2026 Best of the ValleyThe Best Neighborhood Breakfast Spots in the Valley
Where to go for dynamite quiche, huevos rancheros, pancakes and mimosas.
Where to go for dynamite quiche, huevos rancheros, pancakes and mimosas.
Where to go for birria ramen, birria grilled cheese, birria egg rolls, birria french fries and more.
Much of what we love about the Valley are those little bits of it we can sip, nibble and devour, from fusion Indian cuisine to primo bagels to cloudy IPAs. Salut!
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.
Much of what we love about the Valley are those pieces of it we can sip, nibble or otherwise devour, from fusion Indian cuisine to primo falafel to cloudy IPAs. Salut!
Much of what we love about the Valley are those pieces of it we can sip, nibble or otherwise devour, from fusion Indian cuisine to primo falafel to cloudy IPAs. Salut!
Our editorial picks for the best in fine dining around the Valley in 2025.
Our editorial staff picks for the best dining specials in the Valley in 2025.
Sometimes it's more the people and places that make the food experience better. This is our editorial roundup of those favorites.
Our champion of all things local highlights pasta sauce, chocolate bars and bottled mocktails.
What’s better than tacos? Er, maybe tacos and vinyl records? That’s the enticing premise behind this Downtown taqueria and listening lounge from first-time restaurateurs Michael Immordino and Geoff Smith.
From Evening Entertainment Group, the hospitality and nightlife gurus who gave us Bottled Blonde, Bevvy, Casa Amigos and other places that tend to make 40-year-olds feel like Dick Van Dyke, comes this volume-drinking playground that also serves a bit of food.
With it’s prow-like roof and throwback Polynesian décor, this Scottsdale diner is awesome to look at – and the food’s not bad, either.
Delight in all things frybread at this groundbreaking Indigenous restaurant in Old Town.
It’s difficult to have a bad meal in North Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, which brim with foodie haunts.