Local ProductsChia Cookies
Marilyn HawkesOctober 2019
Audrey Martinez launched Audrey’s Chia Cookies to share the health benefits of chia seeds with the Valley and beyond.
Food & Drink
Desert DigestHappy HourNovember 2019Happy Hour: Platform 18 at Century Grand
THE SCENE It’s grand indeed at Century Grand, the 1920s-inspired cocktail compound from the minds of Jason Asher and Rich Furnari of Barter & Shake. You feel like Jay and Daisy from the moment you walk into the Arcadia building that houses Century Grand (a Prohibition-era cocktail bar with dim sum carts bearing nibbles, cocktails and wine), the Grey Hen Saloon (a tasting room and spirits shop where Valley whiskey maestro and general manager John...
Three BitesOctober 2019Swine Flights
Veg OutThe Flower
Marilyn HawkesOctober 2019
You might be surprised to hear that Meat the Ball owner Stefano Fabbri’s preferred “meatball” is made of cauliflower.
Food & DrinkAtlas Bistro
Nikki BuchananOctober 2019
Chef Cory Oppold creates modernist, multi-course wonderment at this storied Scottsdale BYOB.
Food & DrinkComfort Food
Mike MeyerOctober 2019
Find dozens of recommendations for comfort-cuisine satisfaction, along with picks from our favorite Valley food pros.
Food ReviewsSpace Case: Taco Chelo
Nikki BuchananOctober 2019
Serial restaurateur Aaron Chamberlin never planned on opening a down-home taqueria. But a trip to Southern California changed all that.
Food ReviewsVeni, Vici, Comedi
M.V. MoorheadOctober 2019
Mexican, Argentine, vegetarian chorizo – Latin is anything but a dead tongue in this month’s new-restaurant roundup.
Food ReviewsSeydi’s Pupuseria & Grill
Nikki BuchananOctober 2019
Pupusas are having a moment – and this North Phoenix pupuseria might be the Binkley’s of them.
Drink ThisDrink This: Mercury Mirage
Nikki BuchananOctober 2019
Weft & Warp at the Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Bungalows amplifies the smoked cocktail trend with the Mercury Mirage, a robust Sazerac-like sipper that uses smoke three ways.
“A lot of thought and care went into engineering this happy hour,” chef/owner Chris Collins said as he leaned over the table, perusing the happy hour menu with me. I don’t always get to speak with the chef for these little happy hour outings, so I was pleased to hear about The Macintosh’s HH menu from the head honcho himself. “When we came up with this menu, we knew when we were rebranding it from...
Desert DigestHappy HourHappy Hour: Pita Jungle
Leah LeMoineSeptember 2019
I remember when I was in high school and a Pita Jungle location finally opened on my side of town, the chain-rich West Valley. Finally, something local in the Arrowhead Towne Center area my friends and I haunted, something more sophisticated than food-court fare, something with options for the vegetarians among us.
Three BitesHot Pocketitos
Marilyn HawkesSeptember 2019
A new wave of Salvadoran eateries in the Valley brings an exciting uptick in pupusa options.
Food ReviewsLittle Miss BBQ
Nikki BuchananSeptember 2019
Our food-line-averse critic finally gets her first taste of the Valley low-and-slow legend.