Butter burgers? Custard? Fried cheese curds? For those not familiar with Wisconsin-based Culver’s, the Midwest’s favorite blue-roofed home of fresh fast food, those eats may as well be served on board the V’s mother ship. Luckily, this Fry Girl’s spent some quality time with the good folks of Wisconsin, where…
T.K. Campo The bassist for The Hunger Artists plays shows all over the Valley and volunteers at The Trunk Space. What’d you eat for dinner last night? Leftovers–sausage and some multigrain rice. Favorite food: Beef burgeon (burgandy in English). I used to work for an executive chef in Tempe who…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. Tonight is the first event for the newly formed girls club, AZ Girls’ Pint Out, a “female organization that promotes solidarity between beer drinkers of the fairer sex.” SunUp Brewery’s Uwe will take you on a beer journey through…
With two-month-old RnR, the folks responsible for a major part of Scottsdale’s notorious club scene have made a grand entrance into the neighborhood’s dining mix, and in many ways, the restaurant is much as you’d imagine it. Like Axis-Radius, Myst, and Suede — the long-running, perennially packed nightlife staples owned…
You walk into another dimension. A dimension of far-out fast food. A place where customers eat in rather than drive through, where cleanliness is next to godliness and employees are so happy you’d swear they’re about to burst into song. You’ve just crossed into the Culver’s Zone. Opened on Camelback…
Radio Cafe, we hardly knew ya. I mean that literally, as the restaurant just opened a little more than a month ago, and I hadn’t had a chance to dine there. Tonight is its last night as a full-service restaurant before it becomes a space for special events…
Yesterday we sat down with Bryan Hulihee of Roaring Fork in Scottsdale. Today the conversation continues … Hulihee’s been with the Roaring Fork since 2001 and has brought his own family influences and ingredients to the menu — like pink sea salt and tuna tartare (he saves the spam for…
Who says you have to wait until the sun goes down to have a good time? “What are you lookin’ at, girl?” A man in sunglasses asks me through the window of a beat-up gray van (complete with closed curtains in the back windows) as he slowly pulls up to…
The pan-Asian restaurant opened in November but lost its interim liquor license in early March after hosting an event for an ASU fraternity. Although frat members 21 and over were issued wrist bands, several underage members failed breathalyzer tests. Siracha chef-owner Virakon Vongphachanh argued most of the underage drinking took…
This week’s question: Where can I find Black Garlic? Black garlic has been touted as a top food trend and a super health food, and it’s been featured on Top Chef and Iron Chef episodes. Yet it remains an obscure ingredient, not easily sourced even at specialty food stores or Asian…
Last night was the unveiling of Tuck Shop’s new summer menu, which I’m eager to try.Beer-battered cheese curds, watermelon salad with ricotta salata and basil, and pork t-bone with summer squash gnocchi, grilled green beans, and peach salsa all sound delicious, but the most intriguing new items are the savory…
A longtime friend and fellow East Coast Transplant recently remarked that Phoenix is “a bagel wasteland.” According to him, the best way to get a decent bagel here is to have it flown in from New York. It can’t possibly be that difficult to find a tasty bagel. Or can it? This…
If you want to get a nice little boost of positivity about living in Phoenix, check out winemaker/filmmaker/art lover/all-around-charming-person Sam Pillsbury in the Sundance Channel’s Tastemaker Series. He talks about how he got his start in the wine biz, his favorite local restaurants, and things he loves about the city. The…
An early morning serving of food news, with no preservatives or additives. From now till Sunday, May 16th, Starbucks invites you to join them for happy hour! From 3 to 5 p.m. any of their habit forming Frappuccinos are half off including the new line of custom Frappuccinos. One per…
Oh, sweet success. If you stopped by one of the 14 Valley Bake for Hope bake sales last week, you probably spotted Julie Zagars and her pink wig. Zagars, the Regional Director, says the events held May 2 through May 8, were a huge success. Grassroots teams in Arizona raised…
Trying to find a quick, cheap and tasty lunch when you work on the southeastern outskirts of downtown Phoenix can be a bit of a challenge at times and we were in the mood forsomething we hadn’t had in a while. Mexican? No. Burgers? Absolutely not. Rice bowls? Bingo. And…
The Spot: Hula’s Modern Tiki 4700 N Central Ave, Phoenix 602.265. TIKI http://www.hulasmoderntiki.com/ The Hours: Tiki Time Happy Hour Mon – Fri 4-6 pm and All Day Drink Specials Sat & Sun, 10:30 am-7pm Open Everyday: 11 am -10 pm Friday & Saturday (Drinks ’til 2am) Late Night Menu served…
Courtesy of Twitter, the guys at EaterAZ have just brought it to my attention that they’re on YouTube, too. The channel started as a place for Dave Tyda and Rick Phillips to “park” the videos they’ve previously posted on their blog, including a recent one on Barrio Cafe chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s opposition…
It’s really not hard to get my attention. Just say the secret word: Japan. The other secret word? Seafood.That’s how the guys from Crudo caught my eye this morning, in a newsy little email sent to local media types. Chefs Cullen Campbell and Brandon Crouser have decided to start getting weekly shipments…
You might pass Roaring Fork’s executive chef, Bryan Hulihee, on the highway. He’s the one in the slow lane and he’ll confess — he takes his sweet, silent time. “My commute to work is half an hour and it’s absolutely my sanctuary. Thirty minutes of silence — no radio …..
How well do you know your favorite cookhouse contraptions? See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below: -…
