Picture this: The sun is setting over Old Town Scottsdale, and you’re looking for a place to satisfy your sweet tooth and grab a drink. Or maybe a whole bottle of wine. And you’re not just craving a cookie or a scoop of ice cream, you want something elegant, upscale,…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now. Here’s our list of the best restaurants, markets, and dishes in the Valley right now. Best New Restaurant: Ocotillo Located on the southeast corner of Third and Flower streets in central Phoenix, Ocotillo is much more than just a…
The Guilty Pleasure: Mmmac & Cheeseburger Where to Get It: Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers Price: $13 What it Really Costs: Your daily recommended allowance of fat and sodium, and then some. Many people will argue that splicing bacon into every other dish on the planet is the fastest route to…
Gluten-free food is no longer the rarity it once was, but even today it can be hard to find gluten-free baked goods that taste, well, good. When it comes to sweets, we’ve struggled to find products made without wheat, barley, and rye that maintain the flavor we sugar addicts love…
In 2014, downtown diners got to know chef Chris McKinley as the up-and-coming talent behind the short-lived restaurant The Local. During its six-month run, the restaurant earned a reputation for serving fun but elevated fare unlike anything else in the area — McKinley created dishes including bone marrow with lamb bacon,…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now. Here’s our list of the best places and drinks to help you get your caffeine fix in metro Phoenix. Best Mexican Specialty Coffee Shop: Tres Leches Cafe Situated in a corner inside Scott’s Generations deli in central Phoenix,…
Later this month, Scottsdale residents will get a new destination for European cuisine when Sonata’s Restaurant opens at 10050 North Scottsdale Road, south of the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. The restaurant will serve dishes from Lithuanian, German, Polish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, French, Irish, and other European cuisines. The restaurant…
Scottsdale is already getting a good dose of Japanese cuisine thanks to chef Josh Hebert’s Hot Noodles Cold Sake. But the small ramen shop isn’t the only Asian restaurant planned for the commercial area near Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and the Loop 101. Later this month, Zen Culinary will also…
New Times Best of Phoenix A’fare Friday, October 7 On Friday New Times is celebrating all things local and delicious at the 17th annual Best of Phoenix A’Fare at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale. General admission tickets cost $40 each and will get you entry into the event, food…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now. Here’s our list of the best restaurants, shops, and dishes influenced by the Mexican border. Best Upscale Mexican Restaurant: Barrio Café Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s original Barrio Café restaurant helped put the Phoenix Mexican food scene on the national…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. Bibi: I was born first. I’m five minutes older than Veronica. But I don’t boss her. It’s the other…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now,featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. My food, at this new restaurant, Barrio Café Gran Reserva, calls for wine. Mexican wine. Here’s what people don’t know:…
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say pizza has risen above the status of any and all other foods — enough so the dish could even be considered a separate food group in its own right. There are those who could expound on the intricacies of traditional Neapolitan style pies…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of essays that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. Before it was a plant, Agave or Agaue, as Greek mythology tells us, was a woman. Wild and drunken during a Dionysian…
La edición de 2016 Lo Mejor de Phoenix del New Times ya está disponible, con una serie de ensayos que exploran cómo nuestra proximidad a México hace que este sea un lugar mejor para vivir. Antes de ser una planta, agave o Agaue, como la mitología griega nos dice, era…
The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now, featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. When I first came to Phoenix from Sinaloa, Mexico, in 1987, I was homeless. I lived in an alley,…
Got a green thumb and an interest in helping educate others about organic and sustainable gardening? Well, if you answered “yes,” then we might have the perfect job opportunity for you. Last week The Farm at South Mountain launched the Finding Our Farmer Search in an effort to find a…
I’ve always worked in restaurants. I mean, it’s a family business. My uncles have always had restaurants in Chihuahua, where I’m from. So even when I was in school, I worked in restaurants here in Phoenix. When I was 16, I worked at Applebee’s. The Pointe South Mountain. Most recently,…
Durante los últimos tres años, más o menos, mi marido y yo hemos vivido en una casita chaparra y poco descolorida por el sol, que fue construida en el año 1954, bastante viejita en comparación con las nuevas vecindades de Phoenix. Esta casa esta en el lado oeste de Phoenix,…
For the past three years or so, my husband and I have lived in a squat, plain, sun-faded house built in 1954 (pretty old by Phoenix standards), in a shabby west side neighborhood nobody ever bothered to name. Our neighborhood is criss-crossed by alleyways, wild jungles of tall weeds and…
It’s officially fall, and along with the onslaught of pumpkin-themed foods, metro Phoenix also welcomed a long list of new restaurants last month. The city’s newest dining spots include a revamped noodle restaurant, a Hawaiian-themed joint, and a pizzeria in Fountain Hills. We also waved goodbye to US Fries and…
It’s been about a month since we told you World of Beer’s franchise in Tempe had shuttered, though at the time, the bar was still open and serving beer at its location on Mill Avenue. Now, we know what the future plans for the space will be. According to a…
