Spa Avania – Hyatt Gainey Ranch

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The Spotted Donkey at El Pedregal

This spacious yet welcoming adobe-style restaurant nestled into El Pedregal, the sophisticated shopping center in North Scottsdale, features lunch and dinner offerings of upscale Southwestern and Mexican cuisines whose flavors play it safe for its well-heeled, over-50 patrons. Popular entrees like the stuffed poblano chiles and chimayo chile-rubbed pork tenderloin are passable, but more interesting […]

Sprinkles Cupcakes

Sprinkles Cupcakes are handcrafted from the finest ingredients, including sweet cream butter, bittersweet Belgian chocolate, pure Madagascar Bourbon vanilla, fresh bananas and carrots, real strawberries and natural citrus zests.

The Stand

Though you won’t see the roadside, open-air kitchen built from arrowroot and cactus ribs on Instagram food feeds, or in the pages of any glossy publication, The Stand on the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Reservation is one of our favorite places to eat in metro Phoenix. Here, the seats are stumps, the ceiling is […]

Starbucks

Since its founding by a trio of aspiring coffee roasters in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks has grown to become the largest coffeehouse in the world, with upwards of 20,000 locations in Phoenix and around the world. Named for the chief mate on the whaling ship from Moby Dick, the company didn’t begin chasing the Great […]

Starbucks

Since its founding by a trio of aspiring coffee roasters in Seattle in 1971, Starbucks has grown to become the largest coffeehouse in the world, with upwards of 20,000 locations in Phoenix and around the world. Named for the chief mate on the whaling ship from Moby Dick, the company didn’t begin chasing the Great […]

Stingray Sushi

Hip, urban, Dr. No-like sushi joint from the team that gave Scottsdale the funky-fresh tiki lounge Drift. Decor features zebra wood tables, Japanese-style restrooms, and a tank in the floor of the entranceway featuring several live stingrays. Nigiri sushi is first-rate, but the maki still needs some work, so steer away from those until the […]

STK Scottsdale

Part of The One Group restaurant network, STK Scottsdale is an upscale steakhouse located on the Scottsdale Waterfront in Old Town. It serves entrees like miso-glazed sea bass and a 34-ounce, dry-aged tomahawk steak. Appetizers like the the tuna tartare and bread with blue cheese butter are also available in a modern setting with a […]