Craig Outhier, Author at PHOENIX magazine

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Arizona fared well on Yelp’s recent list of the 100 best restaurants for pizza in the U.S. and Canada. Appropriately, the online food-review aggregator awarded four spots to our slice-crazy state – and just as ticklishly, the pizzerias in question were not the usual A-list suspects. Since three of them reside in Central Phoenix, they make for a credible try-’em-all-in-one-night ET adventure. The Rules 1. Assemble 6-8 people. Visit the restaurants in order. 2. Always...

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Perhaps no neighborhood in Greater Phoenix is better suited for Eater’s Triangle than this one in Tempe, a near-campus noodle nexus neatly cut into a triangle by hypotenuse-like Terrace Road. The Rules 1. Assemble 6-8 people. Visit the restaurants in order. 2. Always order one egg roll to split, as a benchmark, along with a noodle entrée. 3. At the conclusion of the crawl, vote for Best Egg Roll and Best Overall. Dragon Flame Specializing...

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Lucky Chandlerians have plenty of sushi options following a wave of recent openings. For this comparative crawl, we picked the Warner-Ray dining nexus in West Chandler. THE RULES 1. Assemble 6-8 people. Visit the restaurants in order. 2. Always order one spicy tuna cut roll (maki) to split, as a benchmark of comparison. 3. At the conclusion of the crawl, vote for Best Spicy Tuna Roll and Best Overall. HI 5 SUSHI The youngster of...

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