Each of the roughly 20 new cocktails at Platform 18 is inspired by Prohibition-era New York City. The view from the train windows now depicts the Manhattan skyline – and the drinks are just as transportive.
Full-service interior design and construction company Chalk Design & Build executed the look for this Art Deco-inspired lounge in downtown Chandler.
Cooling, crave-worthy Dungeness crab is the little black dress of salads.
Part of the brand’s overall transformation was the recent opening of this Gilbert eatery, a more izakaya-esque, lunch-focused version of the mothership, with upscale cocktails and a lively wine and beer list.
The third and latest location of the growing Trevor’s bottle shop chain has a full-service bar and pizza-centric kitchen – but many of its new fans were certainly oblivious to that fact until Barstool Sports influencer Dave Portnoy showed up in April to live-stream one of his hokey One-Bite Pizza Reviews.
This spacious, modern-looking taco shop, specializing in charcoal-grilled meats, has one of those noun-plus-noun names that, for once, conveys its intent, given that al carbon means “cooking over coal” in Spanish.
Wallpapered and shabby-chic, multi-flowered and chandeliered, Little Snitch is an ultra-feminine haven specializing in elaborate coffee drinks, pretty cocktails, baked goods and brunch.
Exit Barrio Café, enter this excellent new Guanajuato-style restaurant on fabled Calle 16.
This all-day diner in Old Town from chef Bernie Kantak does everything well – and breakfast perfectly.
Chef Angelo Sosa takes Valley diners on a long overdue culinary tour of Malaysia, Indonesia and other Far East climes at his instantly essential new resort restaurant.
A rare “quadruple hopped” hazy IPA, Joosy Froot explodes in all directions with Nectaron, Superdelic, Citra and Mosaic hops, delivering slight bitterness and lush tropicality with equal aplomb.
Southern Arizona’s 1764 Vineyards made a big splash at the 2023 Arizona Wine Competition.
The restaurants listed are noteworthy and randomly selected from our rotating master list.