Espiritu Cocktails + Comida

Espiritu is the sister restaurant to Bacanora, which quickly shot to the center of the Phoenix food scene with Sonoran dishes that captured a crowd and made the Grand Avenue spot one of the hardest reservations to get in town. If you’re looking to taste the food imagined by Bacanora’s lauded chef Rene Andrade – […]

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 […]

Farmboy Market Meats Sandwiches

At Farmboy in Chandler, owners Oren and Diana Molovinsky take the notion of locally sourced food to admirable extremes. They get fruit, eggs, and other produce from their own 3.5-acre farm, which Diana maintains. They offer local bounty from other farms and artisans, like tiny plums and a bulbous half-rainbow of heirloom tomatoes, on a […]

The Farmhouse Restaurant

A Norman Rockwell print come to life. This converted 1928 Craftsman-style house, set in what’s left of rural Gilbert, dishes out a first-rate traditional American breakfast. Flapjacks and omelets are particularly good, and so is the gooey cinnamon roll.

Feringhee

One cliche that proves true time and time again is that some of the best dining experiences are in nondescript shopping centers. At Feringhee, which translates to “foreigner,” chefs Sujan Sarkar and Karan Mittal aim to push boundaries with Indian cuisine. Start your flavor-packed experience with a cocktail, such as the Cutting Chai made with […]

Fibber Magees

Owned by the same lads that operate the Skeptical Chymist, Fibbers is also a popular Irish pub of the traditional bent. Its authenticity extends beyond just having Guinness and Harps on tap and Jameson behind the bar. The place is loaded with Celtic curiosities aplenty — from antique cigarette signs to various and sundry trinkets. […]

Fiesta Lakes Golf Club

It might be called a “golf club,” but Fiesta Lakes, a down-home par three (tucked behind a Hilton and an abandoned Best Buy across from Fiesta Mall) is anything but fancy. The parking lot is gravel and the clubhouse is a trailer. This is the kind of course you won’t feel self-conscious playing in cut-offs […]

Fighter Combat International

The folks at Fighter Combat International use flyers from the Top Gun program to offer you everything from dogfights to acrobatic stunts. Using laser weapons mounted on the spectacularly agile, German built, Extra-300 L, experienced pilots take you up for aerial combat against other professionals. Or maybe you don’t want a dogfight. Maybe you just […]

Flancer’s Incredible Sandwiches & Pizza

Hidden inside this unassuming, rock ‘n’ roll themed restaurant is a wild card: chef-owner Jeff Flancer, a graduate of the renowned Culinary Institute of America. The menu might be filled with “Happy-Tizers,” sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza, and pasta, but that doesn’t mean it’s plain, boring, or predictable. Starters include Bad to the Boneless Wings as well […]

Flancer’s Incredible Sandwiches & Pizza

Hidden inside this unassuming, rock ‘n’ roll themed restaurant is a wild card: chef-owner Jeff Flancer, a graduate of the renowned Culinary Institute of America. The menu might be filled with “Happy-Tizers,” sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza, and pasta, but that doesn’t mean it’s plain, boring, or predictable. Starters include Bad to the Boneless Wings as well […]

Flavors of India

An excellent introduction to northern Indian food. While dishes are top-notch and sparkling fresh, spicing is toned down for an American crowd. The chef can be prodded to add heat, though, with each dish made from scratch. Standards are reliable, including aloo tikki, aloo gobi masala, and sumptuous sag lamb.

Floridino’s

This family-friendly neighborhood Italian pizza and pasta restaurant offers classics like lasagna, chicken and eggplant parmigiana, baked manicotti, meatball subs, and antipasto. The calzones are a standout and can be filled with any number of ingredients: pepperoni, ham, salami, bacon, meat sauce, broccoli, black olives, pineapple, jalapenos, ricotta, and even pasta like spaghetti or ziti. […]