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Best Bagels

Bagelfeld'sTo be sure, bagels — the traditional ones with a crusty shell and chewy inside — are the star at Bagelfeld’s. But the quirky business and its owner, Brooklyn-born chef Charles Blonkenfeld, add to the experience. Blonkenfeld started boiling and baking bagels during the pandemic and gained exposure at local farmers markets and a handful […]
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Best Poetry Slam

Ghost Poetry ShowEvery two weeks or so at The Rebel Lounge, a hodgepodge group of poets file, one by one, onto the shabby, bright stage. This is the Ghost Poetry Show, a local poetry slam where slam poets, new and old, compete before a friendly audience. The group was started by a few local poets as venues […]
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Best Place to Take Up Birding

Riparian Preserve at Water RanchBirding has taken off in popularity recently among a wider range of demographics, and this 110-acre preserve in Gilbert is the premier place in the Valley to try it out. It’s impossible not to see birds here, and when out-of-town birders ask for suggestions of where to see some feathered friends, this is usually the […]
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Best Robot Server

ShielaCome for the robot, stay for the food. Robot servers are getting more common, but Shiela is special because she was one of the first and became a social media celebrity when she rolled onto the scene. The restaurant bought the robot during the early days of the pandemic to help reduce the spread of […]