Shops & Markets

Nenita Mina started Aloha Cakes AZ to satisfy her cravings for a taste of her home in Hawaii.

Julian Wright’s downtown Phoenix boutique coffee shop is fusing the aesthetics of two faraway places.

For Rochelle Garcia, blue corn is a connection to family and culture.

After visiting the bakery in 2007, Anthony Bourdain said, “If these guys were down the street from me, I’d go on a bender and eat this for two months.”

Baking challenged Jennifer Keys and invited her to better herself.

The best pastries, people-watching, pour-over, and patios.

The shop provides work experience for adults who have a hard time transitioning from special education programs in high schools into the workforce.

“Our competition is fast-food places where you can feed your family from the 99-cent menu.”

Self-taught baker Ryann Hulme wants her baking to be about community and causes.

Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods, and Bashas’ are hiring — big time.

One-stop shops for all you need.

At White Orchid, artist and calligrapher Monir Hosseini is channeling her creativity into baking some popular Persian sweets.

Takeout windows are as easy as one (walk-up), two (order), three (eat).

More than 30 small vendors joined the downtown Mesa “grocery store” in the first month.

After years in the wholesale and coffee roasting game, Xanadu has its own coffee shop.

Fear and loathing at the Midtown Safeway.

There’s a new, 12,000-square-foot ALDI in the west Valley.

People go to SugarJam not just for the cookies, pies, and barbecue, but also for the relationships.

Descriptions, hours, and details on 20 Phoenix-area farmers’ markets open this fall and winter.

Here’s a look at one of two of the first ALDI stores in Arizona.

The company sends customers surplus products and blemished produce at a discount via a grocery delivery service.

Three bites of farmers’ market news across metro Phoenix.