Just in time for football season, CenPho is getting a new bar and grill equipped with a 120-by-65-inch dual projector. That means we predict a lot of you will be spending sometime in front of the big screen at Wild Game Sports Grill this fall, and who could blame you?…
If you’re one of those people who just can’t get enough hot dogs, listen up. Joe’s Farm Grill is bringing back their Dog Days of Summer throughout the month of September to try to help you finish out the season with a smile. That’s because the Gilbert restaurant is offering…
There’s no shortage of outstanding Mexican fare in metro Phoenix, but we’re more than happy to welcome another south of the border joint onto the scene — especially when it offers to-go breakfast burros at just $2.75 a piece. Since that’s exactly what one experienced Phoenix by way of Ft…
Students and professors: If you love to grab a venti java chip Frappuccino before heading into the lecture hall, you’re in luck. Starbucks is testing out its new mobile trucks at Arizona State University just two months after the company announced plans to reimburse tuition for certain employees through the…
Get ready to celebrate the best of everything Phoenix has to offer at the New Times’ 15th annual Best of Phoenix A’fare. Mix and mingle with some of Phoenix’s most unique characters while sampling food and drink from restaurants and bars all over the Valley on Saturday, October 4 at…
If you’re looking to gain a new perspective on things, maybe it’s time to kick your legs up and turn your world upside down, courtesy of the Demystify Inversions yoga workshop at Yoga Pura. Led by local yogini Britt Canese, this class is open to all levels of yoga experience…
It’s not too often Phoenix gets to brag that we had something before California, but we do get to show off our bottles of Sibona Amaro to everyone in the Golden State because we got it first. The distilled liqueur from Piedmont, Italy is bold and extraordinarily complex and only…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
A popular new spot in the Ahwatukee foothills is opening up a second location after less than a year. The Perfect Pear Bistro will open in Tempe later next month, bringing its “new American comfort food” and bistro eats to the corner of Priest Drive and Ray Road…
Being a cyclist might mean outfitting yourself in all spandex and going for weekend rides on your high-dollar Specialized ride. It might also mean riding to the farmers market in a sundress and putting organic kale in your wicker basket, ringing your bell as you head out. Maybe both are…
Mellow Mushroom’s menu and prices sure have changed a lot since the first shop opened in Atlanta in 1974. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Mellow Mushroom is doing a trippy time warp and sending both back to the way they were when the restaurant opened, which means cheap beer and…
If you’re in Gilbert and you have a serious sweet tooth, you’re in luck because Fluff It Marshmallows recently opened on Gilbert Road between Baseline and Guadalupe roads. The customizable handmade marshmallow shop offers a range of flavors and a build-your-own s’mores bar…
Entering Cyclo for the first time, you’ll notice one thing before anything else: owner Justina Duong. On a recent summer evening, she’s wearing a flowered maxi dress, dramatic false eyelashes, and a hip pixie cut. Her elegance appears effortless, like she’s a guest herself. She immediately starts talking to a…
Over the weekend, Phoenix’s bartending scene earned some major bragging rights at the world Mai Tai competition in Kona, Hawaii — especially since the winner Michael Soo was the first mainlander to nab a win at the event since it began in 2009. Soo’s cocktail scored high on aroma, taste,…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
The summer slow down is real and a very scary part of running a business in Phoenix every year. This year Shine Coffee needs your help. After making the move from food truck to their beautiful brick and mortar space off of Central and Vernon avenues, the cafe could use…
For two nights, people crowded the Welcome Diner front patio to watch 11 short films made in just 48 hours. Each team was randomly assigned an odd genre to make a film, with such options as “talking animal sitcom” and “coming-of-age time travel.” What the teams made in just two…
If you can’t afford to spend the time or money on a full-blown staycation at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, you can opt to spend a little of both at the resort’s Meritage Steakhouse. That’s because every day from 5 until 6 p.m. you can make a mad dash over…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing some of our favorite food folks’ “Personal Best” lists. This year we’re bringing back our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments…
Better save up that bacon grease because one team of filmmakers and engineers, along with Hormel, are proving that it can really take you places. A custom-built bio-diesel motorcycle recently made the trek from Austin, Minnesota to San Diego, California, fueled by nothing but bacon thus proving that dreams really…
Teams of filmmakers took to the streets of Phoenix to craft short flicks in just 48 hours, and now the time has come to find out which one is the best of the fest. Welcome Diner’s second film festival will screen all of the movies on Thursday, August 14, when…
Who would’ve guessed that the top two drinks of Tuesday night’s USBG Most Imaginative Bartender Competition at the W Hotel, by significant margins, would both prominently feature turmeric? However, taking the sponsored spirit into account — Bombay Sapphire — the spice trade botanical definitely makes sense historically. Plus, it gave…
