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Haemul Pajeon: Café Ga Hyang vs. Hodori in a Seafood Pancake Scuffle

The term seafood pancake doesn't necessarily have instant appeal. But think about it: Eggs, vegetables, scallions, and seafood all cooked together in spices and deep-fried to a thin but surprisingly fluffy finish. Now it’s starting to sound good, right? If you're not convinced, hear us out. Haemul pajeon is a...
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10 Best Rap Groups of All Time

Rapping in 2015 is more or less an individual art form. Sure, there are a handful of decent rap groups out there, but few that can compare to those of the past (except maybe Migos, they just barely missed the list). Here are 10 of the best rap groups to...
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The Nile Theater in Mesa Finally Gets a Liquor License

Concertgoers that are of legal drinking age might want to raise a toast to The Nile Theater the next time they're at the downtown Mesa venue, since it's achieved a major milestone recently. And thanks to the nature of said milestone, it oughta be a pretty easy thing to do...
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AZ Revenge Porn Law Not to Be Enforced, Says Federal Judge

U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton ordered Arizona state prosecutors on Friday to stop enforcing the so-called “revenge porn” law. Her decree came as she approved the final settlement in the controversial case Antigone Books v. Brnovich, which challenged the law on constitutional grounds. The “revenge porn” law, formally titled...
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100 Favorite Dishes 2015: Baiynchaiv Crepes at Reathrey Sekong

This year we're marking the hundred-day countdown to Best of Phoenix 2015 by sharing some of our favorite dishes at restaurants all over the Valley. Have a suggestion for a dish you'd like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email lauren.saria@newtimes.com. 59. Baiynchaiv Crepes at Reathrey Sekong...
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Harper and the Moths Talk New Singles, Music Video (VIDEO)

The past Harper and the Moths record was based on a depressing time. Singer Harper Lines had moved to Seattle for love, and what resulted was a heartbreak record aptly titled Love Songs for the Damned -- released after Lines trekked back to his home state of Arizona and reunited...
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Blue House Serves Simple, Mobile Coffee in the Heart of Tempe

Tempe-based Blue House Coffee might be the best coffee you haven't tasted yet. The company has been pedaling its coffee around ASU's campus since 2012. No, we didn't spell that wrong -- someone actually rides a cart around on a bicycle. We stopped by to check it out, and oh,...
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Arpaio Denied Summary Judgment in DOJ Case

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has lost a bid for summary judgment in the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against him, which covers much of the same ground as the ACLU's big racial profiling case, Melendres v. Arpaio. In 2013, U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow found Arpaio and the MCSO...
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Water Wasters: Here Are Some of the Biggest in Metro Phoenix

Top residential water users in Tempe and Glendale use 10 to 30 times as much as average customers, with totals of 2.5 million and 3.6 million gallons consumed respectively in 2014, research by Phoenix New Times shows. The biggest users of water in the non-residential category for those cities, meanwhile, add...
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Arpaio’s Epic Fail: Judge Refuses to Recuse Self in Melendres

Ruling late Friday, federal Judge G. Murray Snow crushed Sheriff Joe Arpaio's attempt to have the jurist recuse himself from contempt proceedings in the ACLU's big civil rights case Melendres v. Arpaio. Snow declared that the motion, submitted on behalf of the sheriff and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, did...
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Cherie Cherie’s Lonna Kelley Seeks Freedom on Her New EP

It's a warm Wednesday night in Phoenix at Carly's, and songwriter Lonna Kelley's thoughts flow out in a steady stream, punctuated by sips from her Lumberyard IPA. She's speaking about how life influenced her new EP of swooning noise pop, Take Me Home Spiderman: her desire to live honestly, being...
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Women Near End of Walk to “Save Oak Flat” as Mining Fight Heats Up

A mother-and-daughter activist duo are nearing the end of their walk from Washington state to Arizona in protest of the pending destruction of the Oak Flat area near Superior because of copper mining. Sally Noedel, 54, and her daughter, Emma Bigongiari, 19, braved heat waves and talked to people in...
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5 Arizona Hikes to Indulge Your Lost Dutchman’s Mine Fantasies

The lore of the Lost Dutchman’s gold mine runs deep in Arizona. Hundreds of books have been written on the subject; some speculate as to the mine’s whereabouts, others dispute the geological verity of the whole thing, and still others delve into the historical record surrounding the legend. It’s rumored...
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10 Best Rap Albums of the 2000s

With everyone reminiscing over how great/terrible rap was in the ‘90s and how much worse/better it is today, people seem to forget that there was an entire decade in between that just got skipped over. The ‘00s happened, and saw some of the greatest hip hop releases of all time,...
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9 Best Things We’ve Seen in Metro Phoenix in 2015 — So Far

Just midway through the year, we've already spotted several works that stand out from all the rest — from dance festival featuring emerging and established artists to a graduate art student video conjuring the spirit of a famed contemporary artist. Here are a few of the best things we've seen...