of slow-braised meats, vegetables, cheeses, and house-made sauces and…
Sorry, beer lovers, but you’ll have one less place to grab a pint in the upcoming months. Pedal Haus Brewery in downtown Tempe will close its doors this summer for an expansive remodel, which the brewery and restaurant will unveil in the fall. The locally owned brew pub will undergo a…
Since 1986 Someburros has been serving tacos, cheese crisps, and chimichangas, and later this year the family-owned local restaurant chain will celebrate the opening of its eighth location. By late fall, Someburros plans to open a new restaurant in Queen Creek, specifically at 20707 East Maya Road, near the intersection of…
