A well-stocked bar is just the beginning at Ross Simon and Aaron DeFeo’s chic new watering hole.
Nikki Buchanan, Author at PHOENIX magazine
A historical home in Roosevelt Row roars back to life as a pan-European bistro.
Arizona Biltmore’s flagship restaurant is decidedly less than the sum of its parts lately.
Tratto's Tomato Collins is lean, savory and elegant.
Little Rituals' Big City Nights is herbal, sour and incredibly beautiful.
Put a cork in your workday at one of these bargain-forward wine bars.
Sit down, shut up and eat your impossibly good fish.
Check out this aspirational “vegan fine dining.”
A beersoaked rumpus room becomes an upscale gastropub in the debut of our new restaurant-design page.
Desert DigestDiningFood & DrinkValley NewsCharleen Badman is Arizona’s Newest James Beard Award Winner
Nikki BuchananMay 2019
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner, and it’s about damned time.
Form admirably meets function in North Scottsdale, where two local restaurant vets have stealthily opened the Valley’s best new restaurant of 2019 – so far.
If you’ve been lucky enough (and flush enough) to enjoy a three- to four-hour, 24- to 28-course dinner at Binkley’s, then you know it’s a revelatory food experience that requires the capacity and sheer doggedness that only a true gourmand can muster.
Drink ThisMagic Hat Trick
Nikki BuchananMarch 2019
Citizen Public House barman Chaz Enciso adds a slap shot of mezcal to his silky-smooth Magic Hat Trick.
Score a high-toned happy hour deal on one of the Valley’s premier dining rues.