Unveiled last fall by Hi Noon Hospitality (Ingo’s Tasty Food, Buck & Rider), Pinyon celebrates the food and drink of the Mediterranean.
Food ReviewsOur Food Critic Raves: Casa de Julia is a Downtown Destination
Nikki BuchananMay 1, 2025
Perfect pork belly and awesome aguachile elevate this debut Downtown eatery from a Filiberto’s scioness.
Drink ThisSuncliffe Gin & Trevor’s Liquor Team Up on New Craft Cocktail Recipe
Matthew JohnsonDecember 5, 2023
Learn this craft cocktail from Jordan Chandler, Trevor's beverage director.
Drink ThisDrink This: Dreamtime
Nikki BuchananSeptember 1, 2023
The menu at Quartz describes this coral cocktail as “exotic and curative,” which rings true from the first savory, refreshing sip.
Drink ThisDrink This: Typhoon Lagoon
Nikki BuchananMarch 3, 2023
Name-checking the water theme park at Disney World, this citrus-forward refresher is far more sophisticated than any brilliantly blue, Curacao-tinted cocktail you’ve likely sipped before.
Drink ThisDrink This: Banoffee Pie Martini
Nikki BuchananJanuary 11, 2023
The banoffee, a divinely inspired British dessert whose name is a conflation of its two major ingredients – bananas and toffee – has been transformed into a blissfully boozy martini milkshake at The Parlour Room.
Drink ThisDrink This: Cattle
Nikki BuchananNovember 4, 2022
Bar 1912 writes love letters to Arizona, using local ingredients to honor the state’s varied landscapes and historic industries. Of the five “5C” cocktails on the menu, Cattle is the most elegant.
Drink ThisDrink This: Sotol So Good
Nikki BuchananMarch 3, 2022
At Sotol, a fun rooftop bar in downtown Gilbert, sotol is the bright, grassy foundation for its signature cocktail called Sotol So Good.
Drink ThisDrink This: The Colonel’s Flip
Nikki BuchananJanuary 11, 2022
Riffing on the traditional flip, Rough Rider general manager4 Jarrett Reynolds created this sexy sipper that breathes elegance and romance.
Drink ThisDrink This: Singapore Sling
Nikki BuchananApril 27, 2020
MercBar at The Esplanade offers a classy version of the gin-based Singapore Sling, an oft-adulterated refresher invented in 1915 at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore.
Drink ThisDrink This: Penicillin
Nikki BuchananMarch 28, 2020
If you appreciate smoky spirits such as mezcal, but haven’t made the leap to scotch, the Penicillin is a splendid gateway.
Little Rituals' Big City Nights is herbal, sour and incredibly beautiful.
Drink ThisMagic Hat Trick
Nikki BuchananMarch 31, 2019
Citizen Public House barman Chaz Enciso adds a slap shot of mezcal to his silky-smooth Magic Hat Trick.
Drink ThisLaab Sided
Nikki BuchananFebruary 1, 2019
Glai Baan mixologist Max Berlin gets funky with this Thai-food inspired cocktail.
Another scorching day is coming to an end and you’re probably already thinking about what you’ll sip on tonight to aid in that much needed relaxation. But you also swore to yourself you’d make healthier choices during the summer months. It’s a dilemma many of us find ourselves in--but don’t be discouraged, there may be just the right remedy for you!