FilmBar

FilmBar doesn’t just have the lock down on the hippest indie and foreign film screenings. The theater’s lounge is a fully functioning bar, featuring DJs, live music and a carefully selected menu of import and domestic beers. Standard brews have no place in the bar, which favors full bodied dark beers and tasty pints of […]

Fired Pie

When you bite into the Steak and Blue Pizza at Fired Pie, it bites back. That would be the gorgonzola, a pungent Italian cheese made from unskimmed cow’s milk that has salty sass running through its blue veins. The way the cheese interacts with the rest of the Steak and Blue’s ingredients – garlic, oil, […]

Fired Pie

When you bite into the Steak and Blue Pizza at Fired Pie, it bites back. That would be the gorgonzola, a pungent Italian cheese made from unskimmed cow’s milk that has salty sass running through its blue veins. The way the cheese interacts with the rest of the Steak and Blue’s ingredients – garlic, oil, […]

First & Last

Don’t let the small space at First & Last fool you. This charming eatery has a rotating menu that includes steak, quail, fish, and pasta. A highlight is the kale pesto pasta with pine nuts and goat cheese. The bar has the feel of a specialty craft cocktail bar where drinks such as The Scenic […]

First Draft Book Bar

Walk into First Draft Book Bar, and you’ll immediately know that you’re in a different kind of bar. Located inside Changing Hands Bookstore, it’s a place where you can grab a magazine before you slide up to the counter with your laptop and order wine or a craft beer. The vibe is chill but cerebral. […]

First Studio

The First Studio gallery in Downtown Phoenix represents quite an interesting piece of Arizona’s history. The building was built in 1949 and served as the first television studio in Arizona, which is crazy because we can’t imagine a world before HBO and infomercials. The building now houses a creative collective businesses, studio space for resident […]

First Watch

Tell a friend: First Watch’s Black ‘n’ Blue Wrap is heaven on a plate. Roast beef, blue cheese, tomato, lettuce and horseradish sauce wrapped up in a spinach tortilla-who can pass it up? We can’t-not even for one of this wonderful breakfast place’s delicious skillet meals. Our favorite involves a generous helping of mushrooms and […]

First Watch

Looking for a good, quick breakfast or lunch? This is the place to get it. The menu, which features breakfast specialties, salads, and sandwiches, is relatively imaginative, and the service is downright snappy.

Five15 Gallery

Five15 Arts is located on the main drag of the Roosevelt Row arts district in Downtown Phoenix, making it a reliable location to find exhibitions from established as well as up-and-coming artists. The collective, artist-run, contemporary art space hosts monthly rotating shows from young Valley talents and is one of our favorite places to see […]

Floor 13 Rooftop Bar

For a big-city feel and views filled with towering skyscrapers, head to the top of the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Phoenix hotel. Here, a small indoor bar opens onto a spacious alfresco sundeck. Warning, this spot isn’t for those with acrophobia. You’re up high and surrounded by dizzying drop-off views. It also can be gusty […]

Flower Child

Flower Child has an array of gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, and paleo options. The most satisfying choices include the wraps with chia and flax seed tortillas. On the side, you should go for a glass of draft kombucha and a lemon olive oil cake.

Focaccia Fiorentina

Downtown folks crowd this cozy shop for tasty pastas with homemade sauces (love the signature zesty tomato topped with light ricotta cheese and parsley), gourmet focaccia and baguette sandwiches, salads, and homemade cheesecake. Come hungry.