“Fresh, sustainable seafood in the desert” may sound suspect, but these five Phoenix fish pros are leading the way with responsible fishing, ethical farming and traceable sourcing that’s good for your body and the planet.
Buffer a Newport Beach Film Festival experience with luxury shopping, lavish seafood feasts and whale-watching.
Get a taste of the coast at these fish houses in the desert.
The seafood selections are intriguing, but this Vietnamese restaurant in Chandler founders on muted flavors and flip preparations.
Prolific restaurateur Sheila Bryson is back – this time with a seafood spot in Scottsdale that’s primo date-night bait.
Destroy the seafood-in-the-desert stigma once and for all at these eateries specializing in fresh fish.
Eat, drink and snap a selfie at these chic Scottsdale spots.
Eat, drink and snap a selfie at these chic Scottsdale spots.
Though not as high-toned as the name suggests, this seafood-focused Scottsdale restaurant cashes in with great oysters and a raucous vibe.
When Espiritu opened last January, it was cast as a bar not a restaurant, a let’s-get-crazy play place for drinkers unashamed to admit they like getting a little toasty. Under the short cocktail menu (five regular cocktails and one daily special) is a section called “Shots & Other Mistakes,” featuring nine possibly bad decisions (their verbiage, not mine). Here, you’ll find wild concoctions given hilarious names and descriptions, including Yeetlejuice (Jaeger cold brew, pineapple amaro,...
Much more than a sit-down version of Claudio Urciuoli’s original seafood counter on 24th Street, this swank Downtown charmer ventures into excitingly global territory.
Photo courtesy Buck &Rider THE SCENE “I don’t eat seafood in landlocked states.” That sentence – along with its cousin, “Seafood in the desert? Pass.” – is up there on the list of trite refrains I regularly field from friends and relatives about dining in the Valley. When I hear someone say it, I have to fight a visceral urge to shake them and bellow, “Do you think we’re still in the 1950s?!” In a time before overnight shipping and advanced packing and cooling techniques, sure, you would have...
Grilled Maine Lobster | Photo by Madison Rutherford A serpentine stroll through We-Ko-Pa will take you to a calm corner of the casino that doesn’t feel like you’re in a casino at all. Such is the charm of Ember, the casino and resort’s new fine dining destination – a culinary oasis that is well worth the trek to far-flung Fort McDowell. The kitchen is helmed by critically acclaimed chef Richard E. Pelz, who places...
