The Hungry Homie

Mobile pizzaiolo Ryan Moreno’s oven only allows him to make one 12-inch pizza at a time. They are worth the wait. He uses Bianco DiNapoli tomatoes and a blend of 00 and Hayden Flour Mills flour to create a spectacularly soft and intensely flavorful dough. Though he says his pizza is in the Neapolitan tradition, […]

La Frontera

It’s rare to find a more joyful lunch, dinner, or late-night meal than one eaten near a taco truck in a lot on 16th Street. Our favorites along this strip near 16th and Van Buren Street are La Frontera 1 and 3, and, up the street some, Tacos Y Mariscos El Sinaloa. As its name […]

La Frontera Comida Mexicana

Street food might be trending hard, but La Frontera Comida Mexicana has been around long before mobile eateries were cool. The stationary food truck can be found near the intersection of 16th Street and Van Buren serving Mexican fare and some of the city’s best Sonoran-style carne asada. Besides the award-winning carne asada burrito, they’ve […]

Momma’s Organic Market at Park West

It might seem hard to find locally-grown or organic produce in the West Valley but at Momma’s Organic Market we can count of a wide selection of both. Every Saturday at Park West in Peoria they offer fresh, local produce as well as fresh bread and other baked goods, raw honey, jams, salsa and more. […]

Old Dixie’s Southern Kitchen

Killer Southern-style eats in the form of sandwiches and sides made with locally sourced ingredients. Because of Old Dixie’s home in the Welcome Diner in Central Phoenix, there are burgers, too — one even topped with peanut butter — but they are not why you come here. You come here for chef Michael Babcock’s fried […]

Pizza People

Longtime Phoenicians MaryBeth and Tim Scanlon offer pies on the fly with their food truck, which features personal-size artisan pizzas all under 10 bucks. With dough made from scratch and nearly everything else locally sourced, specialties like the Popeye and the Fun Guy (made with mushrooms — get it?) are delectable, plus there are vegan […]