Photo by Jacob Tyler Dunn All the news that’s fit to nosh. Fry Baby: Back off, burgers. Hop along, hot dogs. Check you later, chicken fingers. French fries are once again emerging from their supporting role to take center stage at FRIED French Fry & Music Festival on Saturday, April 9. Downtown Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park will host the potatopalooza, which has been on a pandemic hiatus since its debut in 2019. The...
Photo courtesy Hotel Valley Ho The Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge is back for its eighth year. After taking a break last year due to the pandemic, Arizona chefs are back in the kitchen whipping up delicious desserts inspired by Girl Scout cookies. February 1 through 28, 21 esteemed chefs from venues across the state will be showcasing their concoctions made with Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-Si-Dos, Trefoils and Lemon-Ups. “The participating chefs will...
Photo courtesy Cartel Roasting Co. Cartel Coffee Lab started as a small family-owned operation in Tempe and has since expanded to 10 locations across the Southwest and continues to lean into sustainable growth – all with a new name and look. The local coffee roaster and retailer is now known as Cartel Roasting Co. to better reflect its mission and vision as a force in the coffee production industry. A new 12,000-square-foot roasting, canning...
OBON Sushi + Ramen recently announced its third location will be opening at Biltmore Fashion Park this February. The Arizona restaurant chain currently has two Scottsdale locations and delivers both innovative and traditional dishes including tuna carpaccio and mackerel toast served on local bread. OBON chef Paul Im will helm the new location with a dedication to sustainability and the use of locally sourced ingredients. The new OBON will use the Japanese hard charcoal grilling...
“You don’t win friends with salad,” they sang on The Simpsons. Clearly, those Springfield silly billies never tried these enticing ensaladas. Chicken Panzanella Nothing wins over a salad skeptic like panzanella, Italy’s glorious salad of crusty bread soaking up vinaigrette and tomato juices. Federal Pizza adds chicken ($13.75). federalpizza.com Grilled Watermelon Salad No ho-hum fruit plate at the larder + the delta. Chef Stephen Jones grills his watermelon and playfully pairs it with watermelon radishes,...
Dave Tabor crafts his Cosanti windbells to look like they sprang from the eponymous art studio’s earthy, experimental architecture. He imprints circles into the bronze to mirror the walls’ porthole windows and gouges out warped lines to echo the ceilings’ cement ridges. “I’m trying to get what people see here at Cosanti into a bell, so it looks like it was born here and should leave from here,” the artisan says. Late architect Paolo Soleri...
Utah’s ultra-luxe Amangiri resort graced the cover of our May/June 2021 issue dedicated to Southwest escapes. For a wintry escape with the same minimalist luxury, book a getaway to its Aman resorts sister property, Amangani. The resort is tucked in the beautiful mountains of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with views of Snake River Valley and the Grand Tetons. It becomes a winter wonderland blanketed in snow during ski season. With just 40 rooms, “the hotel is...
Call it the Food Truck Effect – businesses offering everything from mani-pedis to art classes are going mobile. Here are three new local ventures to flag down. Puzzle Rides Scottsdale Escape rooms meet scavenger hunts on these golf-cart excursions, which boast themes like Pirate’s Treasure Adventure. puzzlerides.com GameTruck Throw your kid the best birthday party ever with mobile video games, laser tag or GellyBall, a gentler alternative to paintball. gametruckparty.com Tap Truck Need a bartender...
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A night-by-night roundup of the talent at the tournament’s signature after-hours music venue.
25 years after Tiger Woods electrified the Phoenix Open with an epic hole-in-one, we relive the excitement with an oral history of the golfer’s indelible shot on 16.
Among the week’s various disheartening tidings came the news that FilmBar, Phoenix’s hip repertory cinema and watering hole, was closing its doors permanently. It’s truly a loss to the Valley’s arts and social scene; during its nearly eleven-year run Downtown, the place expertly programmed a mix of cool non-mainstream screen fare – foreign flicks, weird indies, documentaries, neglected classics. Many of us will remember FilmBar fondly as the place to see marginal but fascinating stuff...
THE SCENE In life, we often write off whole categories of experiences when they don’t jibe with our personalities. Afraid of heights? You’re probably passing on roller-coasters at every theme park you visit. Nut allergy? No pecan pie, trail mix or turtle candies for you. Hate exercising in front of strangers? Gyms aren’t your jam, and likely never will be. There’s something refreshing and clarifying about knowing yourself well enough to know what suits you...
Yelp’s ninth annual Top 100 Places to Eat in 2022 list came out this week and Cocina Madrigal in Phoenix snagged the top spot in the country. Owned by Latinx chef Leo Madrigal, Cocina Madrigal is known for hand-crafted dishes including al pastor tacos, beef birria enchiladas, achiote chicken burritos and made-to-order guacamole. The south Phoenix restaurant has been open since 2018 and first made the Top 100 list in 2019. Yelp determines which restaurants...
Photo by Nikki Buchanan I don’t know about you, but a Caribbean vacation sounds pretty good to me right now. Short of hopping a plane to Jamaica, the next best thing might be a trip to Ms. Martha’s Caribbean Kitchen at 19th Avenue and Northern. The restaurant sits on the west end of a lovely ’40s-era Spanish Colonial building (the former Good Shepherd Home for Girls), and owner Martha Laurencin keeps the religious theme...
