Looking for a way to walk off all those eats from the Phoenix Food Truck Festival? Why not peek into some cool spaces nearby courtesy of the First Annual Evans Churchill Interesting Interiors Tour — after all, the home of Valley legend and Barrio Cafe chef and owner Silvana Salcido…

After three years of attempting to give shoppers shoppers a quick place to buy prepared foods, a la Fresh & Easy, the retail giant Walmart is closing all four of its Marketside stores this Friday. The 16,000-square-foot stores, located in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Tempe, offered, along with prepared foods,…

Big Earl’s BBQ got some mad TV love this weekend when Adam Richman and his 16-person crew of Travel Channel’s Man v. Food Nation, (the evolution of Man v. Food, in which Richman recruits locals to take on food challenges instead of doing them himself) paid a visit to the…

Those with memories like a steel trap will remember Brugos Pizza, the family-owned gourmet pizzeria with locations in Carson City and Reno, Nevada, made a brief and ultimately failed appearance in Central Phoenix at the Camelback Esplanade — opening in April then quickly closing in July. Now, it appears owners…

The Arizona State Fair opens today, and it seems my Chow Bella chums thought it would be a good idea to have our very own fair food showdown to properly kick off this 18-day event of livestock, concerts, crazy-ass rides, and, most notably, crazy-ass foods. Each day this week, a…

In June, FnB went FnBYOB due to problems with its liquor license. And for the award-winning restaurant in Scottsdale known for pairing great food with the highest-quality Arizona wines, the summer must have seemed longer than usual. No more. As of today, the signs are coming down and things can…

​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 hotel in Scottsdale (formerly Hotel Theodore and Mondrian) won’t be open until November, but for foodies looking for a sneak preview of tastes from its flagship restaurant of modern Mexican cuisine, Distrito, along with its new chef de cuisine, both can be found at the Arizona Taco Festival…

Are you a meat lover? If you are, you can thank chef Matt Carter for the wood-fired cuisine at Bonfire Grill in Scottsdale. Carter consulted on Bonfire’s menu, creating a selection of American dishes with hints of the extravagant, heavy on the skewers, and approachable enough, in ingredients and in…

Somewhere along our evolutionary timeline, man discovered that he liked the taste of cooked meat. This revolution may have come about as an accident. Perhaps, before hungrily ripping into a chunk of raw animal flesh with his pointy canines, he accidentally dropped it into a fire, or left it next…

Farrelli’s Cinema Supper Club, the upscale restaurant and movie theater combination housed in a 1940s-style theater in Scottsdale has closed. Opened in 2001, Farrelli’s had this to say on its Facebook page: “It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the closing of Farrelli’s Cinema Supper…

In need of a quick gift for a CenPho pal that likes to eat at locally owned restaurants? Have I got an idea for you. Check out Phoenix Dining Cards. Packaged like a deck of cards, each of the 52 cards inside is a gift certificate to a local restaurant…

Since 2008, a dad in San Diego, California, has been drawing amazing art on his kids’ sack lunches while on his own lunch break. Inspired by (mostly) all things geeky, the over-500 lunch sack canvases include everything from Star Wars characters, to comic book heroes and villains, to anime. Which…

Celebu-chef Beau MacMillan, of Elements inside Paradise Valley’s Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain, is no stranger to television gigs (let’s see…Chopped All-Stars, Worst Cooks in America, Iron Chef America…) Makes sense then that Beau Mac and a few of his friends will be appearing on the premiere of a new Food…

​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,…

What would food look like if it was rainbow-ized? That’s what photographer and designer Henry Hargreaves wanted to find out in his “Food of the Rainbow” series. From a burger, to an ice cream cone, to pancakes, even spaghetti, Hargreaves, along with stylist Lisa Edsalv, transforms everyday eats to full-on…

Sweet Sensation, the new ice cream shop in the strip mall on Camelback (Camelback and 7th Street), and the subject of which I received a fair amount of heat from after a blog post regarding my concern for its success, has closed. The sign on the door said that Sweet…

James Beard award-winning chef and former owner of Roaring Fork Robert McGrath has left Renegade Canteen, the upscale North Scottsdale restaurant where he served up his American West-influenced creations. According to the Arizona Republic, McGrath’s leaving resulted as a dispute with owners John Rosso and Steven Goodhue. McGrath tells the…