Here at Chow Bella, we understand how important it is to give (and receive) the perfect foodie gift. So this season, we’re helping out by offering 21 food- and drink-focused gift suggestions, one each work day until Christmas, from a local business or provider. You get scads of rock-star ideas,…
Here at Chow Bella, we understand how important it is to give (and receive) the perfect foodie gift. So this season, we’re helping out by offering 21 food- and drink-focused gift suggestions, one each work day until Christmas, from a local business or provider. You get scads of rock-star ideas,…
Bloom, an upscale eatery serving classic American favorites at the Shops at Gainey Village in Scottsdale, is closing and will serve its last dinner on Saturday, November 26. Fox Restaurant Concepts, owners of Bloom and 11 other restaurant concepts, accepted an offer from Tempe-based Highgrove Grill LLC to acquire Bloom’s…
This year we’re giving thanks to some of our favorite writers for sharing tales of Thanksgiving woes — and joys. Today, here’s my story of a true Thanksgiving escape. For more great Turkey Day tales, go here. For most adults, running away from family commitments and responsibilities, especially on major…
Look, I’m all for a strong martini while bedding down in a bunker with good friends at the next sighting of a haboob. And, like any champion drinker with an eye for good design, I crave unique cocktail wares. So naturally, when I saw this Emergency Cocktail Station from Urbancase,…
Visiting a shelter to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving Day has always been a way to help those in need, but for Richard Bock, owner of Giuseppe’s on 28th, this year, he’s bringing the needy to him. Between noon and 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, St. Mary’s Food Bank will…
If you don’t know about Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, the popular “cow to cone” artisan ice cream from Jeni Britton Bauer, or just wondered when the heck the Columbus-based company was going to make their way into Arizona so you could stop ordering online already, read on, you’re going to…
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc., the Scottsdale-based company that owns and operates over 200 P.F. Chang’s China Bistro restaurants and over 170 Pei Wei Asian Diner locations, is planning to open a new concept in Phoenix next April. According to Nation’s Restaurant News, the new concept, called Pei Wei Asian…
Chef Matt Carter, the force behind Zinc Bistro and The Mission, is ready to do it again. The Republic reports that next spring, Carter and partners Brian Raab and Terry Ellisor will open a new establishment called The House in Old Town Scottsdale, at 6936 East Main Street, next door…
Kai, the top-notch restaurant of Native American cuisine with global accents, has been seeing a lot of stars and diamonds lately — and we ain’t talkin’ Lucky Charms. Located in the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa on the Gila River Indian Reservation near Chandler, Kai was the sole…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened,…
The awkward holiday party? Most of us have been there — except this year, The Saguaro, the stylish new hotel that opened the first week of November in Scottsdale (formerly Hotel Theodore and Mondrian), has decided to have one of their own — on purpose. Aptly named the “Tis the…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened,…
A cantina-gone-Scottsdale? It’s true. And at El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria, they’ve got something more unique than their surrounding providers of party-packed good times — tabletop taps. Here’s a taste: “An ingenious invention that, like Eden’s apple, simply must be sampled despite its most assuredly sinful outcome, the self-serve taps…
Chef Cullen Campbell, owner and chef of Crudo, has been restaurant-less since July, when he was forced out of the Steven Paul Salon where Crudo made its home on the patio and in-house cafe. Since then, he’s been searching for a new location while bringing his inventive raw seafood and…
Welcome to Chow Bella’s Bites & Dishes, where each week Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question or topic New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you’d like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. They’re masters at their craft and…
One does not go to El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria for dinner. One goes to El Hefe Super Macho Taqueria for the tabletop taps. An ingenious invention that, like Eden’s apple, simply must be sampled despite its most assuredly sinful outcome, the self-serve taps sit like condensation-kissed gas pumps of…
Looks like the Agritopia farming community and the Fresh & Easy marketplace at Higley Road and Ray Road in Gilbert will be welcoming a new neighbor in late December. A new, family-owned, fast-casual restaurant called The Spot will occupy a tall and narrow space with an an interior mezzanine where…
When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out — and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened,…
The Saguaro, the stylish new hotel that opened the first week of November in Scottsdale (formerly Hotel Theodore and Mondrian), has two of its three eateries from executive chef and Iron Chef Jose Garces ready to be sampled. Old Town Whiskey is an upscale saloon featuring over 100 varieties of…
O.H.S.O. Eatery and Nano Brewery, the new restaurant and small-batch brewery from first-time restaurant owners Jon Lane and Pat Walsh, opens today in Arcadia in the former home of the Black Forest Mill German Restaurant at 4900 East Indian School Road. The newly renovated restaurant will feature American comfort food…
Leave it to Liberty Market, the brainchild of restaurateur Joe Johnston and Gilbert’s go-to for gourmet burgers, to host their last community dinner in honor of National Fast Food Day (November 16.) Starting at 6:30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, November 21 and 22, Liberty Market will host a five-course, “Fast…
