Salut Kitchen Bar is a kind of Mill Avenue detox. About a mile and a half east of Tempe's main drag, it's a decidedly relaxing place -- small enough to be considered snug but never erring on the side of compact. Some nights it feels like a post-party afterglow. And...
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An emergency deployment to Hollywood Alley might have deprived them of sleep and beer money, but it wasn't about to keep our Club Candids photographers off their usual July beat: Taking pictures of people who would probably have left Phoenix for the summer if it weren't for the pool parties...
August is a paradox. It's peak pool party weather, inasmuch as it's too hot out to do much else, but it's also the socially accepted time to begin wrapping up the pool party season, wearing white, pretending it's summer instead of pretending it's fall, etc. It's a transition month for...
Looks like Tempe's main drag will be getting a taste of handcrafted Italian cuisine this month (and only this month), courtesy of Tony Andiario. The former executive chef of Quiessence, the venerable farm-to-table restaurant at The Farm at South Mountain, worked alongside friend and fellow chef Greg LaPrad before the...
Fourth of July Nightlife in Scottsdale and Tempe Downtown Tempe and Old Town Scottsdale's numerous bars and clubs were swarming with co-eds dressed in red, white, and blue ensembles and celebrating Independence Day after the sun went down and the fireworks ceased on Thursday, July 4. Up in Scottsdale, they...
A funny thing happened in 2013. Both of us -- two curmudgeonly writers who between us have lived in Arizona way closer to 100 years than either would like to admit -- came to a shared conclusion. We like Phoenix. That's funny because for years we've loved to hate this...
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Throwing down a couple beers is always a good way to end the day. But when you can do so and raise some money for charity? Well, that's even better. Here's how: Join Phoenix New Times for a happy hour event on Thursday, August 8 at Tempe's Handlebar and Grill...
When you are one of a half-dozen bands that are a rite of passage for every coming generation, there's really no need to sell your wares to the highest bidder. Thanks goodness The Doors had John Densmore fighting that good fight for many years, even when it meant gong against...
The weather's been unexpectedly pleasant lately, which means your lazy ass has one less excuse for not going outside. Perhaps you might even consider dusting off that bicycle that's been cloistered in the garage since May and going for a ride. If you require further incentive to mount your neglected...
There are plenty of places in the Valley crafting delicate French macarons, and the popularity of these sweet little sandwich-like confections has been on the rise for years. But few places other than Le Napoleon bakery in West Phoenix offer 18 different flavors every day along with all manner of...
If you didn't make it to Quiessence, the destination restaurant at the Farm at South Mountain, before chefs Greg LaPrad and Tony Andiario left at the end of the season, you're in luck. In the not-so-far-off future, you'll be able to taste LePrad's talents at Overland Trout in Sonoita. And...
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Alienating An Audience
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If you're the sort who wishes that Halloween would stick around for as long as possible, that wish is about to come true. Thanks to the quirkiness of the calendar, the holiday happens to fall on a Thursday this year, which means there will be scores of spooky and swanky...
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Live Free and Drink Hard
For better or worse, sometimes high school nicknames never wear off. In the case of Cory Martinez, hers was more swell than square. Luxie, a reference to Lux Interior of The Cramps, caught on and never went totally away. Now it's resurfaced as the name of Martinez's recently launched vintage...
Disheartening. There really isn't another word to describe the feeling of walking in through the back entrance of UNION at the Biltmore. The last weeks of February have been warm, and unseasonably so -- the kind of weather conducive to leisurely patio lunches and coffee catch-ups that morph into all-afternoon...
Ask who has the best tamales in the Valley and chances are you'll find yourself in an endless debate involving countless national and international variations of the wrapped snack. Ask who has the best tamales oaxaqueño and the discussion stops with Elizabeth Hernandez, owner of La 15 y Salsas, the...
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Crawl Space
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Beer enthusiasts who like their cold ones served up a side of boozy education might want to raise a glass: Two more World of Beer locations are headed to Arizona this fall. The six-year-old craft-beer-focused franchise -- where servers go through 10 days of training to become beer experts --...
Take seat, cinephiles. Moviegoing on Mill Avenue is about to get a whole lot better. That's because AMC announced plans to open a movie theater in fall of 2013 on Tempe's main drag at Centerpoint on Mill, a complex that features housing, retail, and nightlife elements. See also: Phoenix Art...
Looks like Tempe's got not one, but two new spots for wallet-friendly Mediterranean food served up Subway-style. Following the arrival of Hummus Xpress in January, Tzikii Pita Grill, at 7510 South Priest Drive (Priest and Elliot Road), opened its doors in late March. Featuring eats like a family-recipe chicken shawarma,...
Our intrepid Club Candids photographers began May covering Cinco de Mayo at the Spanish Fly and ended it on Mill Avenue, at the newly opened Gringo Star Street Bar. In between, they caught nightlife in the Valley in these photos:...