The Guilty Pleasure: Corn Dog (bacon-wrapped and double-fried if you dare). Where To Get It: Devil’s Pantry, on Whiskey Row in Prescott. The Price: $3 small, $5 large, $2 extra for the bacon; cash only. What It Really Costs: Justification for a day trip to Prescott. Easy enough in summer…
See also: Angels Trumpet Ale House — Aimed at Beer Geeks — to Open in August Since the announcement of its arrival, hop heads all over Downtown have been sweating out the summer in anticipation of the opening of Angels Trumpet Ale House, the suds-focused bar and restaurant from Mat…
See also: Silvana Salcido Esparza: Tastemaker #92 This is part two of my interview with Silvana Salcido Esparza, chef-owner of Barrio Cafe and Barrio Queen. If you missed part one, read it here. Do you read cookbooks?: NEVER, but I like to own them. All those pretty photos of food…
See Also: Craft Beer of the Week: Bell’s Oarsman Ale Good news, East Valley Craft beer lovers. Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. just received approval for their Series 3 Domestic Microbrewery Liquor License! That means that the Kickstarter assisted brewery that will eventually be housed at 721 N. Arizona Ave. in…
From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
Once more, the stretch of Indian School Road between 36th and 56th streets is proving to be hot property for restaurant, drinking, and, now, cooking-related establishments. Joining the likes of a (coming soon) second location of Sushi Brokers, The Little Woody bar, and O.H.S.O. Eatery and NanoBrewery will be the…
Hey, readers, get ready. We’re putting new meaning into the term “street food.” For Chow Bella’s latest mission — “Eating 16th Street” — we’ve employed a young woman who’s literally eaten her way around the world. Alex Rodriguez has eaten borscht in Moscow, steak in Buenos Aires and a “life-changing…
Whether you prefer the term caseophile, turophile, or just plain curd hound, put down that cheddar wheel and listen up: This news is for you. Cheese expert Lara Mulchay, former owner of Petite Fromage, her (sadly) defunct Phoenix cheese shop, recently has embarked on a new venture called WedgeFestUSA. Part…
Corporations moving in on the scene-y food truck scene? Dude, no way. It was bound to happen. Over the past few years, local upstarts have been responsible for starting and keeping the frenzy aflame, but now, many corporate chains have taken notice and have tapped into the trend with their…
See also: Posh Chef Josh Hebert to Host Traditional Japanese Sake Dinner Josh Hebert, chef-owner of Posh Improvisational Cuisine knows more about Japanese street food than the average gaijin. After all, he’s a chef (which means he pays attention), and he lived in Tokyo for a year, eating his way…
See also: Silvana’s Changing It Up Again at Barrio Queen See also: Chef Salad: Jeff Kraus Explains What’s Cool About Food Trucks Silvana Salcido Esparza Barrio Cafe 2814 N. 16th Street, Phoenix 602-636-0240 www.barriocafe.com Barrio Queen Tequileria, Restaurant and Tiendita 7114 E. Stetson Drive, Scottsdale 480-656-4197 www.barrioculinaryconcepts.com This is part…
See Also: Mixing It Up with AZ Bitters Lab For the last couple years, cocktail lovers and husband and wife team Bill and Lillian Buitenhuys have been keeping themselves busy in their Chandler kitchen by experimenting with exotic and indigenous ingredients to create perfect tiny batches of their handcrafted bitters…
See also: Beau MacMillan To Appear On Premiere of Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Made Beau Mac — executive chef of Elements at Sanctuary Resort — is our local celeb-chef and certifiably famous TV star, the high-energy, fast-talking BoSox buff who’s truly in his element on the small…
Every week, there’s a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you’re like most people, you probably just don’t have the time to get to all of it. It’s kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won’t all…
From now ’til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers — Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you’ll know; for others, it’ll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you’re here, check…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that…
This past Wednesday marked what would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday, and several restaurants in town (and many more throughout the country) served dinner in her honor inspired from the countless French recipes she brought to home cooks in America. The three-course prix fixe dinner at Petite Maison not…
See Also: Brew Review: Four Peaks’ Pumpkin Porter is Here! See Also: It’s the Great Pumpkin Fatigue, Charlie Brown! An Open Letter to Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Four Peaks and the Rest of You Who Let the Pumpkin Out of the Bag Too Early This Year It’s mid-August and 105 degrees…
Welcome to Brunched, where Chow Bella samples local restaurants’ offerings for our favorite meal. Hey, you get to sleep in and eat breakfast — what’s not to like? See also: Frescas and Pozole at Distrito What: Wy-Knot Cafe Where: 2325 N. Seventh Street, Phoenix, 602-218-6646 When: 7 a.m. to 3…
See Also: 10 Favorite Breakfast Spots in Greater Phoenix (Plus a Bonus, Rise-From-the-Ashes Entry) Happy Weekend, Chow Bella Friends! We’ve all made it through another week of the daily grind. Now it’s time to treat ourselves to a weekend filled with delicious food and intoxicating drinks. We’re headed to Tempe…
See also: Barrio Queen Still Searching For an Identity If there’s one thing Silvana Salcido Esparza is not, it’s timid. About three weeks after opening Silvana Bistro (Barrio Queen’s fancy-pants sister), she shut the place down because a little voice told her the concept wasn’t going to work. No hand-wringing,…
Fitting that in the midst of Shark Week, I would receive an e-mail from one of the casting crew of Kitchen Nightmares, Fox’s “reality” show in which the arrogant, expletive-spewing, oddly hypnotic celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay spends a week with a failing restaurant to try and bring it back to…
