Since Gallo Blanco landed in Garfield it has been a key player in the neighborhood’s growth and dining scene. Nestled in a historic brick building that once housed American Way Market, the white-and-tan brick exterior and large windows create an airy feel. Gallo serves all three square meals, which should always be ramped up to […]
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Many of the Valley’s finest restaurants are hidden among the suites of strip malls or inside concentrated dining hubs. Not Geordie’s. Guests dine at one of Phoenix’s most stunning and historic sites: Wrigley Mansion, the 1932-built home of chewing gum tycoon William Wrigley Jr. At Geordie’s, the extensive wine list offers more than 12,000 bottles. […]
Set way south of Arizona State University and the scatterings of dining options in downtown Tempe, Ghost Ranch Southwest Modern Cuisine has made a big name for itself in the short time it’s been in operation. The locally owned restaurant is helmed by executive chef David Mora and pastry chef Lisa Graf (cute fact: they’re […]
Part whiskey bar, part upscale restaurant, part home base for some of Phoenix’s best-known chefs, the Gladly is a fixture of the Valley dining scene — and has been since its 2013 opening. Overseen by Chef Bernie Kantak, this Biltmore-area restaurant and Camelback Corridor staple also stocks more than 250 varieties of whiskey, most of […]
A kind of Houston’s-meets-neighborhood hangout, this pleasant North Scottsdale restaurant serves up American dishes put together with market vegetables, fresh meat and seafood, and ingredients like spicy tomato jam, sweet hickory sauce, and crunchy breads. Start with the creamy burrata then move on to dishes like superb broiled rainbow trout, Topher’s Braised Short Ribs, and […]
Early in 2007, Greene House unveiled a new exhibition kitchen so passersby at Kierland Commons could watch the staff whip up the day’s pastries and fresh pastas. Around the same time, executive chef Michael Stebner, formerly of San Diego’s Region restaurant, revamped the menu, introducing such dishes as Dijon-crusted, slow-braised short ribs cooked with local […]
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When you enter the Valley’s scattered hotel-and-resort enclave of finer dining, you enter a different world. One of the great fixtures and masters of resort cooking in Arizona, Charles Wiley, has traveled this side of our restaurant culture for decades. These days, he captains the kitchen in Mountain Shadows: Hearth ’61. The beauty of Hearth […]
Heirloom’s tagline is “An American Restaurant,” although it’s not the fine-dining destination that chef-owner Michael DeMaria’s award- winning Michael’s at the Citadel once was. Instead, it’s a casual setting for upscale American cooking, with smaller portions and somewhat more budget-conscious pricing; most items are under $20. The menu, which changes monthly, is designed for guests […]
When it opened in 2019, Hush quickly became one of the most exciting places to eat in metro Phoenix. It is the product of many melding influences. Like owner and chef Dom Ruggiero’s signature oxtail-centric riff on a Chicago-style Italian beef sandwich, molten with cheese and showered with soulful giardiniera, all the elements here come […]
Fine dining never looked or tasted so great as at this Phoenician Resort restaurant. Crisp white linen table cloths and serious table service (there’s even a wine steward!) don’t intimidate us-in fact, nothing can keep us from Il Terrazzo’s Orechiette, made with shrimp, smoked bacon and spiced with fennel and basil bread crumbs. The Berkshire […]
Joe’s Midnight Run is a nostalgia-fueled, ’90s-themed restaurant and bar in north central Phoenix’s trendy Seventh Street corridor, situated in the former site of the neighborhood’s 24-hour liquor store. The restaurant’s sleek and stylish midcentury dining room is nicely complemented by an eclectic and ambitious menu of wood-fired fare, including small plates like roasted veggies […]
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Joyride Taco House is the latest venture from Upward Concepts, with locations in Phoenix and Gilbert. It features a funky and welcoming d
Joyride Taco House is the latest venture from Upward Concepts, with locations in Phoenix and Gilbert. It features a funky and welcoming d
Kaz Bar was vino-only from its founding in 2001 until original owner Peter Kasperski closed it 17 years later. Enter restaurateur Tommy Plato of Second Story Liquor Bar fame, who reopened the posh lounge in 2019, adding a focus on rare and distinctive whiskeys and a bespoke supper club atmosphere big on leather and wood. […]
Steakhouses aren’t the most electric places to eat these days, but Maple & Ash jolts fresh life into the old American concept. An import from Chicago, the massive, modern, glitzy, 250-seat meat temple a gem’s throw from the Scottsdale Waterfront uses a wood-fired grill to sear steaks from affordable hangar to $175 dry-aged tomahawk rib-eye. […]
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While there are a few Mexican eateries in the vicinity of Old Town, you’d have a much better chance of tracking down a gourmet burger or a plate of sushi. So for that reason alone, The Mission fills a welcome niche in this ‘hood. While the menu is a broader, more modern take on Latin […]
What’s “modern” about Modern Steak? Well, it’s hardly about steak at all, and the posh, airy atmosphere is nothing close to a steakhouse clich
Under the diverse umbrella of contemporary American cuisine, the frequently changing menu combines French, Italian, and even occasional Japanese-inspired dishes with finesse. Handmade pastas, luscious seasonal soups, and the flat iron steak are always good bets, and you won’t find fresher seafood in Phoenix. It’s no wonder this place was named a James Beard “Best […]