Love the Dhaba in Tempe? We’ve got great news! India Plaza’s owner Raveen Arora is opening the new Fusion Cafe right next door. The cafe was closed for renovations ten weeks ago and now, instead of run of the mill scones and croissants, Arora is proud to serve traditional Punjabi…
This month, Valley Whole Foods are inviting folks into their stores to help them learn to shop on a budget. They’re calling it a “Value Tour.”We’ll give you a minute to stop laughing. Okay, so Whole Foods thinks that it’s possible to snag a basket full of organic, high quality…
Do dudes who love socializing on Facebook and Twitter love burgers and fries, too? Charlie White from Mashable reports that’s what social-media researchers at Lab 42 wanted to know as well. So they collected opinions from 500 social networking males aged 18 to 35 about their fast food preferences then…
Yesterday and Tuesday, Chef Lisa G shared words of wisdom and tricks of her trade. Today, she gives us a cherished family recipe for the Chicken Juno Sandwich, an old favorite from the days of her namesake cafe and bar. Background: Our last name is Giungo (jun-go). No one could…
What do you call tequila made with three penises, scorpion poison and antlers if you’re an alleged Mexican mafioso? Breakfast. Jorge Hank Rhon is a former mayor of Tijuana who ran for the governorship of Baja California in 2007. He lost. While on the campaign trail he gave an interview to…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 81: Cornmeal…
When Cork opened in Chandler in 2008, the concept was simple — fine dining, a small-plates menu, and a kick-ass wine list. (You could almost hear a collective cheer from food lovers in the Southeast Valley: “No more haulin’ it to Scottsdale!”) Three years later, the owners of Cork have…
(Insert hilarious breast-related intro quote here.) According to Entrepreneur magazine, “Breastaurants” (yes, an actual term used to describe restaurants that sport scantily clad women as waitresses), are becoming one of the fastest- growing segments of the hospitality industry. And although sales figures for this nay-nay niche aren’t available (they’re lumped…
When we noticed a new Thai spot opened next to Thai Elephant we had to ask ourselves, Why on earth would a Thai restaurant open right next door to an existing Thai restaurant? As if there weren’t enough choices for Thai food in Tempe already, 5 R Cha went and…
Yesterday, Lisa G set the record straight about her family history and why she sold her namesake restaurant. Today she shares tricks, pet peeves, and gives some advice for aspiring female chefs. At home, do you cook for yourself? No! Once in a while I will but I am so tired…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com 82: The…
While we have no idea whose big idea it was to schedule bikini season during one of the best eating and drinking portions of the year, we can assume that they’re evil. Summer is the season for BBQ and popsicles; for buckets of popcorn at all-night movies; for flipping burgers…
Say it ain’t so, Susan. After eight years at Orange Table, the fresh-food, made-to-order eatery tucked in the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza, owner Susan Speidel is calling it quits and selling the business. And as with most labors of love, the decision wasn’t easy. “The economy really hurt the business,”…
Atlanta-based chef Richard Blais, winner of this season’s Top Chef and concept chef of Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Birmingham, recently stopped by the menu and meal website KitchenDaily to make a milkshake the only way he knows how: with crazy-mad love for liquid nitrogen and Cap’n Crunch. According…
Pissed off that New York, L.A. and Chicago restaurants always get the glory — and half the entries in most national dining guides — while Phoenix gets totally ignored (Pizzeria Bianco aside)? Then put your fingers where your mouth is.New York-based Zagat, the company behind one of the restaurant industry’s…
This week, Lisa Giungo (jun-go) — affectionately known around town simply as Lisa G and famous for her Bowl of (meat)Balls — sets the record straight about the closing of her namesake restaurant, reveals secret techniques, and shares a sandwich recipe some may remember from Lisa G’s. Born and raised in Philadelphia…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 83: Filet…
Whether you’re a CSA devotee, a farmers’ market weekender or consider ketchup a veg, we’ll bring you fresh inspiration for how to prepare our local produce. This week’s harvest: Eggplant Eggplant is voluptuous, it feels good in your hands and tastes incredibly comforting – especially with lots of garlic. They…
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock or need a friendly reminder, the spiky-haired Food Network star Guy Fieri will be on stage at Mesa Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.. The National Pork Board (what’s a “pork board”?) sponsored event promises to bring “the best elements of…
What the hell is going on with the Heart Attack Grill? Last Wednesday, The Associated Press reported that the fast food restaurant in Chandler, famous for scantily clad “nurses” serving up such sky-high caloric fare as Bypass Burgers and fries cooked in pure lard, had closed. The news came three…
Aw, feel the love. Last week Marcus Samuelsson, award-winning chef, cookbook author, and food activist, gave props to local celebu-chef Beau MacMillan on his website. After calling him “fun,” “ebullient,” and “one of the great people I’ve met during my travels,” Samuelsson lists Beau Mac’s top five picks for restaurants…
It’s the biggest Phoenix food news since the invention of the chimichanga: Chris Bianco opened his famed pizzeria for lunch. Twitter and Facebook lit up, and so did our faces when we realized that finally, after years of avoiding the famed Three Hour Wait, we could eat our pizza and…
