Craft BeerNew Local Craft Beers for the Weekend
A flight of new releases from Arizona breweries for the weekend of Jan 14 - 16.
A flight of new releases from Arizona breweries for the weekend of Jan 14 - 16.
The new year brings an exciting new beer event to the Valley’s winter-spring festival season. Copper State Beer Festival makes its debut in January with craft breweries, cideries, distilleries and wineries, as well as a fleet of food trucks and an artisan market featuring Valley makers. It’s poised to be the Valley’s go-to beverage festival in a month that traditionally lacks for such diversions . 12-5 p.m. $20-$80. Riverview Park, 2100 W. Rio Salado Pkwy.,...
Phoenix’s food scene has been growing rapidly but family-owned food purveyors on the west side have been slinging solid meals for decades. Check out these three hidden gems next time you’re in the West Valley. Start Your Day Off at TJ’s Homestyle Restaurant Looking for a classic, comforting morning meal? This family-owned rustic restaurant has an old diner feel, complete with farm animal figurines, ’50s advertisements and traditional American comfort food. The Farmers Breakfast features...
Charles Barber looks happy tooling around in his new restaurant, a sleek North Phoenix spot he named Aftermath to reference what came before and what comes next for him. As you may already know, he partnered with Dom Ruggiero to open Hush Public House in 2019, Barber running the front of the house, Ruggiero manning the stove. The place was a runaway hit and remains wildly popular, but after two years, Barber was ready to...
The holidays are over, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop eating delicious desserts. Going into the new year with a sweet tooth? Check out these three places for treats around the Valley. Dough-Not Miss Out on Express Donuts This local donut shop serves the classics: glazed, Boston cream and apple fritters but also switches things up with Asian-inspired drinks like a Thai iced tea smoothie. As you enter the donut shop you will...
THE SCENE Is there a more played-out cocktail-bar trope than the “speakeasy”? I use quotation marks because so few of these purported speakeasies possess any of the qualities of their historical namesake. Even pre-COVID claustrophobia, the whole cramped, underground bar scene wasn’t my vibe. Give me an open-air space with a fresh breeze and elbow room any day – or night. Finally, a trend seems to be aligning with my selectively social soul: Rooftop bars...
Ditch your resolutions and drink a beer.
Hansel + Gretel | Photo by Tim Fuchs All the news that’s fit to nosh. The Schnitz: While there are a handful of great German restaurants in the Valley – Edelweiss Biergarten and Haus Murphy’s, to name a couple – there aren’t nearly enough for those of us who delight in sausage, schnitzel and spaetzle. To the rescue: Hansel + Gretel, a new German food delivery service based out of a cloud kitchen in...
Do you ever stand in front of the wine section at the grocery store overwhelmed by the number of selections? The labels are so enticing, but how good is the wine? Sometimes you buy a bottle and you’re disappointed, and other times you hit the jackpot. For those who would like to take the guess work out of selecting a winner, PostinoWine Café has recently launched the Postino Wine Cult, a subscription-based wine club. When...
Opening Angie’s Lobster A second Valley location of Angie’s Lobster has opened in Tempe. The menu has two items: Lobster Finger Meal; and Lobster Roll Meal, both $9.99. 835 W. Baseline Rd., Tempe, angieslobster.com Another Broken Egg Café Southern-inspired breakfast, brunch and lunch at this Florida-based breakfast spot. Bring on the biscuits and gravy. 2484 S. Santan Village Pkwy., Gilbert, 480-306-8142, anotherbrokenegg.com At My Place Café This popular Filipino restaurant has officially moved from Mesa...
There’s been a seismic shakeup at Elements at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, but the changes should be positive for all concerned, including us diners. Food Network super-star Beau MacMillan has resigned his longtime position there as executive chef, and Landon Post, the resort’s banquet chef for the past eight years, has taken MacMillan’s place. MacMillan has morphed to culinary advisor for the restaurant/resort, where he hopes to continue to build the Sanctuary brand,...
Sottise exterior | Photo courtesy TJ Culp Just in time for a little holiday frivolity, TJ Culp, chef-owner of Restaurant Progress, and his partner Esther Noh have launched Sottise, a winsome wine bar and restaurant in the Roosevelt Row arts district. Its French name, which means “folly” or “foolishness,” reflects the couple’s lighthearted approach to this venture: “Yeah, we’re a French-inspired wine bar, but let’s not take ourselves too seriously here when there’s wine...
Here are our made-up awards for our favorite suds of 2021.
Inspired by her own health journey and world travels, health coach Nico Doniele teamed up with EVO founder Nick Neuman to open Santé, a high-end, 5,000 square-foot restaurant in North Scottsdale with an emphasis on healthy, organic food. Her motto, “Let us live to eat and live longer to eat,” is reflected in the globally inspired menu, which has vegan, vegetarian, paleo, gluten-free, keto and low FODMAP options. “We wanted to create a restaurant where...
Photo courtesy ADERO Scottsdale All the news that’s fit to nosh. Globe-al Dining: We may not get snow in the Valley (except for the odd desert flurry that makes us all lose our minds), but you can see what it’s like to be inside a snow globe with ADERO Scottsdale’s new holiday offering. From December 16-January 23, the resort’s on-site restaurant The Village at SkyTop will host four-course dinners in ethereal globe structures set outside against a stunning desert backdrop. Menu highlights include roasted...