414 Pub & Pizza

Here’s the 411 on 414 Pub & Pizza on Mill Avenue. For starters, they’re open late seven days a week and that includes delivery within five miles when you’re in the middle of some hardcore Netflixing. Secondly, their entire app menu is dang good, a litany of cleverly named eats like Fried Brittany Spears Pickles […]

910 Live

Way “back in the day” (specifically, from 1991 until 2002) this eclectic Tempe club functioned as a home base for the Valley’s music scene. Back then it was called Boston’s. Fast-forward to today and you’ll discover that the place is still rocking, although the ramshackle decor has been ditched in favor of tasteful nudes and […]

Air Apparent

James Turrell’s Air Apparent is still quiet. Though the artist continues to enjoy international recognition for his work with light, his installation at ASU’s Tempe campus near the light-rail stop on Rural and Terrace remains a relatively undiscovered gem in the desert. Air Apparent is one of many Skyspaces, which Turrell has been making since […]

Alibi

Alibi is on the rooftop of Canopy by Hilton Tempe Downtown, also home to Alter Ego. Set on the 14th floor, this full-service bar has 180-degree views, a menu of street food designed by Executive Chef Ken Arneson, and some specialty craft cocktails. Hours are 3 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m. […]

Alter Ego

Alter Ego, located on the ground floor of Canopy by Hilton Tempe Downtown, impresses. Veteran Valley chef Ken Arneson oversees the kitchen here, ensuring guests are treated to well-executed specialties like the skirt steak chimichurri, the katsu chicken sandwich, and sweet Thai shishito peppers. Don’t even get us started on the goat cheese gelato, mixed […]

Arizona Distilling Co.

It was 80 long years after Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 before any local company bothered to make hooch here. But Arizona Distilling has wasted no time in refining its technique, which uses local grains to create Copper City Bourbon, barrel-aged for at least two years and named for an Arizona brewery that was shut down […]

Arizona Distilling Company

It was 80 long years after Prohibition’s repeal in 1933 before any local company bothered to make hooch here. But Arizona Distilling has wasted no time in refining its technique, which uses local grains to create Copper City Bourbon, barrel-aged for at least two years and named for an Arizona brewery that was shut down […]

Arizona Donut Co.

This 24-hour doughnut shop in Tempe opened in early 2013 from the owners of Valley fried-dough staple Bosa Donuts. With more than 40 varieties to choose from, you won’t be left wanting.