Ouch. Lime Fresh Mexican Grill, a chain based in Miami, with locations in Florida and Huntsville, Alabama, created a grand opening banner reading, “So authentically Mexican we couldn’t open a store in Arizona. So we came here instead.” According to a reddit post, the banner was spotted at a new…
Need a driving lesson but don’t want to do it on an empty stomach? Have I got some good news for you. Smaart Market & Deli, a new Indo-Pak eatery and grocery in Central Phoenix, recently opened on 19th Avenue and Camelback (in the strip mall where the Blimpie’s used…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 2: Strawberry…
If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, the HBO medieval television drama based on author George R. R. Martin’s best-selling fantasy novels, but find yourself getting hungry at the recipes mentioned in the series, two blogs might be your food foray into the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The first,…
Bye-bye Rumbi, hello Inca’s. Rumbi Island Grill, part of a chain in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Arizona, has said, “aloha” to its location in the Scottsdale Promenade (next to Subway and Picazzo’s Organic Italian Kitchen), and will soon be a second home for Inca’s Peruvian Cuisine. The original location of…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 3: Smoked…
After less than nine months at Prado, the Andalusian-inspired fine-dining spot at Paradise Valley’s InterContinental Montelucia, chef de cuisine Peter DeRuvo has left. DeRuvo, who started at Prado in January a few months after leaving Sassi, the award-winning Italian restaurant at the foot of Pinnacle Peak, replaced chef Claudio Urciuoli,…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 4: Delux…
Itchin’ for an excuse to pull that bicycle out of storage and get some extra wear out of your Cinco de Mayo muy loco party hat? Saddle up and get ready to ride through the streets of Scottsdale drunk off your ass and full of tacos, amigos, the 2011 CruzCruise…
Okay, it might not be the first pie truck to sling sweet treats in the Valley, but Mama Toledo’s is certainly the only one with the phrase, “We’ll shut your pie hole!” as a tagline. Featuring home made desserts like her Famous Eclairs, and pies including chocolate peanut butter creme…
Lucky for us, Joshua Hebert, sweetbreads guru and owner and chef of Posh, the contemporary American restaurant tucked into the Optima Camelview condos, did a stint in Tokyo in his 20’s. It makes his Japanese sake dinner, from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, that much more captivating…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 5: Spanish…
National Pancake Day? Please, unless you’re doing an endless stack of flapjacks, the last thing we need is to waste time celebrating yet another senseless Hallmark-style food holiday. Oh wait, Scramble’s doin’ an endless flapjack stack? Never mind. On Monday, September 26 (National freakin’ Pancake Day), Scramble, the contemporary breakfast…
Halloween is scary enough knowing there’s a possibility of getting a toothbrush or a box of raisins in your treat bag (AHHHHHH!!!!!!) Thankfully, Hula’s Modern Tiki, the vacation destination of island-style eats and cocktails in Central Phoenix, is doing their bloodcurdling on the boozy side with two drinks made in…
After the publishing of this post, Sean Currid of Café ZuZu (and the reigning champ) was confirmed as the seventh chef in the event. Mac ‘n’ cheese? Yes, please. In its second year, the Mac ‘N’ Cheese Throwdown invites lovers of the casserole of cooked macaroni and cheese sauce (whose…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 6: Hakata…
If you’ve been to Postino — either the original in Arcadia or the wine bar’s Central Avenue location — then you have a good idea of what Windsor, the latest venture from restaurateurs Craig DeMarco and Lauren Bailey, has in store. Save for a small sign out front, Windsor prefers…
Looks like the Coronado District is getting a delicious new neighbor, courtesy of a current one. DJ Fernandes, owner of the Tuck Shop, the cozy house-turned-eatery, has purchased the home just south of the restaurant as the location for a new, yet-to-be-named concept. “A lot of our guests were asking…
If the kitchen at Tarbell’s, the award-winning neighborhood restaurant in Central Phoenix, is absent one culinary whiz a few days in October, it’s because its owner and chef, Mark Tarbell, is in Portland, Maine. The winner of season five of Iron Chef America, Tarbell will be one of a panel…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 7: Desert…
Want your next cup o’ Joe with a little retro on wheels? Meet Shine Coffee, an espresso bar housed inside a 1957 Airstream trailer. Coming soon to a farmer’s market or home tour near you, Shine features coffee beans sourced from Arizona roasters, fair trade and organic teas and chai,…
Last year we marked the hundred day countdown to Best of Phoenix by sharing our 100 Favorite Dishes with you. Now we’re back – with the 2011 edition. Have a suggestion for a dish you’d like us to try? Leave it in the comments section or email laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. 8: Quesadilla…
