This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 99. Pacific White Fish Taco from…
AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival Saturday, May 16 Canned beer has come a long way since that stuff that filled the cups of your college beer pong table — and the AmeriCAN Canned Craft Beer Festival celebrates everything that beer wasn’t. SanTan Brewery has scoped out more than 250 canned…
The Guilty Pleasure: Peanut Butter Cup Oreos Where to Get It: Grocery stores, Target, Walmart, anywhere cookies are sold Price: $3 (roughly, varies by store) What it Really Costs: An intervention after becoming addicted to a cookie/candy combination that actually works Have you ever been eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 100. Waffle at Matt’s Big…
It was inevitable, we guess. After all, Upward Projects already has set up shop in uptown Phoenix, Arcadia, Tempe, and Gilbert. Now the local hospitality company has set its sights to the east and north, announcing plans to open two more locations of the popular Postino WineCafe in central and north…
As we told you earlier this year, T. Cook’s at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix has been on the hunt for a new executive chef. In February, chef Paul McCabe announced he would be leaving the resort to move to San Diego. And now, after three months,…
Inhaling deeply: the bread basket is under-developed and overly-proofed in Phoenix; we believe the market has a lot of room to grow. it can be daunting to find good bread and pastries consistently. The few truly great bakers with storefronts often have limited hours and styles. The old favorites may…
It’s a warmish spring evening. A man sits in front of a wig shop, playing an electric keyboard to the deserted patio next door. Inside, Park Place Bar and Grill is just as empty as its outdoor dining area. And after eating here, it’s clear why. Located in Scottsdale Mall,…
Heads up, readers. We’ve got some good news for you. Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12 Phoenix New Times website is getting a face lift. And our new site has some fancy new features we think you’re really going to like. In addition to larger photos and easier access to our video…
We recently stumbled upon Glacier Snow in Chandler during the shop’s soft opening. The dessert spot makes its own Taiwanese-style ice — which, if you aren’t familiar, is made from a frozen cylinder of milk mixture that’s thinly shaved by a machine into ribbons of ice/snow. These ribbons of ice…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
The Guilty Pleasure: S’mores Frappuccino Where to Get It: Starbucks Price: $4.45 for a tall (Do you really need to go bigger than that?) What it Really Costs: Those childhood memories of sitting around a campfire…
Artopia Saturday, May 9 Join the New Times’ this Saturday at Artopia, the sixth annual event dedicated to celebrating local creativity. Spend your evening perusing a collection of artwork from some of the top local creatives while celebrating this year’s winners of the Big Brain Awards — they’ll be announced…
Like so much of what one finds on Grand Avenue, Carson Wheeler’s pizza joint is a little grungy. Grand Avenue Pizza Company’s itty-bitty dining room is besotted by an amateurish mural, the relentlessly hip music is played too loud, and the patio is tastefully unkempt — all in keeping with…
Monday night, Arizona chef Kevin Binkley of Binkley’s Restaurant in Cave Creek failed to take home the coveted James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest. The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of the annual culinary accolades, often referred to as the Oscars of the restaurant industry, at a ceremony…
Cupcakes were all the rage a few years ago, and some would argue the doughnut has since risen to take its place atop the popularity pyramid of baked goods. But to say so would be to overlook the French macaron. What was once a relatively hard-to-find French specialty has now…
The 6th annual AZ BBQ Festival took over the Salt River Fields in Scottsdale on Saturday, May 2. And with everything from bowls full of bacon to lots of Daisy Dukes, this event reminded us of going to the state fair — except with fewer crowds and no Ferris Wheel…
Everyone loves a classic chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A, right? Well, probably not if that sandwich comes from a restaurant that failed to pass its county health inspection. But one of our Valley locations of the fast food chain is far from the only spot in town that needs to do…
Nutella has been appearing in all kinds of dishes — from coffee to cheesecake — for a while now. Elevate Coffee Co. in North Phoenix has its own offering, in the form of a Nutella crepe…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
The Guilty Pleasure: Ghost Pepper Fries Where to Get It: Wendy’s Price: $1.99 What it Really Costs: The sanctity of the holy ghost pepper among spicy food fanatics…
Though we’re just around the corner from summer and the time of year when things tend to slow down in the restaurant industry, there’s been no sign so far that our local restaurateurs and chefs plan on taking a break. Last month we saw more than a dozen new restaurants…
