Pa’La

This restaurant is a temple to simple food in the form of a 24th Street bungalow. Or maybe it’s more of a low-key barracks: There’s a spartan rigor to the approach to ingredients. The very best and often the most obscure, commonly from Italy: olio nuovo, heirloom beans, Tuscan pecorino, high-end polenta, heady wines. There’s […]

Padre’s Modern Mexican

Delightful haute Mexican eatery with a fun atmosphere, great margaritas on the rocks, and appetizers to make your tummy sing like a sailor on shore leave. The lobster thermidor quesadilla would make Napoleon proud, since he named the original dish. And those pork enchiladas in tomatillo sauce are the bomb, boss. Live Latin music Friday […]

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 […]

Pa’La

Pa’La has long been recognized as a destination for exceptional food. But in the last few years, the small restaurant has undergone an evolution, with a new team taking over the kitchen. Thankfully, the commitment to quality food remains. Pa’La is a date night destination now, where customers can splurge on a special occasion. The […]

Palatte

Whether it’s light rail, the new ASU developments, or just business as usual, there’s a lot going on in downtown Phoenix. We’re glad to see so much happening, but sometimes we just need a break from it – a few moments of peace and quiet to recharge. Palatte is perfect for that, an oasis of […]

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.

Pallets Food and Bar

Who wouldn’t want a place like Pallets in their neighborhood? Fresh sushi and tasty Chinese dishes like orange chicken made up for sub-par Vietnamese menu items at this hip, pan Asian restaurant/bar on Roosevelt Row. Go for the reasonably priced food, the well-chosen variety, the pleasant wait staff and relatively late hours.

Pane Bianco

Celeb chef Chris Bianco has worked his magic again, this time concentrating on a tiny menu of sandwiches and salads. Fare is takeout only, and it’s expensive, but worth it for farmers-market-fresh quality. Anything with homemade mozzarella is a marvel. Read our review.

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 […]