Valle Luna Mexican Restaurant

Friendly, gringo-style Mexican restaurants with large neighborhood followings. The “White Death” frozen margarita and the carnitas picante lure customers from beyond Moon Valley.

Valle Luna Mexican Restaurant

Locals and tourists alike flock here for the best in Sonoran-style dishes served in a warm, family setting where fast, friendly service is the order of the day. For nearly 30 years, Valle Luna (which means “Moon Valley” in Spanish) has wowed diners with Fundido, a house specialty made with your choice of marinated and […]

Valle Luna Mexican Restaurant

Friendly, gringo-style Mexican restaurants with large neighborhood followings. The “White Death” frozen margarita and the carnitas picante lure customers from beyond Moon Valley.

Valley Bar

Distinguished by nothing more than a glowing red sign above a back-alley door, and possibly a line, Valley Bar is an underground lounge and music venue run by the same team behind Crescent Ballroom. It sits in the basement of a building constructed in 1949 that was formerly home to Phoenix-famous businesses such as The […]

Vayal’s Indian Kitchen

Vayal’s Indian Kitchen started as a food truck before launching its brick-and-mortar space in January 2024. Its new home in a strip mall on Thomas Road quickly became a neighborhood favorite. Some fans of the truck sought out Vayal’s rich curries and tender flatbreads at the new location. Other neighbors stumbled upon the new restaurant […]

Vecina

Vecina, a fiercely original restaurant that opened its heavy front door in Arcadia in 2019, is a gem from start to finish. A one-of-a-kind menu is driven by vegetables, rooted in Latin America and laced with countless dimensions of chile heat. It also drills down to molecular details like few other places in Arizona. For […]

Veneto Trattoria

The kind of Italian restaurant we didn’t know this town was missing, until it showed us what we were missing. Outstanding Venetian specialties, at sane prices in a big-city neighborhood setting. The kitchen does wonderful things to cod, duck, liver, beef and pork. The semifreddo dessert, flecked with dried fruit and pine nuts, ends dinner […]