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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 […]
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 […]
This stunning, 5,000-seat, 135,000-square-foot multi-purpose entertainment and athletics facility has been open only since 2011, but has already made its mark locally and nationally. Primarily known on campus as the home of the university’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, the arena regularly hosts rock acts (Casting Crowns has played there, as has the David Crowder […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Great Arizona Puppet Theater is a non-profit professional puppet theater that was founded in 1983 as a touring company. And if you think that means the company has a lot of history, you should hear about the building in which they’re housed. Built in 1929, the beautiful Phoenix LDS 2nd Ward Church features Spanish Colonial […]
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The Great Pho King food truck comes from Mike Baum (front of the “house”) and chef Eddy Pham, who met just a year ago and realized they would need each other to enter — and be successful in — the street food biz. The menu includes two types of Vietnamese noodle soup, or pho, both […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
If you still think vegan food means a bunch of rabbit food, clearly you haven’t been to Green. With a full menu of burgers, pasta, rice bowls, egg rolls, and even chili fries, eating vegan never looked so naughty. The newer Phoenix location is right next door to the restaurant’s all vegan sweets shop, Nami, […]