Phoenix in Phoenix
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In Arcadia, tucked behind the bright, airy Santo lies the dark, sleek, sultry Pecado. The juxtaposition is intentional, with the two names translating to saint and sin in Spanish. The dual concepts were opened by Roberto Centeno, Nadia Holguin and Armando Hernandez in early 2024, with the drinks program led by beverage director Adrian Galindo. […]
P.F. Chang’s fast-casual little sibling has all the pan-Asian style you’d expect, along with affordable noodles, stir-fries, and nibbles inspired by Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian cuisine. The minced chicken with cool lettuce wraps is habit-forming.
Diners in Phoenix don’t head to Pei Wei for authentic Asian cuisine, but rather for non-traditional takes on Chinese noodle dishes and lettuce wraps. Large portions are the order of the day at the chain, whose restaurants combine faux Asian fare (Sriracha Chicken Salad, Crab Rangoon, and any number of pan-fried-while-you-watch entrees, all with dipping […]
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There are a lot of nice cars in Scottsdale, that’s for sure. But there’s only one place where you can oogle the goods of the most winning cars in the history of racing. In case you’re not a racing fan the aforementioned “winners” refers to the Penske Racing Team, which has in fact been awarded […]
Big-box grocery stores devote about three feet of shelf space to spices, crammed with name-brand jars full of bland powders that may not be so fresh. To get specially sourced, carefully curated spices, there’s always the Internet. But if you want to skip the shipping fee and, more importantly, inhale the aroma of your prized […]
Pepe’s serves Mexican food that tastes like it was made in a Mexican village. They make enormously flavorful dishes, especially the riveting chicken mole enchilada. Green corn tamales are also first-rate, as is the Taco Monterrey, one stuffed with shredded beef and egg.
It’s our own little Whistle Stop Cafe, set in the heart of an industrial park/salvage district. Hard to find but worth the effort, this clean, quaint, country-style truck stop tempts with down-home chili, meat loaf, chicken-fried chicken, and amazing breakfasts (delicious biscuits and gravy, huge omelets, pancakes). Read our review.
After building a following at the Uptown Farmers Market, Jason and Katherine Dwight, a married chef-butcher and baker, opened a restaurant in late 2019 that is intimately driven by local farms and ranches. Reclaimed wood slabs gleam in the Central Avenue restaurant. Fitting the rustic dining room, much of the small plates and a few […]
This is the place to go for stunning Persian, Mediterranean, vegetarian, and vegan cuisine. Herbs and spices take center stage, adding spark, and sometimes shock, to stir-fries, stews, pastas, and chicken, fish and lamb dishes. Fresh and healthful is king at this low-cost cafe.
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At this unassuming Vietnamese restaurant with a quick-service slant on the city’s west side, we received some good advice on how to best enjoy a bánh xéo ($4.35), or Vietnamese savory crepe: Wrap pieces of the crispy, fried creation — made of rice flour and filled with pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts — in lettuce […]
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It’s easy to appreciate this no-frills Vietnamese restaurant in North Phoenix as much for its mostly satisfying food as for its owners, Phat Pham Tan and his wife, Hien. With the initials standing for America and Vietnam, Tan’s two loves, Pho A.V. offers a small menu of traditional Vietnamese dishes that are simple in their […]
This Vietnamese restaurant is a very welcome addition to a stretch of McDowell Road better known for a multitude of Mexican eateries. The must-try on what is an unusually manageable menu (for a Vietnamese restaurant, that is) is the banh mi ($2.95) sandwich, perhaps the best of its kind in town, featuring a juicy barbecued […]
Pho Thanh Restaurant started off as a one-room show. (True heads still brag about slurping pho and chowing banh mi in those modest early days of the place; bigger props if you dined at Pho Bang.) Then it became two rooms. Then three. At some point, a connecting boba spot materialized. In a way, the […]