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Best Chocolate

Zak's ChocolateThis small-batch craft chocolate shop, owned by the husband-and-wife team Jim and Maureen Elitzak, started as one of Maureen’s hobbies but now creates award-winning bars and bonbons from ethically sourced cacao beans. Check out the brownie flights for sure, but our fave is the award-winning white chocolate bar. Made from only three ingredients (organic cane […]
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Best Medical Marijuana Delivery Service

SupurbTempe-based Supurb has been delivering medical marijuana to patients since 2016, and as a result of closures due to COVID-19 in 2020, the company was busier than ever. Its partnership with a wide network of dispensaries allows it to drop medicated products to patients just about anywhere in the metro Phoenix area. It’s been a […]
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Best Neapolitan Pizza

Pizzeria VirtùFor the better part of a decade now, Gio Osso has plated some of the Valley’s most progressive Italian food. Now, he also blazes our very best Neapolitan pizza. Osso hews close to the ageless traditions of Naples, birthplace of pizza, including the signature puffy crust, micro-thin center, San Marzano tomatoes, and cooking each pie […]
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How Rafi Became the Face of Phoenix

For so many Arizonans, his vermillion billboards, bus shelters, buses, and trains are a hallmark of the daily commute to work. The prevalent advertisements echo a common instruction: "Call Rafi!"
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Best Vintage Clothing

Antique SugarNow that the world is opened up again, it’s time for those of us who dress in yesteryear threads to get out and show off our best cotton-poly blends — and there’s no better place than Antique Sugar to pick up some new-old vintage duds. A visit to our fave vintage shop always results in […]
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Best Late-Night Dining

Grand Avenue Pizza CompanyIf we have one quibble with our fair metropolis, it’s a shortage of late-night dining options that aren’t a Berto’s drive-thru or a chain diner. Thank goodness for Grand Avenue Pizza Company, then, which satisfies our craving for great food from a locally owned business well into the wee hours of the morning. Grand Avenue […]
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Best Legacy Artist

Andy WarpigsThere are 1,000 ways you could frame a conversation about Andy Warpigs. They were a true punk rocker with piss and vinegar to spare. Or, a committed friend and collaborator and partner with a massive heart. They were also a spark for amazing art across the Valley’s rich indie music scene. All of those are […]