Just a little over a year ago, owners Gary and Vanessa Shaw shuttered Bueno Burger Mex American Grill in Glendale. This month, they’ve shuttered their second concept, Bueno Burger, in Scottsdale. See also: CLOSED: Oaxaca Restaurant & Cantina in Downtown Phoenix and CLOSED: Ivy League Dogs in Goodyear Opened in…

New India Bazaar & Cuisine didn’t always have a secret restaurant. For four years, it was strictly an Indian grocery in a strip mall on Seventh Street in Central Phoenix. It wasn’t until January 2012 that its Punjabi-minded eatery opened, ever so quietly, for business. And for those in the…

New India is a grocery store with a secret. Past produce boxes filled with long, green loki and purple beetroot and shelves lined with bags of basmati rice, sweet corn flour, and enough spices to stock nearly every pantry in the neighborhood — as well as a small deli case…

Co+Hoots, the collaborative, co-working space for creative entrepreneurs in downtown Phoenix, is set to host a start-up shop of the caffeine kind right inside its walls. See also: A New Weekly Food Truck Event: Washington Wednesdays at Co+Hoots and Jobot Duo to Open Vegan/Vegetarian Diner in Bragg’s Pie Factory “This…

Oh, hey, hi. How’s your day going so far? You know that Mexican sushi food truck you’re always going on about? Yeah, I found it. See also: Old Dixie’s Food Truck Finds Brick-and-Mortar Home at Welcome Diner and A New Weekly Food Truck Event: Washington Wednesdays at CO+HOOTS It’s called…

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. Since James Beard likened himself to a “gastronomic whore” after signing an endorsement deal with…

Since it hit the road last fall Old Dixie’s Southern Kitchen, the food truck of killer Southern eats courtesy of Michael Babcock and Jenn Robinson, has been leading the Valley in the Southern food trend already happening in other parts of the country. See also: – New Food Truck Alert:…

Since what seemed like a mass exodus of restaurants over a year ago from the Camelback Esplanade, the mixed-use development on the southeast corner of Camelback Road and 24th Street, the seven-month-old Del Frisco’s Grille was the first to show the complex still had a chance at new culinary life…

Shoppers at Lam’s Supermarket, the Asian grocery store on the Phoenix’s west side, may have been a bit surprised to see the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in the aisles last week. And they weren’t on the hunt for prawn-flavored chips or chocolate-stuffed egg rolls. See also: Joe Arpaio Says MCSO…

Apple Annie’s Orchard, the family-owned orchard just outside of Wilcox and one of the Valley’s favorite spots to pick its own fruit, is branching out — and it isn’t with more Granny Smith or Pink Lady apples hanging from the trees. See also: – Maya’s Farm Celebrates Organic Certification with…

Since they opened their original, modest little ‘cue joint in South Phoenix in 2011 (and shut down their Scottsdale location last summer), Texas expats Mike Pitt and Doug Dieckmann of Texas BBQ House have been serving up smoked pieces of tender, glistening animal flesh any dedicated carnivore would drool over…

If the Valley restaurant scene seemed “off the chain” this week, blame it on restaurateur and Food Network host Guy Fieri. The spiky-haired chef was in town quietly filming six Valley restaurants for the 14th season of his popular show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. See also: Guy Fieri Spends Time…

Gettin’ Vig-gy with it (sorry) in the downtown area might be a reality in the next several months for the popular upscale tavern The Vig. See also: Cupcake Love-In Founder Opens Coffee Shop Inside Her Scottsdale Bakery and Jobot Duo to Open Vegan/Vegetarian Diner in Bragg’s Pie Factory Celebrating six…

Legendary Valley chef Charleen Badman of FnB, her Scottsdale restaurant she owns with partner Pavle Milic, is no stranger to the spotlight. See also: Charleen Badman and Pavle Milic to Open FnB on Craftsman Court and Tastemakers 2012 – Charleen Badman So not surprisingly, the Arizona native and advocate for…

Milagro Grill is a new take on Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen from a new generation of Johnsons, the family who’s been running the Arizona-based chain of Mexican eats since Grandpa Woody Johnson and wife Victoria founded the family business in 1945. See also: – Angels Trumpet Ale House Nails Beer, Fails…

If Macayo’s Mexican Kitchen is the Valley’s popular party girl, than Milagro Grill is her sophisticated older sister. Inside her small, laid-back pad in Arcadia, she’s swapped out Macayo’s festive, bright surfaces for more refined textures of polished wood, brick, and metal under low lights; traded the booming dance tunes…

Recently, Guy Fieri has been in the spotlight, thanks to Pete Wells utterly destroying his new Times Square restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen, in a New York Times review. But this week, the restaurateur and Food Network host has been quietly filming six Valley restaurants for the 14th season of his…

The news that Monsterland, the horror-themed restaurant, nightclub, and haunted house in downtown Mesa, was closing this Saturday, January 19, shocked many of its fans. But it seems no one was more saddened by the announcement than the employees. See also: – Mesa’s Monsterland Bar & Grill Closing Its Doors…

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. Last December, when Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern called Yelp a “forum for uninformed morons”…

If you’ve been to the Cupcake Love-In or have munched on a sweet treat from Butter & Me in Scottsdale, you’ve seen and tasted what Kelly Garcia can do (she founded the event and owns the bakery). And recently, Garcia’s decided to add a little coffee to the mix. See…

For most folks, the 2013 Ripe Awards, “a selection of five of the Valley’s edgiest chefs,” probably garnered as much attention as the also-rans at this year’s Golden Globes. After all, a new culinary award program takes time to develop, even when, as in the case of Ripe, it’s likened…