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What delightful dining surprises lie in wait for Valley foodists in 2026? We found seven cutting-edge trends you can really sink your teeth into.
What delightful dining surprises lie in wait for Valley foodists in 2026? We found seven cutting-edge trends you can really sink your teeth into.
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.
Classic Arizona steakhouse to welcome diners again starting December 17.
By our admittedly unscientific count, around 340 new restaurants opened in Greater Phoenix between October 2024 and September 2025, from neighborhood taquerias in Tempe to new-jack gastropubs in Peoria. Selected by our food writers, here are our 10 favorites – along with a smattering of honorable mentions, special awards and sneak previews of 2026.
Inflation or no, new restaurants continue to open in the Valley at a breakneck pace – and we tried a bunch this summer. Time to clean out the old notebook.
Valley chefs achieve peak deliciousness with new-look treatments of traditional roasted Peruvian chicken.
Restaurant legend Sam Fox is back with his first original, stand-alone Valley restaurant in six years. In this exclusive sneak peek, PHOENIX gets a behind-the-scenes glimpse – and taste – of Society Swan.
The one-time heart of North Phoenix gets a higher-end reboot.
P83 has expanded to include apartments and local restaurants like Postino and Blanco Cocina + Cantina.
Once you’ve rounded up the liquor, it’s a snap to make.
Fermented cabbage adds a layer of funky deliciousness to kimchi fried rice.
For many of us, Dry January is a fading memory. But for anyone who kept their sobriety rolling through the winter, here’s a Downtown itinerary for leaping off the wagon in style.
Travel into the design of this airline-themed bar in Downtown Phoenix.
Several years before opening Little Miss BBQ in 2014, Scott Holmes learned about the world of Texas barbecue when he and his future wife, Bekke, went to visit her parents in Austin.