O’Kelley’s Sports Bar & Grill

A touch of the Irish in south Mesa, O’Kelley’s is a dark-wooden pub that boasts 50-plus televisions, a regular gaggle of bar patrons, a pool table, darts, golf arcade, and full menu. It also hosts local rock bands on Fridays and Saturdays and karaoke on Mondays and Thursdays. Craft beer and poker are the way […]

Old Dixie’s Southern Kitchen

Killer Southern-style eats in the form of sandwiches and sides made with locally sourced ingredients. Because of Old Dixie’s home in the Welcome Diner in Central Phoenix, there are burgers, too — one even topped with peanut butter — but they are not why you come here. You come here for chef Michael Babcock’s fried […]

The Old Spaghetti Factory

Even budget-minded diners get the real deal at this downtown mainstay: All of OSF’s entrees come with hot, fresh-baked bread; soup or salad; coffee or tea, and authentic spumoni ice cream for dessert. Match that generous rule with your choice of classic pastas, and top it with one of several delicious sauces, and you’ve got […]

Old Station Sub Shop

The walls are lined with Phoenix memorabilia, license plates, and old-timey shop signs, but we go here for the shocking variety of subs, soups, salads, fruit bowls, and desserts (speaking of which, don’t miss the Rice Krispie Treat-just like Mom used to make!). Subs are enormous, jammed with fresh ingredients and wonderful with the soup […]

Caffe Sarajevo

This hidden gem of Bosnian food tucked into an aging strip mall on the city’s west side comes courtesy of Bosnian-born owner and chef Seida Turulja, who makes some of the best lepinja (housemade Bosnian bread) in the Valley. Featuring a small and affordable selection of some of the country’s favorites (nothing on the menu […]

Old Town Taste

We’ve described Old Town Taste as a strip mall Chinese restaurant – easily spotted by the bright-red neon sign when cruising through Tempe – with a Sichuan bent. Inside the mural-walled dining room with turquoise booths, menus promise some exciting dishes, including the braised eggplant, Ma Po tofu and Szechuan-style blood curd. One of our […]

Old Town Tavern

Coming across Old Town Tavern is like discovering a hidden clubhouse. Ensconced among a shopping complex, eateries, and apartments, an fireplace warms patrons hanging out amid the wood and brick expanse of the Tavern, and the sound of an acoustic duo playing songs by The Who greets the ears. Climb the stairs to the crow’s […]