Gracie’s Tax Bar

This faded pink building off busy Seventh Avenue may look inconspicuous from the outside, but once you’re past the beat-up black door, cheap beers, great music and good times await. Gracie’s Tax Bar has occupied the former downtown Phoenix tax office since 2017. Inside, bar-goers can grab $6 mini pitchers of Gracie’s Tax beer for […]

Graffiti Shop

The name Graffiti Shop isn’t just a cool-sounding moniker at this Tempe smoke shop. It’s an open invitation to leave your mark on the walls and floor of the shop in marker or spray paint or whatever medium you’d like. Owner Lawrence Owenby – he’ll probably tell you he goes by “Larry” – has been […]

Grand Avenue Pizza Company

Grand Avenue Pizza Company builds memorable pies with bright, well-balanced sauces made from good-quality crushed tomatoes. They, and various white cheeses, are layered onto crusts neither bready like traditional Neapolitan pies nor flat-and-crisp like Tuscan pizza. Airy and light and both slightly greasy and neatly crisp, the kind of full-flavored, crispy-chewy, foldable crust you want […]

The Grand

The Grand is a 24-hour cafe, restaurant, bar and hangout space in downtown Phoenix, located in the space that formerly housed the nightclub Amsterdam. A major part of the sprawling venue’s appeal is its steampunk coffeehouse-meets-Victorian train station aesthetic, which is produced by glowing vintage light fixtures, shabby chic antique tables, and old-fashioned train timetables […]

The Grapevine

The Grapevine, a folksy bar and grill situated in downtown Scottsdale, is the place where local karaoke singers go when they get serious about their much-maligned craft. Besides being one of a handful of Valley venues where karaoke is offered every night of the week, The Grapevine also features the inimitable talents of disc jockey […]

Grassroots Kitchen & Tap

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 […]

Grassroots Kitchen and Tap

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 […]

Grazie Pizzeria & Wine Bar

This cozy little eatery in a remodeled brick building in Old Town Scottsdale’s main street boasts more than 100 imported Italian wines to complement a menu of traditional Italian fare. The original of two locations (the second being in Buckeye), Grazie’s selection of classic appetizers, salads, pizzas, specialty dishes, and desserts made with Italian-imported ingredients […]

Greasewood Flat

Everything about Greasewood Flat is casual and unassuming, including the welcome sign that reads “Sorry, we’re open!” Dining or partying at Greasewood Flat even requires driving on a dirt road, though the restaurant itself isn’t as rugged as its signs would indicate. Enjoy a green pepper burger while watching weekend cowboys and cowgirls get down […]

Great Wall Cuisine

One of the few places in the Valley where you can get dim sum, small Chinese appetizers that come to your table on an endless stream of carts. This place serves an outstanding variety that requires multiple visits. Look for the carts hauling scallop dumplings, fried eggplant, shrimp rice noodles and Chinese greens. Dim sum […]

Great Wall Cuisine

Chinese food in the West Valley peaks with Great Wall Cuisine, a spacious dim sum hall where small tins of food trundle around on carts and every meal feels like an event. In the classic dim sum tradition, the food is Cantonese. Diners point to carts for Cantonese staples like barbequed duck with crisp, lacquered […]

Greek Patio

Casual neighborhood spot that dishes up superb Greek repasts at very reasonable prices. If you dwell nearby, you’re blessed, as this is the sort of place you’ll want to dine at least once a week. The place features scrumptious spanakopita, chicken kebabs, moussaka, and housemade baklava. Non-trad items like the Cornish chicken and the catfish […]

Greekfest Restaurant

We have no idea whether Achilles munched on moussaka or lapped up avgolemono when he wasn’t out making mincemeat of Priam’s army during the Trojan War. But if the Greek warrior were alive and still kickin’ butt, he could do worse than to sup on swordfish souvlaki or pig out on pita and hummus at […]

GreekTown Restaurant

Chef-owner George Vassiliou has crafted his own corner of Athens in north central Phoenix. Murals depicting scenic Greek side streets and tales from the Greek myths fill the walls. Grecian pottery and vases take up every nook and cranny. Blue and white are the dominant colors, and Greek music flows from the sound system. The […]