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 might have seen okonomiyaki on a restaurant menu here or there around town. It’s not impossible to find but it’s also not the most common of Japanese dishes. Essentially it’s a savory pancake that — at least in Japan — you can customize yourself with toppings and sauces. In…
The Guilty Pleasure: Pretzel-Crust Pepperoni Pizza. Where to Get It: Little Caesars, locations everywhere. Price: Only six bucks. What it Really Costs: Say cheeeeeeeese. Little Caesars has been one of my favorite guilty pleasures for quite some time. Thanks to modern technology (read: warming cabinets), you can walk into a…
A meal at Hong Kong Asian Diner in Tempe is like eating at your favorite aunt’s house. That is, if your aunt owned a Chinese restaurant that served expertly executed Cantonese cuisine. On Sunday nights, multi-generational Chinese families usually occupy the large tables in the center of the restaurant’s clean…
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…
Matt Zdeb Executive Chef SumoMaya Mexican Asian Kitchen www.sumomaya.com When local restaurant owner German Osio announced his plans to open an ambitious Mexican-Asian restaurant last summer, he immediately made SumoMaya one of 2014’s most-anticipated dining spots. Then Osio stoked the fire even more by announcing celebrity-chef Herb Wilson would be…
Don’t worry: No actual ghosts are harmed in the process of “ghost roasting.” The term refers to Nom de Plume Roasters’ low-overhead business model. Rather than making the (cough, cough, crazy expensive) choice to open their own roasting operation, NdP rents roasting time from other local facilities. Most recently, they’ve…
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…
A few weeks ago, I figured I’d sneak into Bitter & Twisted, one of Phoenix’s newest upscale bars, to eat and drink for a Happy Hour Report Card before the dinner rush hit. At about 4:30 p.m. on a Thursday, I walked in to find a mostly empty restaurant and…
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…
Many restaurants are getting ready to reopen for the fall season, which means we can get ready to see a whole slew of new fall menus. And while I’m excited to see what’s coming down the bend, I’ll be sad to see some of my favorite summer dishes fall off…
Don’t panic just yet. According to a sign posted on the door, Noca is closed for “house cleaning.” But the cryptic note doesn’t give any details about when the restaurant will reopen — if at all…
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…
They call me a whitewashed Mexican. I’m a third-generation Latina, and more traditional Mexican- Americans call me whitewashed because, according to them, I act more white than I act Mexican. True, I don’t know much Spanish. The Spanish I do know is from my required language courses in college. I…
After a decade of success in Old Town Scottsdale, the original location of Stingray Sushi has closed its doors. The restaurant’s lease is up, but owners say they’re already looking for a new location in the area. The goal is to reopen a Scottsdale sushi outlet in 2015. In the…
Morning Glory Opening Friday, September 5 Next week, The Farm at South Mountain will reopen for its 21st season and the first of the farm’s dining outlets to open will be the popular breakfast and brunch spot, Morning Glory Cafe. Starting Friday, September 5, Morning Glory will be open Tuesday…
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…
We know a couple of ASU students who were seriously devastated when they heard the 24-hour IHOP located on Apache Boulevard closed its doors earlier this summer. Was the pancake house a culinary destination? Hell no. But it was a convenient, cheap dining option for a lot of students. The…
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza is no longer a part of Barrio Queen, but that doesn’t mean the restaurant’s owners don’t have big plans for the Mexican restaurant concept. Barrio Culinary Concepts, parent company to Barrio Queen restaurant in Scottsdale, has solidified plans to open a second Barrio Queen in Gilbert…
Monika Woolsey is on a mission to get Phoenicians to eat more cactus. As the proprietor of Hip Veggies, a business in the process of becoming a nonprofit, she is Arizona’s most vocal nopales advocate, making it her goal to introduce people from all walks of life to the cactus…
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…
The Guilty Pleasure: The Meat Mountain Where to Get It: Arby’s, locations nationwide (participation may vary) The Price: $10 What It Really Costs: It’s a doozy, but not quite as bad as you think. I’m stunned by the existence of a new off-menu item at Arby’s, the Meat Mountain. As…
