Restaurants

It’s finally happening! The long-awaited Old Town Scottsdale market and dessert bar is set to open on July 8.

Jared Porter, chef and one of the founding owners of Clever Koi, officially parted ways with the restaurant in May, according to management at the Phoenix location of the popular spot.

The owners of this taco shop on the outskirts of Old Town Scottsdale say it’s the salsa bar that keeps people coming back.

Cheese tea is very much a thing. And, according to literally everyone in the social media universe, despite its name, it’s not totally gross.

Metro Phoenix has seen 60 new restaurant openings and nearly a dozen closings in 2017 so far.

At La Poblanita, hard-to-find cemita sandwiches, sophisticated mole, and farmhand enfrijoladas breakfasts make this unassuming restaurant a Maryvale destination.

Silvana Salcido Esparza’s breakfast-centric concept will close June 29.

The long awaited reopening of Gallo Blanco is happening this Saturday in the Garfield neighborhood of Central Phoenix.

At Gino’s East in Arcadia, the six Chicago-style deep dish options shine with buttery, golden crusts that crumbled only slightly under the weight of hefty portions of cheese, Italian sausage, onions, peppers, and mushrooms.

Ozzy Perez begins with a yellow corn tortilla on an oiled grill, loading it with a blend of Monterey jack cheeses, shrimp, and sautéed onions and tomatoes seasoned with garlic and paprika. They add a squirt of their house chipotle sauce, fold, and serve. It is a dish that blurs the line between quesadillas and tacos.

Queues wrap around the block for the mesquite-grilled carne asada and chicken two brothers are dishing up super late night in Old Town Scottsdale. Their North Scottsdale shop caters to the more conventional mealtimes.

Not everything that goes into my mouth ends up in a review or article, but some things are just too good not to share.

In an interesting summer move, some Phoenix shops are increasing their hours, rather than reducing them. This week alone saw two popular cafes up their business hours.

Amy Ettinger explores the world of ice cream in America from the Founding Fathers’ obsession with it, to the New York City ice cream truck wars and the wacky and wonderful flavors at artisanal shops across the country.

The new restaurant’s troubles began before it could open as reports of one co-owner’s felony conviction of sexual conduct with a minor was reported in New Times.

With the temperatures peaking at 120 degrees this week, a long and tired tradition of trying to cook things on the sidewalk or asphalt has again reared its sweaty head here in the Valley. Experiment if you must, but please, for the love of God, don’t eat it.

Explore the traditional food of Gujarat — an Indian state located on the country’s western coastline — right here in Phoenix.

With half of 2017 already in the books, now seems like a good time to highlight some of our favorite spots that have opened in metro Phoenix so far this year. From a high-profile chef’s buzzy new osteria to a 37-seat neighborhood gem, here are 10 restaurants that are making the Valley a more delicious place to eat and drink.

Keep your friends close — and bring your enemies tiny packets of salt. Then decide you adore one another and toast with Champagne.

Lorenzo Santillan, who built a robot with a small team of high schoolers that beat MIT in an underwater robotics competition in 2004, over ten years later has opened his own taco truck.

This is a list for all you road warriors out there, beating a path down the sizzling hot asphalt, screaming at your kids to put their shoes on – not because you’re a tyrant, but because you don’t want to end up in the ER to treat their third degree burns this summer. Because even kids (and definitely us moms) need a “cheat day.”