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 & Drink
Drink ThisNovember 2019Drink This: Risk It for The Biscuit
Sam Olguin, talented mixologist and proud new partner in So Far, So Good at The Churchill food-hub in Phoenix has created a lusciously smooth classic, combining butterscotch-infused vodka with a welter of cool-weather goodies.
Food ReviewsNovember 2019Maple & Ash
Food ReviewsNovember 2019Space Case: Ocean 44
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.
Drink ThisTravelArizona Wine Trails
Mike MeyerSeptember 2019
The weather is ideal, the colors are beautiful and Arizona’s flourishing oases of high-desert wineries are hives of activity.
Veg OutVeg Out: Cauliflower Vindaloo
Marilyn HawkesSeptember 2019
Try this cardamom- and cumin-heavy dish at the Merkin Vineyards Scottsdale tasting room.
Food ReviewsBeCe Kitchen
Nikki BuchananSeptember 2019
Go east, Beaver Choice. Shuttered last spring, the European comfort-food favorite reappears in SanTan Valley with a new name and trimmed-down, fast-casual menu.
Food ReviewsSpace Case: Welcome Diner
Nikki BuchananSeptember 2019
Artist and entrepreneur Sloane McFarland opened the original Welcome Diner in a renovated Valentine diner on Roosevelt Row in 2004, aspiring to mingle his interests in community development and the emerging farm-to-table movement.
Drink ThisDrink This: Date Night
Nikki BuchananSeptember 2019
This pale green refresher from The Covenant is like a martini jazzed up with fresh lemon juice and Kiwi Reàl.
Food ReviewsTrick or Eat
M.V. MoorheadSeptember 2019
Scare up some fine vittles at these new, October-appropriate dining haunts.
Local ProductsLocal Product: Harmony Boards
Marilyn HawkesSeptember 2019
Linda Hopkins fashions beautiful spreads for all occasions, chock-full of fruit, cheese, cured meats and more.