Mastro’s Ocean Club

High style, high prices. Ocean does for seafood what Ruth’s Chris has done for steaks. Everything is à la carte and served in big portions from white-jacketed, black-bow-tied servers. First-class fish isn’t entirely different from many other good seafood shops around town (at half the price), but for a place to impress on an expense […]

Mastro’s Steakhouse

A smart-looking, high-end steak house, featuring USDA Prime-grade beef. The 22-ounce bone-in rib eye is a thing of beauty, a marvel of taste and texture. The New York strip and T-bone are just about as powerful. Excellent appetizers and desserts (not to mention well-trained waiters) add to Mastro’s charms. Read our review.

Matador Coffee Roasting Company

In a North Phoenix strip mall you’ll find freshly roasted coffee beans at Matador Coffee Roasting Company. They strive to achieve the highest quality of coffee beans and espresso drinks every day and also serve house made pastries. If you’re hungry for something more they offer a menu of sandwiches and salads as well as […]

The Matador Mexican Food Restaurant

We can’t remember a time when the Matador wasn’t part of our lives, and we’re glad. Because life without the refried beans from Matador would be a life barely worth living. The burros here are so big, you’ll end up taking half home with you. Try the Colorado Burrito, spicy and chili-filled and scrumptious, or […]

Matt’s Big Breakfast

Never again will we see the days of the old Matt’s Big Breakfast, with the wraparound line of hungry breakfasters at the original 800-square-foot red brick building at First and McKinley streets. The breakfast was simply too good, and the deserved accolades sent Matt’s to a bigger location a block north, then on to additional […]

Max’s Restaurant & Sports Bar

One of the first things you notice when you walk into Max’s — other than the collection of more than 250 football helmets — is a wall of photos featuring some of its more well-known patrons. Everyone from former Arizona governor Rose Mofford to late basketball legend Manute Bol has shared a few spirits here […]

McDonald’s

The world’s largest fast food chain, McDonald’s does business on an almost unimaginably massive scale: 1.7 million employees serve nearly 60 million customers daily at more than 34,000 locations in 119 countries, including plenty in Phoenix. Founded as a single drive-in in San Bernadino, California in 1940, the mega-corporation represented by the Golden Arches has […]

McReynolds Farms Inc.

The word “farm” tends to bring to mind images of cabbages and carrots lying in the sun, fields of wheat, and rows of berry bushes. McReynolds Farms is not that kind of farm. Instead, the McReynolds family focuses on providing quality meats, rotisseries, and BBQ sauce. The thing they do best is help you enjoy […]

The Meat Shop

Just south of downtown Phoenix is where you’ll find some of the best meat in Phoenix. The Meat Shop is an old-fashioned butcher shop that sells all-natural, hormone-free meat, including pork and chicken raised locally and grass-fed beef from Colorado. And the bacon is nearly legendary in these parts. It’s so good, you should pre-order […]

Med Fresh Grill

This independent business, owned by the three San brothers, serves up luscious Turkish food at prices that let ASU work-study students feast like spoiled trust-funders. Don’t be fooled by Styrofoam plates and fast-food-style plastic trays — the food here is cooked daily, from scratch, using family recipes that have been passed down for generations. Vegetarians […]

Mejico

The tender, flavorful carne asada is sliced thin and paired with helpings of rice, beans, tortillas, and guacamole. Chile Verde is simmered, melt-in-your-mouth chunks of pork in a piquant green sauce. And the mole de pollo offers wonderful, smoky layers of flavor with just the right touch of sweetness. Ol