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…
Next Monday, July 28, NYPD Pizza — the locally-owned pizza chain with 11 other locations around the Valley — will open its newest restaurant at 222 S. Mill Avenue. The restaurant will be inside the Tempe Gateway building, across the street from the Mill Ave./Third Street light rail stop. The…
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…
Taste of Chicago, or The Taste as it’s usually referred to, is one of the nation’s best-known food events. It’s been around since long before Food Network was a social force and kale was cool. For many, it’s a summer tradition that’s as cherished as any, and this year was…
It’ll be bit of a trek for Valley food lovers, but that doesn’t mean a trip to Proper Meats + Provisons in Flagstaff and later Tucson won’t be worthwhile. The butchery and deli claims to be the state’s first butcher shop offering “100% Arizona farm raised meats.” Owner Paul Moir…
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…
With all of the Mexican restaurants in the Valley, coming up with an order of winning chicken nachos in all of metro Phoenix would be like picking the best ice cream flavor — everyone would have a different favorite. The basic combination of chips, cheese and chicken is often complemented…
Real, Wild, and Woody Saturday, July 19 We have a good feeling about this first-time summer event. The fest, courtesy of the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, will feature dozens of in-state craft brewers who are pulling out all the stops to present an impressive lineup of speciality brews — think…
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…
There’s Short Leash Sit…Stay and now, Rollover. Or more specifically, Rollover Doughnuts. That’s right, Brad and Kat Moore and taking it back to the streets with a new food truck they expect to launch later this month. Rollover Doughnuts will serve a menu of brioche doughnuts and fritters in a…
Bashas’, the Arizona-based chain of groceries stores, has teamed up with Local First Arizona to bring products made in state to Arizona’s hometown grocer. For now the program is being tested at a Bashas’ location in McDowell Mountain Ranch. The program brings more than a dozen local companies into the…
The Chef: Chris Collins The Restaurant: Grassroots Kitchen and Tap The Animal: Beef The Dish: Tri-tip sandwich In Arizona you can find brisket just about everywhere. But for many Californians like myself, a “steak” sandwich has always meant one thing: tri-tip. This cut of beef, which comes from the bottom…
After a two-week whirlwind makeover, Earnest will open its doors to customers today. The restaurant occupies the space previously known Cork and is operated by former-Cork chef Brian Peterson and with co-owner and pastry chef Danielle Morris. Unlike its upscale, wine-focused predecessor Earnest aims to offer diners a more casual,…
The first time I visited the Pink Pony, following its floor-to-ceiling overhaul earlier this year, I was distracted. Where was the slightly shabby lounge singer, cracking us up with tacky renditions of ancient Pet Clark hits? The cozily dark bar, straight out of a 1930s Warner Bros. gangster film? Where…
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…
Just a few months after announcing plans to open a second Valley location later this year, Denver-based Snooze, an AM Eatery is back with plans for a third restaurant. The next outlet of the retro-cool breakfast and brunch spot will be located in Tempe, specifically inside the remodeled Art Annex…
It’s awfully hot to garden. In fact, it’s awfully hot to go out to go out to eat. So we thought we’d share a list of “must dos” for food-grower to enjoy indoors, before it’s time for fall planting. From books and films to TV shows and classes, there’s a…
Nothing beats a juicy burger, on a perfect bun with melted cheese, and the oils dripping off the burger. We put Hopdoddy Burger Bar and Paradise Valley Burger Co. in the ring to see who takes the prize in the battle of the burgers. In This Corner: Hopdoddy Burger Bar…
Dear Guy at an Upscale Phoenix Cocktail Lounge in a Tank Top, You are why we can’t have nice things. Sincerely, Lauren There, I said it. And no, that’s not a random, made-up reference. I was actually out at a fancy new bar — er, “cocktail parlour” — on a…
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…
Bob Tam Chef, partner Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour www.bitterandtwistedaz.com In the words of Bitter & Twisted Principle Barman and Proprietor Ross Simon, the downtown cocktail lounge is “a bar that happens to have great food.” As in, first and foremost, this place is about the drinks. But just because…
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…
