With all the television love Valley restaurants have been receiving lately, you can hardly get to a table without hitting your head on a boom mic. See also: – Set Your DVR to Stun: Kitchen Nightmares Candidate Amy’s Baking Company Scheduled to Be on Check Please! Arizona – Guy Fieri…

Brat Haüs is the Scottsdale version of a beer hall: clean, comfortable, and with an outdoor area peppered with picnic tables, potted plants, and strings of bistro lights that usually fills up before the two, tiny indoor spaces do. See also: The Secret Is Out on New India Bazaar &…

Art lovers have Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, Springsteen (and Jerry Maguire) fans have their “Secret Garden,” but when it comes to a place where malted barley is cultivated like the most delicate of seedlings, a beer garden may be the one place nearly every hophead craves a romp…

Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Vanity Fair food writer Corby Kummer likened them to a form of culinary dictatorship. New…

You’ve got to hand it to Amy’s Baking Company. Somehow, the Scottsdale restaurant, whose name-calling owner, Amy Bouzaglo, made the news in 2010 after an angry tirade on Yelp following a one-star review, has found the proverbial rabbit hole to travel between television worlds. See also: Screaming, Expletives, and, Eventually,…

After waiting nearly a year for its federal microbrewery license, Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe can now brew suds right along with its top-notch coffee. See also: Tempe’s Sleepy Dog Saloon and Brewery Opening Gilbert Spinoff (With Eats) in February Appropriately enough, Cartel’s new craft beer selection will debut at…

Like a lot of folks in the Valley, I was stricken by germs of the nastiest nature this month (so many hot toddies and TV). See also: The 10 Best Things I Ate in 2012 But despite the lingering ailments, I still managed to find some great eats for January…

Restaurateur and James Beard Award nominee Sam Fox is no stranger to opening new concepts, but The Yard may be his most ambitious one to date. See also: – Scratch Pastries to Open Phoenix Location in February – Old Dixie’s Food Truck Finds Brick-and-Mortar Home at Welcome Diner Teaming up…

Since it opened last April, Astor House, from architect DJ Fernandes, who also owns Tuck Shop, the adjacent Coronado neighborhood restaurant, has been trying to find its groove. See also: – Liberty’s Biscuits: Bringing Comfort Food to the Streets – A New Weekly Food Truck Event: Washington Wednesdays at CO+HOOTS…

When it comes to fast casual Asian eats served up chain-restaurant style, you would have thought the Valley would be full up thanks to the nearly 20 locations of Pei Wei Asian Diners. Not so. See also: – Cupcake Love-In Founder Opens Coffee Shop Inside Her Scottsdale Bakery – Scottsdale’s…

For many, hearing the news that there is traditional comida Dominicana in the Valley is a lot like seeing a shirtless Bradley Cooper in a spin class: There is squealing and some people may accidentally hurt themselves from the excitement. See also: Speakeasy Saloon & Grill Opens in Chandler and…

Former schoolteacher and healthy eating advocate Roushan Cristofellis is setting out to slim down the fast-food industry — one drive-thru salad at a time. See also: – Tempe’s Sleepy Dog Saloon and Brewery Opening Gilbert Spinoff (With Eats) in February – New Italian Restaurant from Ex-Corporate America Couple Opens in…

If Duc and Noelle Liao have anything to say about it, a little piece of Paris will open on Roosevelt Row in the next couple of weeks. See also: Jobot Duo to Open Vegan/Vegetarian Diner in Bragg’s Pie Factory: And Yes, There Will Be Pie The ex-Parisian couple’s second location…

Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. As much as they may deny it, chefs and restaurateurs secretly enjoy national chain restaurants…

Looks like the secret’s out regarding Chandler’s newest steakhouse, dancing, and live music venue, Speakeasy Saloon & Grill. See also: – The Vig to Open Third Location in Downtown Phoenix – Fez Owners Open New Restaurant at Camelview Optima in Scottsdale Located at 7450 West Chandler Boulevard, east of Interstate…

Sleepy Dog Brewery, the Tempe ale house serving pooch-inspired brews like “Leg Humper,” “Scootcher,” and “Wet Snout,” is expanding its doggy kingdom to Gilbert. See also: Eleven Favorite Phoenix Beers and SanTan Sex Panther: 60 Percent of the Time, It’s Good Every Time In partnership with the owners of D’Vine…

Flu season has hit the country hard this year. Chances are you’re either hacking up some gross form of the infectious disease into a hankie right now or, thanks to a fever-ridden co-worker who’s decided to make today “bring your germs to work day,” you will be before long. How…

The Optima Camelview condominiums, just north of Scottsdale’s Fashion Square, are known for their architecture and landscaping as well as their high-profile tenants (read: professional athletes). But last week, the luxury condo complex got itself an occupant of the food and cocktail ilk. See also: Scottsdale’s Montelucia Resort Opens New…