Editor’s Note: This post has been edited from its original version. There were plenty of spectators outside Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale on Tuesday night. Dozens of people and cars lingered in the parking lot, keeping a safe distance from the infamous restaurant and its owners, waiting for emotional fireworks…
Given that tonight is the start of her now-infamous restaurant’s “Grand Re-Opening,” not to mention the seemingly endless parade of what-the-fucks that have unfolded in the past few weeks (See: Kitchen Nightmares season finale and most epic online breakdown in history), it would appear Amy Bouzaglo of Amy’s Baking Company…
Despite recieving notice from Kitchen Nightmares producers that media interviews might be a pretty dangerous proposition, Amy and Samy Bouzaglo of the imfamous Amys Baking Company went on air with My 103.9 radio morning show host Monti Carlo on Monday. “I’m not proud of my behavior on the show and…
The Guilty Pleasure Food: Original Recipe Boneless Chicken Where to Get It: KFC, locations Valleywide Price: $5 for a two-piece meal What It Really Costs: Sodium bloat and shame. See also: – 9 Favorite Spots for Fried Chicken in Metro Phoenix Advertising executives have a harder time than ever catching…
Editor’s note: After the insanity of the last two weeks, we decided that the Amy’s Baking Company saga desperately needed some context. New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld graciously complied. A tall, thin man with long, gray hair and a pair of saggy but expensive jeans shakes the handles of…
This is part two of my interview with Kelly Fletcher, executive chef at House of Tricks in Tempe. If you missed part one, where Fletcher praised his favorite local chefs, told us about the best food he’s had this year and predicted what will be the next big thing, read…
The city of Scottsdale takes another punch to the restaurant-scene gut today — and this one’s a doozy: Davanti Enoteca has shuttered after just nine months. See also: – CLOSED: Indulge Burgers & More in Scottsdale – CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale The fourth location of the Italian restaurant…
As part of the shit-show gift that keeps on giving, Rose+Moser+Allyn Public & Online Relations, the Scottsdale-based PR firm helmed by Jason Rose, has announced it has ended its relationship with Amy’s Baking Company — if you could even call it a relationship. The Scottsdale-based company picked up the controversial…
Chow Bella writers were honored at the Arizona Press Club’s annual awards banquet, held Saturday night at the Duce in downtown Phoenix. Chow Bella was named Best Metro Feature Blog. In addition, New Times’ food blog also took home second place in the feature blog category and a third-place award…
Did I just spy a cocktail shaker behind the cashier at my local Chipotle? Why, yes, I did. Chipotle has rolled out a new Patron Margarita, a margarita “so good, you’ll forget you’re drinking from a plastic cup.” Their words, not mine. I just had to see that shaker in…
Kelly Fletcher House of Tricks 114 E. Seventh Street, Tempe 480-968-1114, houseoftricks.com See also: — House of Tricks: Happy Hour Report Card — Quiessence Chef Greg LaPrad Leaving the Farm at South Mountain for Sonoita This is part one of my interview with Kelly Fletcher, executive chef at House of…
A Colorado import is making its Phoenix debut, breakfast-style, at 2045 East Camelback Road, in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Phoenix. See also: – Scottsdale’s Pomo Pizzeria Moving to Downtown Phoenix – Sam Fox’s New Seafood Spot, Little Cleo’s, Opens at The Yard in North Central Phoenix Set…
Cross off one less place in Scottsdale to score a burger made any way you wish. Indulge Burgers & More has shuttered. See also: – CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale – CLOSED: X-Tapa Joe’s in North Scottsdale Located at 10392 North Scottsdale Road, Indulge was opened nearly five years…
Restaurant bars stopped being strictly bars years ago. Nowadays, many people consider them the best seats in the house for a casual dinner that doesn’t require reservations, waiting, or a deep reservoir of patience. Because most of them operate on a first-come, first-served basis, customers are free to grab a…
Pizzeria Bianco and Cibo may be downtown’s mainstays for top-notch pies, but on Tuesday, May 28, another pizza powerhouse will enter the ring: Pomo Pizzeria. See also: – Sam Fox’s New Seafood Spot, Little Cleo’s, Opens at The Yard in North Central Phoenix – Jobot Owner John Sagasta Opening Ice…
Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Check out what’s on our plate. See also: – Food Truck Caravan Rolls into Downtown Scottsdale Starting This Saturday Night – Drive-Thru Tacos and Tapas Come to Peoria (By Way of Las Vegas) Schnepf Farms Peach…
It’s the end of an era for Norma and Victor Guerrero. See also: – CLOSED: Cask 63 in North Scottsdale – Cheuvront Restaurant in Phoenix to Close at the End of May The husband-and-wife team behind Guerrero’s Mexican Food, 2148 East Apache Boulevard in Tempe, have decided to retire and…
This time, it’s not as easy as ABC. Imagine what it would be like to have a Phoenix business with an all-too-similar name to Amy’s Baking Company, and you’ll feel ABC Cake Decorating Supplies’ pain. See also: – Amy’s Baking Company – A History of Kitchen Nightmares – ABC Cake…
The Amy’s Baking Company shit show is drawing out Phoenix’s cast of characters like moths to the flame. It’s probably only a matter of time until Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Russell Pearce get involved. After the ABC Kitchen Nightmares disaster (or could it actually be a blessing in disguise?), Valley…
Seemingly moments after most of us were making Amy Bouzaglo’s cat impersonation (“Meow, meow, meow — meow, meow!”), uttered on last Friday’s season finale of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, the ringtone on our cell phones, the Internet decided to blow up, bonkers-style. See also: – Meet Amy’s Baking Company’s New…
I grew up in a house where salad always meant iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, and cucumber. I assumed that salads everywhere were the same. When a friend in high school asked me what I’d just sliced into the salad, I thought he was kidding. How could he not know…
It’s the end of an era. Chef Greg LaPrad — the talented farm-to-table chef who made Quiessence a destination restaurant and kept it in the media spotlight for eight years — plans to wrap up his eighth and last season at the restaurant on Saturday, June 15. Sister restaurant Morning…
