This pleasant South Indian restaurant in Scottsdale, from three Indian-born friends who attended culinary school together, features some of the Valley’s most vibrant examples of South Indian cuisine. Boldly flavored, expertly prepared, and packed with handfuls of ingredients like chiles, tamarind, ginger, cumin, and cardamom, don’t-miss dishes include vegetable curries of okra and stuffed baby […]
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Kaz Bar was vino-only from its founding in 2001 until original owner Peter Kasperski closed it 17 years later. Enter restaurateur Tommy Plato of Second Story Liquor Bar fame, who reopened the posh lounge in 2019, adding a focus on rare and distinctive whiskeys and a bespoke supper club atmosphere big on leather and wood. […]
Former UFC and WWE star Ken Shamrock has been training fighters in mixed martial arts for years at his Lion’s Den dojo in Reno, Nevada. In 2008 Shamrock opened a location in Scottsdale, boasting 8,000 square feet of training space, including a boxing ring, a fighting cage, and a fully equipped weight room. Shamrock handpicked […]
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Welcome to the Valley of the Sun’s future, where phrases like “live-work” and “mixed-use” suddenly-finally!-apply. Completed in 2000, Kierland Commons is the city’s first-ever “lifestyle center,” a 600,000-square-foot Scottsdale development that includes shopping, dining, entertainment, office space and upscale loft condominiums. Originally created to serve as the community gathering place for the master-planned community of […]
This Scottsdale course is Troon-managed, which means you can guarantee it’s going to look pretty much immaculate. Designed by Scott Miller, the 27-hole course has more than 300 bunkers, lakes, washes and stands of trees all of which comes together for a unique collection of nines, all different and all challenging. The golf carts might […]
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Pot Stickers galore! That’s what Kona has that we love the most. These tasty chicken and vegetable dumplings are crispy on the outside, spicy on the inside. Ditto the Sweet and Spicy Shrimp, tossed in chili sauce; and the Chicken Satay, grilled marinated chicken skewers served with creamy cabbage slaw. A full sushi bar and […]
It may be a student-run cafe, but it’s from the talented chefs-in-training at the renowned Scottsdale Culinary Institute. Service can be a challenge (learning curve and all), but the food is usually topnotch, and prices can’t be beat (roast leg of lamb for $8.95). The menu is short but imaginative, with a selection of soups, […]
Scottsdale is mostly known in the food scene for its upscale restaurants that specialize in just about every type of global cuisine. What can be hard to find is an old-fashioned, down-to-earth Mexican joint where the food is good and cheap. Lucky for us, La Fonda Del Sol, located on the corner of Scottsdale Road […]
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Phoenix has too many Mexican restaurants to count, and you can pretty much throw a stick in any part of town and hit one (and then have the stick ricochet off the building to hit another). But most of it is cheap and greasy. While there’s a time and place for that (like 2:30 a.m. […]
LAMP Café is a small, refined café from the team behind LAMP Pizzeria in north Scottsdale, which has been recognized for its Neapolitan-inspired, wood-fired pizza menu. Located right next door, LAMP Café showcases chef Matt Pilato’s talent for working with bread and traditional Italian salumi. The menu is mostly light Italian fare, including sandwiches, salads, […]
The rustic pies from this casual yet refined spot in north Scottsdale come courtesy of chef-owner Matt Pilato, who studied Neopolitan pizza-making at the Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli Academy in San Francisco. Pilato doesn’t quite adhere to the strict Neapolitan pizza standard, preferring instead to combine some of its techniques with his own style. The result […]