Skip to content
advertisement
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads
Site Logo
Support Us
User Menu
  • Sign Up/Sign In
  • Contribute
  • Contact
Search
Close Search Close Search
  • News
    • Arizona Watchdog Project
    • Courts
    • Crime & Police
    • Education
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Politics & Government
    • Sports
    • Trump
    • Weather
  • Cannabis
  • Opinion
    • Community Voice
    • Editorial Voice
    • Reader Response
  • Food & Drink
    • Bars & Breweries
    • Openings & Closings
    • Restaurants
    • Shops & Markets
    • Top 100 Bars
    • Top 50 Restaurants
  • Arts & Culture
    • Books
    • Film, TV & Streaming
    • Outdoors & Rec
    • Performing Arts
    • Sex & Dating
    • Travel
    • Valley Life
    • Visual Arts
  • Music
    • Concert Previews
    • Concert Reviews
    • Critic’s Notebook
    • Features
    • Local Music
    • Touring Artists
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
    • Events Coverage
    • Free & Cheap
    • Scottsdale
  • Best of Phoenix
    • Out now: Best of Phoenix 2025!
    • Cannabis
    • Food & Drink
    • Fun & Games
    • Goods & Services
    • La Vida
    • Megalopolitan Life
    • Nightlife
    • Readers’ Choice
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • About Us
    • Weekly WTF
    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact Us
    • Flipbook Archive
    • Membership
    • Our Staff
    • Promotions & Free Stuff
    • Tell Your Story-Sponsored
  • News
    • Arizona Watchdog Project
    • Courts
    • Crime & Police
    • Education
    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Politics & Government
    • Sports
    • Trump
    • Weather
  • Cannabis
  • Opinion
    • Community Voice
    • Editorial Voice
    • Reader Response
  • Food & Drink
    • Bars & Breweries
    • Openings & Closings
    • Restaurants
    • Shops & Markets
    • Top 100 Bars
    • Top 50 Restaurants
  • Arts & Culture
    • Books
    • Film, TV & Streaming
    • Outdoors & Rec
    • Performing Arts
    • Sex & Dating
    • Travel
    • Valley Life
    • Visual Arts
  • Music
    • Concert Previews
    • Concert Reviews
    • Critic’s Notebook
    • Features
    • Local Music
    • Touring Artists
  • Things To Do
    • Calendar
    • Events Coverage
    • Free & Cheap
    • Scottsdale
  • Best of Phoenix
    • Out now: Best of Phoenix 2025!
    • Cannabis
    • Food & Drink
    • Fun & Games
    • Goods & Services
    • La Vida
    • Megalopolitan Life
    • Nightlife
    • Readers’ Choice
  • Newsletters
  • More
    • About Us
    • Weekly WTF
    • Advertise With Us
    • Contact Us
    • Flipbook Archive
    • Membership
    • Our Staff
    • Promotions & Free Stuff
    • Tell Your Story-Sponsored
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads

First Taste

Showing 23 - 33 of 33
The Octopus Tostada from Pretty Penny.
Restaurants

New luxurious restaurant Pretty Penny shines on Roosevelt Row

By Sara CrockerApril 3, 2024

Located in a frequently evolving space on Roosevelt Row, the latest concept provides exceptional eats and service.

First Taste: Chilte Takes Modern Mexican Food to the Next Level
Restaurants

First Taste: Chilte Takes Modern Mexican Food to the Next Level

By Allison YoungApril 5, 2023

It started as a street food pop-up and then became a food truck. Now, Chilte is open on Grand Avenue, serving Mexican food with a twist.

First Taste: New Vegetarian Restaurant Sin Muerte Embraces Flavors From Maricopa to Morocco
Restaurants

First Taste: New Vegetarian Restaurant Sin Muerte Embraces Flavors From Maricopa to Morocco

By Sara CrockerFebruary 22, 2023

Vegetarian dishes and craft cocktails shine at Sin Muerte, a new plant-based restaurant off Roosevelt Row.

advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
First Taste: This Acclaimed Valley Chef’s New Restaurant is Another Winner
Restaurants

First Taste: This Acclaimed Valley Chef’s New Restaurant is Another Winner

By Natasha YeeDecember 19, 2022

Chef Dom Ruggiero’s new restaurant Fire at Will opened on November 11. Here’s what to expect.

First Taste: Call Her Martina Calls You Back
Restaurants

First Taste: Call Her Martina Calls You Back

By Tirion BoanJuly 12, 2022

Call Her Martina, a new restaurant in Scottsdale, serves classic Mexican flavors with a modern twist.

First Taste: Sake Haus Stunts an ‘Edgy Japanese Punk Band Aesthetic’
Restaurants

First Taste: Sake Haus Stunts an ‘Edgy Japanese Punk Band Aesthetic’

By Mer NorwoodJune 10, 2022

Sake Haus brings sushi and edgy Japanese punk vibes to downtown Phoenix. Here’s what to try on the menu.

advertisement
Bars & Breweries

First Taste: First & Last Is a Phoenix Restaurant With a Love Story

By Allison YoungMay 2, 2022

Fall in love with First & Last, a new neighborhood restaurant in Phoenix from Robb and Ashley Hammond.

Restaurants

First Taste: A Salty Trip to Character in Downtown Phoenix

By Natasha YeeApril 5, 2021

Our first visit to Peter Kasperski’s new restaurant, Character, near artsy Roosevelt Street.

Restaurants

First Taste: The Craftsman Cocktails + Kitchen Deserves a Second Look

By Lauren CusimanoDecember 7, 2020

This new Scottsdale restaurant may have a boring exterior, but the menu deserves a closer look.

advertisement
Restaurants

First Taste: No Fault Found at Poppy in the Cambria Downtown Phoenix

By Lauren CusimanoFebruary 11, 2020

Where drinking responsibly takes on a whole new meaning.

First Taste: Arizona Wilderness Co.’s Worthy Downtown Menu
Restaurants

First Taste: Arizona Wilderness Co.’s Worthy Downtown Menu

By Lauren CusimanoJune 11, 2019

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.’s food skills have followed to the DTPHX Beer Garden.

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
Site Logo

View This Week's Print Issue

Editorial

  • News
  • Food & Drink
  • Arts & Culture
  • Music
  • Things To Do
  • Newsletters

Marketing

  • Advertise With Us
  • Classifieds
  • Promotions & Free Stuff
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy

More

  • About Us
  • Careers
  • Contact US
  • Flipbook Archive
  • Staff
  • Membership

Voice Media Group

  • Dallas Observer
  • Denver Westword
  • Miami New Times
  • New Times Broward-Palm Beach
  • V Digital Services
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • x
  • tiktok
  • bsky
  • threads
PrivacyTermsCookiesAccessibilityAIYour Privacy Rights

Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our policies linked above. The Phoenix New Times may earn a portion of sales from products & services purchased through links on our site from our affiliate partners. ©2026 Phoenix New Times, LLC. All rights reserved.
Do Not Sell or Share My Information

Privacy Policy

Stay in the Know

Sign up for the latest news, free stuff and more!

Notice of Collection | Terms | Privacy

Welcome!
You are now a Phoenix New Times Insider, thank you!