Food & DrinkAugust is National Sandwich Month: Our Favorites in the Valley
Editorial StaffAugust 9, 2022
Noteworthy and randomly selected restaurants from our rotating master list.
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UncategorizedWhere to Dine in Phoenix, Scottsdale & Other Valley Cities: Our Picks in August
Editorial StaffAugust 9, 2022
Noteworthy and randomly selected restaurants from our rotating master list.
The best places worth checking out in the Phoenix community, thanks to the Local Buzz mobile app.
Noteworthy and randomly selected restaurants from our rotating master list.
After making waves in late 2020 with their debut restaurant, Southeast Asian-influenced Belly Kitchen & Bar (named one of our Best New Restaurants in 2021), Phoenix restaurant veterans and longtime friends Robert Cissel, Paul Waxman and Michael Babcock are back at it. This summer, the Instrumental Hospitality partners will launch a second Belly at Epicenter in Gilbert. Then they’ll head back to Downtown Phoenix to open Sin Muerte, a vegetarian restaurant set to debut...
Photo courtesy The Revelry Patios are having a major moment right now. Chalk it up to our fabulous spring weather and our need to socially distance in open-air spaces due to COVID-19, but no real estate has been as prime for restaurants of late as their patios. This spring, one slab stepped into the ring to KO them all: The Revelry at Mesa Riverview shopping center, whose canopy clocks in at 20,000 square feet of covered outdoor patio. The Revelry is a 62,000-square-foot mixed-use entertainment destination with...
Desert DigestFood ReviewsValley NewsTomaso Maggiore, Titan of Italian Cuisine, Has Died
Leah LeMoineFebruary 1, 2021
The Valley has lost one of its culinary luminaries. This past weekend, legendary Italian chef/restaurateur Tomaso Maggiore died after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 73 years old. Maggiore immigrated to the United States from Sicily as a young man and worked his way up the restaurant ranks in New York City before moving west. He and his wife, Patricia, opened Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant in the Camelback Corridor in September 1977. Their children, Joey and Melissa, grew up in the industry and joined their parents in running a...
Desert DigestGhost Ranch Reopens with New Chef and Dishes
Marilyn HawkesDecember 31, 2020
If you’ve been waiting for Tempe’s Ghost Ranch to reopen since closing in July due to COVID, mark your calendars for early January 2021. The modern Southwestern restaurant will debut a whole new crew, including executive chef David Mora, who has done stints at The Boulders, Coppa Café in Flagstaff and Mariposa in Sedona, where he worked with chef-owner Lisa Dahl. While Mora and the staff will be adding some new dishes and cocktails, the menu will retain many old favorites, from tacos and enchiladas to mesquite-grilled entrees, including trout, cowboy steak and pollo asado made with local Two Wash...
PHOENIX magazine editor Craig Outhier and managing editor Leah LeMoine talk to Craft 64 owner James Swann and Nook Kitchen owner Frank Vairo on the challenges of re-opening restaurants after the shutdown and during a pandemic. Plus Leah takes us to Lovecraft Alehouse for Happy Hour at Home. Craig and Leah wrap it up by telling you about the various openings and closings of Valley restaurants in the past few weeks. Click here for more...
LifestyleValley NewsVoyeurism
Mike MeyerAugust 22, 2019
Who among us hasn’t craned to look at a friend’s bank statement, or rubbernecked in a nice neighborhood? Satisfy tour pangs by peeking in this dossier of Valley wealth and income
LifestyleValley NewsValley Spending Guide
Mike MeyerAugust 22, 2019
From secondhand stores to ritzy resorts, here’s everything you need to know about spending and saving in the Valley.
LifestyleValley NewsSide Hustle: PHX
Mike MeyerAugust 22, 2019
From retired Boomers to peaking Gen Xers to motivated millennials, every generation could use a little something on the side. Here’s a guide to creating your own alternate revenue stream.
LifestyleValley NewsMoney, Money, Money
Mike MeyerAugust 22, 2019
Who Makes What? How to Make It? Where to Spend it?
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Amuse Bouches5 Best Things to Eat This Month
Craig OuthierFebruary 1, 2019
Emboldened by tourist and snowbird crowds, Valley restaurateurs get frisky come spring. They launch new menus. They book wine dinners. They do spring-long, high-concept “supper series” events. Some dishes to look out for this month.