AMC Ahwatukee 24

This 24-screen theater is located just off Highway 10. Amenities include stadium seating, digital projectors, close-captioning, wheelchair access, theater rentals and made to order hot food. They’re also offer parent friendly Bring Your Baby Matinees.

Arizona Grand Resort

Every one of this award-winning, all-suite resort’s 117,000 square feet is located mere minutes from Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport-but that’s not why it’s the state’s only AAA Four-Diamond, all-suite hotel. That would be because of its nearly endless list of amenities, including a challenging 18-hole golf course, a luxury spa and salon, an exhilarating seven-acre […]

Arriba Mexican Grill

There are only a few Valley outposts of New Mexican-style Mexican food, which is typically hot and spicy. If you like to feel the burn, check out the carne adobada or chile colorado, both of which give off the lingering scorch of Hatch, New Mexico chiles. Nice touch: The traditional chips and salsa opener is […]

Brad’s Place

This snug, sports-oriented Ahwatukee tavern and eatery possesses a definite Midwestern bent. Besides a series of large, color-filled displays adorning the walls and serving as memorabilia-laden shrines to the collegiate and professional sports teams of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, folksy Great Lakes kitsch like framed snowshoes and bait shop ephemera dot the decor. The […]

The Brazilian Bull

The best example of Brazilian-style churrascaria in the Valley. Features a salada Brasileiro with some 20 items. These rotate, but cold items include shrimp, octopus, mussels, hearts of palm, and numerous different salads. Hot items might include cod, tilapia in wine sauce, or chicken stroganoff. Then there’s the rodizio itself, served by Fogo e Brasa’s […]

Cactus Jack’s

Cactus Jack’s brings a rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere to an otherwise sleepy strip mall in Ahwatukee. Credit co-owner Gina Lombardi, who bought a stake in the neighborhood bar in 2014 after her landmark rock venue The Sail Inn was pushed out of Tempe by gentrification. She installed a stage, a sound system, a lighting rig, […]

CK’s Tavern & Grill

This eclectic Ahwatukee establishment functions as both a sports joint and live music venue, offering the best of both worlds to its funky and family-oriented clientele. A total of 40 different high-definition flatscreens feature all the major sports packages and are bound to have whatever big game you’re seeking. Meanwhile, the fully stocked bar boasts […]

Cupz N’ Crepes

There’s nothing quite so perfect as the combination of fresh coffee and a perfectly-prepared crepe. And lucky for us, when we’re looking to satisfy the craving we need not look any farther than Cupz N’ Crepes in Ahwatukee. The south Phoenix eatery specializes in made-to-order crepes of both the sweet and savory variety filled with […]

Ezekiel’s Restaurant

Ezekiel’s Restaurant is a small, mom-and-pop restaurant in Ahwatukee that specializes in traditional, Southern-style soul food. Fried chicken is always on the menu here, and it’s excellent: crispy, craggy, and moist, delivered hot and fresh out of the fryer. Fried seafood options include a tilapia dinner, the two large filets fried in a light, sandy […]

Ghett’Yo Pizza, Sliders & More

Ghett Yo Pizza, Sliders & More in Ahwatukee is the pizza-joint version of its sister eatery, Ghett Yo Tacos, Burritos & Sliders in downtown Chandler. The menu lists specialty pizzas like Ghett Yo Veg On and Ghett Yo Meat On, as well as sliders, salads, dessert, and appetizers (like that fried avocado served with jalape

Hillside Spot

Chef-owner Doug Robson, who also owns CenPho’s Gallo Blanco Café, is truly filling a need in this part of town, where comfy, independently owned neighborhood joints aren’t easy to come by yet there are plenty of residents eager to spend disposable income on breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just a glass of wine and snacks. Hillside […]