Oaxaca Black Mole Chicken from La Condesa Gourmet Taco Shop

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Oaxaca Black Mole Tacos served up by…

Hibiscus Quesadillas from Los Sombreros

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Hibiscus Quesadillas served up by Los Sombreros…

Sinbad’s Restaurant: Halal Middle Eastern Food

​Every town has a handful of sketchy restaurants. Often it’s the joints that look the most questionable that hold the secrets of culinary enlightenment. Then again, they might hold nothing more than a one-way ticket to whatever you stuffed down your gob firing back out from both ends. It’s the…

Har Gow from Phoenix Palace

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 15: Har…

Chorizo Breakfast Burritos from Los Favoritos

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Chorizo Breakfast Burritos served up by Los…

Achiote Pork Tacos from Canteen Modern Tequila

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 16: Pork…

Steak and Kidney Pie from George and Dragon Pub

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 17: Steak…

#1 Super Everything Pho from Khai Hoan

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 18: #1…

7 Kiddie Breakfasts We Still Scarf When Nobody’s Looking

As a kid you grow up thinking you’re going to eat ice cream for breakfast every day when you’re an adult, because mom ain’t around to tell you otherwise! Then you wake up one day and realize your pantry is stocked with Fiber One and Kashi, and you eat more…

The Combo Plate from El Pollo Supremo

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 19: The…

Pozole Blanco from Taco Nazo

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Pozole Blanco served up by Taco Nazo…

Oatmeal Throw Down: Burger King vs. McDonald’s

As much as we love the hand-crafted croissants from Essence or the crepes and coffee from Jobot, these one-of-a-kind breakfast joints tend to be few and far between. Sometimes we have to slum it at the mega chains.   Unfortunately, those deep-fried dens generally do better at scrambling rubbery eggs…

Raspberry Puffs from Jimmy Woo’s

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 25: Raspberry…

Chile Rellenos

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the valley. This week: Chile Rellenos from La Tolteca ¿Como se…

Pollo Lombardo from Pizza A Metro

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 26: Pollo…

Lee’s Combination Sandwich from Lee’s Sandwiches

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 27: Lee’s…

New Mexican Potstickers from Carlsbad Tavern

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 28: New…

Spam Sliders from Maui Dog

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 29: Spam…

Sopes from Los Favoritos Taco Shop

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the Valley. This week: Sopes from Los Favoritos Taco Shop ¿Como…

Fight the Freshman 15 with Fast Food

We’re pretty familiar with college turnover (mmm, turnovers, move that to the “no” list). Every August ushers in a gaggle of wide-eyed freshmen just past jail bait, eager to flash their adolescent frames all over campus. (The ASU student body is anything but modest.) Slowly you notice the svelte student…

Carne Asada Burrito from La Frontera Comida Mexicana

Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 35: Carne…

Empanadas Flor de Calabaza from Oaxaca Restaurant

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let’s face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the valley. This week: Empanadas Flor de Calabaza from Oaxaca Restaurant…