Restaurants

You won’t find a single latte on this list.

Big names earned awful grades in the September 2017 round of health inspections. Subway. The embattled fast food burrito-slinger Chipotle. It wasn’t the worst month, but Phoenix eateries should do better.

From the Tomaso’s crew comes a restaurant with the boss name The Sicilian Butcher. It’ll open next month in Paradise Valley.

The Metro Phoenix food scene is welcoming fall with 21 new restaurant openings, and, shockingly, only one notable permanent closing. It was a good month for carnivores, with multiple barbecue spots cheeseburger joints opening.

Laura Koch of Picket Fence Pastries works 20 hour days to make life sweet.

Chef Stephen Tilder goes to the next level, brainstorming wild eats and sourcing some food locally.

It’s more than just pho (but that’s in here, too). Here’s a guide to Vietnamese dishes to try and where to find them.

From pierogi to cannoli, there’s wonderful ethnic food to be had in metro Phoenix.

When one thinks about Phoenix’s Mexican food scene, some of the staple ingredients that come to mind are cheese, sour cream, beef, and pork. As always, Silvana Salcido Esparza has other plans.

Gallo Blanco sandwiches a ridiculously good torta featuring al pastor wrapped in griddled cheese.

This new restaurant is raising the bar for Thai food in metro Phoenix. Chef Bunnag cooks a refined take on Thai street food, with flavor roots in Bangkok and northeastern Thailand

My husband and I have been searching for pajarete — and the barn party that we hope accompanies its consumption — for weeks.

Good and bad, three of the most important relationships I’ve had in my life have been with my sister, my grandfather on my mom’s side, and my recently deceased life partner. Though they have all passed away, their superstitions still stick to my ribs.

Monika Woolsey worked in many capacities to develop and further an interest in healthy eating and vegetables. Notably, she founded Hip Veggies and was a dietitian for the Brewers. She passed away on Tuesday.

More about the tunes than the food, this place is an absolute blast. Eat General Tso’s chicken and lettuce wraps while watching sequined performers sing Neil Diamond and Mandarin love songs.

The annual Chile Pepper Festival will be scorching taste buds this weekend on Roosevelt Row in Phoenix. Dozens of restaurants will be competing for best chile dish. There will be chile roasting, cooking demonstrations, and plenty of booze.

Fall is officially here, which to many people means jacket weather and falling leaves, but here in Phoenix it mostly means festival season.

A central Phoenix restaurant serving Chinese for three-plus decades, Gourmet House of Hong Kong, will close. The kitchen will be cooking this week until food runs out. All beer will be 50% off.

Sing Chan hand-pulls different sized noodles at China Magic Noodle House in Chandler. He learned the noodle method from his cousin, who learned from a restaurant in Fuzhou, China.

We spend a holiday weekend on the road, tasting more than 80 Sonoita-Elgin wines. The Arizonan AVA produces much better wine than you would expect. Some has even been served at Presidential state dinners.

Sue Speidel, the owner of now-closed cafe Orange Table, is opening her newest cafe venture in Scottsdale this November.

Oren Hartman was a weekend ‘cue enthusiast until opening two barbecue joints in metro Phoenix, the first three years ago. Today, he is producing strong barbecue, including stellar beef short rib.