Drink ThisDrink This: Pearl of the Desert
Pearl of the Desert is a nickname for Ghadames, an ancient oasis city in Libya architecturally designed to combat the Sahara’s extreme heat.
Pearl of the Desert is a nickname for Ghadames, an ancient oasis city in Libya architecturally designed to combat the Sahara’s extreme heat.
Our annual food-centric issue covers Hole in the Wall Wonders, Where Valley Chefs Eat and Food Trends for 2026.
We volleyed questions with co-owners Sean Mulholland and Avery Johnson Jr. on the restaurant’s Valley debut, celebrity sightings and why they chose Scottdale after the closure of their L.A. location.
Think of the TPC Scottsdale – the longtime home of the Waste Management Phoenix Open – as a 36-hole progress piece, always growing and evolving to enhance the fan experience.
Masterful cooking and terrific cocktails give our critic a rooting interest in this plucky Old Town gastropub.
Ingo’s to-go cocktail program, including its inimitable Greyhound, leads the field.
Take one look at this va-va-voom cocktail, topped with so much meringue-like foam it makes the mouth water, and you’ll understand its social-media-inspired name.
The bar that put Phoenix on the mixology map is once again pushing the envelope.
Remembering the ’90s stirs up longings for bygone bars and the friends who inhabited them.
“Trophy Room is a concept that is always reinventing itself through storytelling,” Myers says of his luxe Downtown cocktail den outfitted with high-end taxidermy.
Blessed with grand visions and a gift for the pivot, Pretty Decent Concepts idea man Teddy Myers takes flight.
Running the cocktail program at North Scottsdale speakeasy Tell Your Friends, Ashley Cibor created this surprisingly complex cocktail as a “liquid love letter” to her favorite dessert, carrot cake, which she deftly reimagines in all its sweet, spicy, nutty and thoroughly decadent glory.
Your best bet is to go to Élephante and sample all three, but if you’re eager to make the Golden Hour at home, you’ll need a margarita machine.