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FilmBar doesn’t just have the lock down on the hippest indie and foreign film screenings. The theater’s lounge is a fully functioning bar, featuring DJs, live music and a carefully selected menu of import and domestic beers. Standard brews have no place in the bar, which favors full bodied dark beers and tasty pints of […]
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When you bite into the Steak and Blue Pizza at Fired Pie, it bites back. That would be the gorgonzola, a pungent Italian cheese made from unskimmed cow’s milk that has salty sass running through its blue veins. The way the cheese interacts with the rest of the Steak and Blue’s ingredients – garlic, oil, […]
Walk into First Draft Book Bar, and you’ll immediately know that you’re in a different kind of bar. Located inside Changing Hands Bookstore, it’s a place where you can grab a magazine before you slide up to the counter with your laptop and order wine or a craft beer. The vibe is chill but cerebral. […]
The First Studio gallery in Downtown Phoenix represents quite an interesting piece of Arizona’s history. The building was built in 1949 and served as the first television studio in Arizona, which is crazy because we can’t imagine a world before HBO and infomercials. The building now houses a creative collective businesses, studio space for resident […]
Tell a friend: First Watch’s Black ‘n’ Blue Wrap is heaven on a plate. Roast beef, blue cheese, tomato, lettuce and horseradish sauce wrapped up in a spinach tortilla-who can pass it up? We can’t-not even for one of this wonderful breakfast place’s delicious skillet meals. Our favorite involves a generous helping of mushrooms and […]
Five15 Arts is located on the main drag of the Roosevelt Row arts district in Downtown Phoenix, making it a reliable location to find exhibitions from established as well as up-and-coming artists. The collective, artist-run, contemporary art space hosts monthly rotating shows from young Valley talents and is one of our favorite places to see […]
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Downtown folks crowd this cozy shop for tasty pastas with homemade sauces (love the signature zesty tomato topped with light ricotta cheese and parsley), gourmet focaccia and baguette sandwiches, salads, and homemade cheesecake. Come hungry.
Forno 301 offers a small menu that’s full of expertly crafted dishes. A trio each of salads, Panini, bruschette, and house specialties are offered alongside three daily specials and a dozen different pizzas; highlights include the grapefruit salad, served as layers of tart fruit and slices of fennel tossed with mixed greens and tomatoes. The […]
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Frasher’s Smokehouse is a Southern-inspired barbecue restaurant and bar from long-time Valley restaurateur George Frasher, previously of Frasher’s Steakhouse & Lounge in Scottsdale. The Arcadia restaurant delivers a laidback roadhouse ambiance, and smokes its own meats on an on-site. But even with its own smoker, the kitchen fails to deliver a consistent stream of succulent, […]