Out of Africa Wildlife Park

Step out of the car Out of Africa Wildlife Park, 100 acres of wilderness at the base of Mingus Mountain range in Camp Verde, and you might think you’ve arrived at the Masai Mara region of Kenya or the Serengeti of Tanzania. And that’s a good thing too since the residents of this wildlife park […]

Painted Mountain Golf Resort

This 18-hole golf course in Mesa is a Par 70 Championship course that’s designed to be both challenging and enjoyable. The front tees are aimed at the ladies and juniors, while average golfers will face the tough stuff at the middle tee. For the low handicap players, the back tees are where it’s at. And […]

The Paisley Violin

Temporarily closed: Gina and Derrick Suarez’s quirky bohemian bistro is a comfortably cool spot that contains creative endeavors of every shape and size. Situated along Grand Avenue, it’s a mecca of Mediterranean and Euro-style edibles served up in an ultra-arty atmosphere accented by a constantly revolving collection of photos, paintings, and sculptures. Boutique wines such […]

PaleoWest Solutions in Archaeology

PaleoWest is a solution-driven archaeological consulting firm. PaleoWest provides cultural resource consulting services to help you plan your project around archaeological sites, historic properties, traditional cultural properties, and other cultural resource constraints.

Papago Brewing Company

When you walk through the door of this casual neighborhood brewpub, located among the many shops and eateries of Papago Plaza, you’ll be greeted by a larger-than-life-sized statue of a portly, jolly monk. If you love beer – especially beer from Belgium, where monks make the good stuff – you should take that as a […]

Papago Golf Course

Once the finest golf course in the Valley, arguably the best muni in the country, Papago has fallen from its heyday in the 1970s and ’80s. By 2002, the course was a disgrace. But with some recent improvements, including new restrooms, improved cart paths, a face-lift of the clubhouse and a topnotch pro, Papago appears […]

Papago Park

Hiking, biking, fishing, picnicking — even golfing — among the otherworldly buttes, crags and palm-shaded water holes of one of the few significant parcels of lowland Sonoran Desert remaining in the urban Valley. West-facing Hole-in-the-Rock, a Hohokam archaeoastronomy site, is famed for its sunset views; Desert Botanical Garden and the Phoenix Zoo are situated within […]

The Paper Studio

Aside from being a scrapbook lover’s dream The Paper Store in Tempe has the sort of inspiration arts and craft supplies that make even the least artistic person you know want to get elbow-deep in glitter, glue and paper. They have every type of scrapbook paper you could need to immortalize that trip to Hawaii […]