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Desert DigestFood & DrinkPhoenix says Farewell to Cave Creek Fixture Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue After 14 Years

Nikki BuchananFebruary 8, 2023

In the worst-news-I’ve-heard-all-day category, there’s this: Bryan’s Black Mountain Barbecue in Cave Creek is closing. Its last day of operation is Saturday, April 22nd, which is also chef Bryan Dooley’s birthday. He and his wife Donna, who has worked side-by-side with him at the restaurant, are throwing a big going-away/birthday party on that day. Naturally, there will be barbecue as well as music and lots of regulars and old friends (which are basically one and...

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Desert DigestFood & DrinkItalian Restaurateurs Realize Dream to Open Eateries in Arizona

Madison RutherfordFebruary 25, 2022

Federico Venturini and Viola Tagliaferri with their son When husband and wife Federico Venturini and Viola Tagliaferri moved from Gualdo Tadino, Italy to Cave Creek, Arizona in 2018, they didn’t speak English or know anyone in the community. What they did have was determination and a dream. The couple opened Pizzicata, the first authentic pinsa pizzeria in Carefree in 2019. Pinsa is a style of pizza that has 48 percent less sugar and 85 percent...

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The PHiXDan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems Specializes in State-of-the-Art Amplifiers

Jason KeilJanuary 27, 2022

Audio industry pioneer Dan D’Agostino built a cult-like audiophile following when he co-founded the high-end audio company Krell in the early ’80s. He says after investors forced him and his family out of the company in 2009, he plotted his comeback in Cave Creek with Dan D’Agostino Master Audio Systems, which specializes in small and mighty (expensive) amplifiers. “We thought we could bring some sound quality to the market that wasn’t there,” says company president...

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The PHiXStudio Session with Sculptor Curt Mattson

Alison CutlerNovember 17, 2021

Curt Mattson knows horses better than the back of his clay-dusted hands. His distinctive sculptures of the animals are a testament to his childhood growing up on ranches along the West Coast. Mattson realized in his late 20s that life on the range would soon render him broke – or broken – and turned to art as another expression of his investment in the life of cowboys. His clay sculptures dig beyond the flesh of...

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