Three BitesEscape Claws: 3 Valley Restaurants Dishing Up the Crab Louie Salad
Cooling, crave-worthy Dungeness crab is the little black dress of salads.
Cooling, crave-worthy Dungeness crab is the little black dress of salads.
Staking out a private piece of oceanfront heaven in Ventura County.
The spirit of Arizona’s Western heritage is strong in Cave Creek, located less than an hour away from Downtown Phoenix. The town – which was settled in 1870, decades before Arizona’s statehood – offers many of the things that make the state so special: horseback riding, desert trails and good ol’ cowboy-style line dancing – plus modern crowd-pleasers like art galleries, quality dining and live music.
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.
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