Scottsdale has gained another place for food and drinks in Holy Spirits, a recently opened restaurant and bar located at 7318 E. Stetson Drive. The dining and drinking spot offers beer, cocktails, and a menu of “tapas” — though the shareable dishes seem more like small plates than traditional Spanish cuisine. The…
When my family landed in Tucson in the late ’70s, my parents — who couldn’t cook — opened a crepe restaurant, which was as darling as fusion is now. We’re New York transplants and didn’t have a clue about edibles, unless they included word “nitrates” or “deli.” For us, food…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 70. Kimchee Bokum Bap at…
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…
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick . . . Chef Marcellino Verzino stands at a table in a back room of his restaurant feeding long, tan sheets of dough into an electric machine. It ticks rapidly and incessantly as it spits out increasingly smoother and softer lengths of fresh pasta dough…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 71. The Standard with Cheese…
Given the choice between a dozen mediocre dishes or one spectacular one, we’d opt for the latter every time. Hola Cabrito — an authentic Mexican birria joint — seems to agree. At this establishment, there are no multi-page menus or pre-meal chips and guacamole. There is just you, your order…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 72. Otro Cortado Salad at Otro…
The Guilty Pleasure: The Hostess Ding Dong Ice Cream Sandwich Where to Get It: Carl’s Jr. Price: $1.49 What it Really Costs: A sweet sticky mess of crumbs and mediocrity The Ding Dong might not be the most famous Hostess product (that’d be Twinkies, probably followed by the cupcakes with…
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…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 73. Exotic Mushroom Pan Fry…
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…
Dinner Lab Pop-Up with Chef Chris McKinley Friday, June 19 Dinner Lab returns to Phoenix after its inaugural event in April, this time with chef Chris McKinley at the helm. The theme of the secretive dinner will be “The Revival: Refined Compositions of the Past,” and will include dishes similar…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 74. Aloo Paratha at Tahoora…
Later this year LGO Hospitality will open Buck and Rider, an upscale-casual restaurant specializing in high quality seafood at 4225 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The restaurant will offer a raw bar, sushi, and steaks and will fly seafood to the restaurant daily from around the country. “In my opinion…
If I miss anything about the neighborhood where I lived for much of the 1980s, it’s the authentic ethnic cuisine, mostly along McDowell Road, that I so took for granted there. I remember a Laotian place that served nothing but coconut rice, a Chinese restaurant that sold fried chicken feet,…
According to the shop’s website, Wedge & Bottle, a locally-owned cheese and wine store in south Phoenix, will close its doors at the end of the month. For years the Ahwatukee market has been a destination for wine and cheese lovers and those seeking high quality cured meats, but the store’s…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 75. Pollo Guisado at FrinGo’s…
Don’t freak out, but one of the worst U.S. bird flu outbreaks in recent history may have hit Arizona. According to the state’s Department of Agriculture, four properties were shut down over bird flu fears in Pinal, Mohave, Santa Cruz and Yavapai Counties. In all, 13 quail and chickens, and about 40…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 76. Baked Vegetable Pesto at Oven…
Over the last six years Brad and Kat Moore have turned their single Short Leash Hot Dogs food truck into a miniature restaurant dynasty that includes multiple food trucks, two brick and mortar restaurants, and a doughnut and coffee shop. Now they’ve taken on what might be their biggest project…
This year we’re marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 77. Sheng Jian Bao at DingHao…
