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Reader's Picks

 

Best Bagels:

Chompie’s
 

Best Bakery:

Paradise Bakery
 

Best Bar Food:

Four Peaks Brewery
 

Best Barbecue:

Famous Dave’s
 

Best Beer Store:

AJ’s Fine Foods
 

Best Bread Store:

Wildflower
 

Best Breakfast:

The Breakfast Club
 

Best Brew Pub:

Four Peaks Brewing Co.
 

Best Burger:

In-N-Out Burger
 

Best Burrito:

Chipotle
 

Best Business Lunch:

Capital Grille
 

Best Candy Store:

See’s Candies
 

Best Cheese Shop:

AJ’s Fine Foods
 

Best Chef:

Robert McGrath
 

Best Chips & Salsa:

Aunt Chilada’s
 

Best Chocolate-Chip Cookie:

Paradise Bakery
 

Best Comfort Food:

Calico Cow
 

Best Creative Sandwich:

La Grande Orange
 

Best Croissants:

AJ’s Fine Foods
 

Best Deli:

Chompie’s
 

Best Diner:

5 & Diner
 

Best French Fries:

Delux
 

Best Fruit Stand:

Sprouts
 

Best Gourmet Supermarket:

AJ’s Fine Foods
 

Best Greasy Spoon:

Harvey Wineburger
 

Best Health Food Restaurant:

Soma Café
 

Best High Tea:

The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix
 

Best Hot Dogs:

Ted’s Hot Dogs
 

Best Ice Cream/Yogurt:

Gelato Spot
 

Best Indian Restaurant (tie):

Delhi Palace; Tandori Times
 

Best Inexpensive Breakfast:

IHOP
 

Best Inexpensive Lunch:

Aunt Chilada’s
 

Best Inexpensive Dinner:

Pasta Pomadoro
 

Best Italian Restaurant:

Tutti Santi
 

Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant:

Rustler’s Rooste
 

Best Ladies Lunch:

Arcadia Farms
 

Best Late-Night Grub:

Filiberto’s
 

Best Margarita:

Z’ Tejas
 

Best Mexican Restaurant:

Aunt Chilada’s
 

Best New Restaurant:

Skye
 

Best Outdoor Dining:

The Farm at South Mountain
 

Best People-Watching:

Zinc Bistro
 

Best Pizzeria:

Pizzeria Bianco
 

Best Restaurant with a View:

Different Pointe of View
 

Best Romantic Lunch:

T. Cook’s
 

Best Sandwich:

Duck & Decanter
 

Best Seafood Restaurant:

Wildfish Grille
 

Best Special-Occasion Restaurant:

Rustler’s Rooste
 

Best Southwest Restaurant:

Richardson’s
 

Best Steakhouse:

Ruth’s Chris Steak House
 

Best Sunday Brunch:

The Phoenician
 

Best Thai Restaurant:

Malee’s
 

Best Tortilla:

Carolina’s
 

Best Under-Appreciated Restaurant:

Zest
 

Best Underrated Chef:

Tiffany Nagel
 

Best Vegetarian Restaurant:

Pita Jungle
 

Best Wine Store:

Sportsman’s