What were we doing a year ago? We were waiting on news about that second restaurant from Citizen Public House owners Bernie Kantak, Andrew Fritz, and mixologist Richie Moe. And we didn’t know it yet, but were headed for a cold snap that would cost local farmers and restaurants thousands…
Set your DVRs to “lively roundtable restaurant discussions,” folks. The new season of Check, Please! Arizona, the Emmy Award-winning series in which Arizona food fans review locally owned restaurants, premieres at 7 p.m. Thursday, January 2, on KAET Channel 8. Hosted by James Beard Award-winning chef Robert McGrath, the fourth…
Just over a month following the split between ex-Kai chef Michael O’Dowd and partner Ed Leclere of Vivid Lifestyle Concepts (VLC), Renegade in North Scottsdale has shuttered. First opened in May under the moniker Renegade by MOD, O’Dowd and Leclere’s restaurant featured an eclectic menu of re-invented foods from around…
There have been a few changes this year at our beloved Valley Permaculture Alliance (VPA). The public is mostly familiar with the public programs the VPA sponsors like the Tour de Coops and the Shade Tree program in conjunction with APS and SRP, and there are many classes and programs…
Where will folks in Arcadia go for 20- and 14-inch pizzas made in a hearth-stone oven? Giant Rustic Pizza hopes it will be 3945 East Camelback Road (formerly Taco del Mar) in the Arcadia Village Shopping Center. The second location of the takeout and delivery restaurant from John Wunder, owner…
For those who may be wondering about the fate of the little building at 4140 North Seventh Avenue in Central Phoenix’s Melrose District, here’s your answer: burritos. As of this week, Phoenix Burrito House has opened its doors in the former space of The Fry Bread House, the 2012 winner…
The popular Chili’s location in downtown Tempe will close its doors on January 8, ending a 25-year run as one the area’s most stable restaurants. Located at the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and University Drive since 1989, Chili’s Tempe lasted through several periods of immense change in the downtown…
The Guilty Pleasure: Bacon Portabella Melt on Brioche Where to Get It: Wendy’s, locations Valleywide Price: $4.69, give or take What It Really Costs: Welcome to Sodium City. Population: you. It’s a little odd to watch major food outlets synch up with each other. Quick-service restaurants don’t do anything on…
Besides having one of the longest and fiercest rivalries in baseball (see: “Curse of the Bambino”), the competition between Boston and New York has also included summer hangouts, bars, and even marathons. So, you know how you were saying, “Why can’t these two major U.S. cities take their fight to,…
Charity Pie Night Friday, December 27 Christmas is over, but you still have a chance to get into the spirit of giving during the holiday season. From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday head to Practical Art for its monthly Charity Pie Night. A $5 donation will get you a slice…
Phoenix folk have been buzzin’ since hearing former Lux baker Lindsay Magee would be opening her own little sandwich shop featuring her fresh-baked bread. We’ve even spotted some people peeking in the windows of the shop-in-progress off McDowell Road just west of 16th Street trying to catch any glimpse of…
This year Chow Bella writers tossed everything from the breakfast sandwich to the chimichanga into the ring, for a mouthwatering series of “Battle of the Dishes.” Here are our five favorites from 2013. Pig & Pickle vs. Searsucker: Bone Marrow Beatdown in Scottsdale Bone marrow has begun to pop up…
Although egg nog cocktails used to be somewhat of a seasonal staple in most bars around this time of year, craft cocktailing has seemed to make this tradition almost disappear entirely. The classification of egg nog cocktail just relies on booze plus nog, although the liquors paired with nog most…
Once again this year, Chow Bella writers are gnawing on the holidays — in the form of stories of Christmas and food. Hope you have some Alka-Seltzer handy. Enjoy. I am a Midwestern transplant in a southern elementary school. I am 7. It’s nearing Christmas, and I have a school…
Once again this year, Chow Bella writers are gnawing on the holidays — in the form of stories of Christmas and food. Hope you have some Alka-Seltzer handy. Enjoy…
Welcome to “Schaefer,” in which Eric Schaefer — a local guy with a big (but discerning) appetite and a sense of humor to match — takes on the Phoenix food scene. Like it or not, it’s hard to deny that Chipotle has become an incredible restaurant success story. Quality, if…
We all have them. They’re the irresistible, mass produced, totally-bad-for-us food indulgences we just can’t give up. Take a look back at the year in our most-read Guilty Pleasures…
Once again this year, Chow Bella writers are gnawing on the holidays — in the form of stories of Christmas and food. Hope you have some Alka-Seltzer handy. Enjoy. By Ada Malcioln Martin A product of divorced parents, a crazy Jewish Panamanian dad, and a bi-polar Anglican mom of West…
Ate de membrillo is delicious on its own, or simply paired with cheese, but made even better when you take the time to encase it in a lightly sweet and light empanada. Here’s how:…
Last year, I didn’t eat any of my Christmas cookies because I used the Martha Stewart recipe for sugar cookies that I always use, with loads of butter, sugar and gluten-laden flour. I didn’t want to alter the recipe because, like many of Martha’s creations, it is perfect, and one…
Fondue has been around forever, but where do you go to get it aside from the Melting Pot? Being a native Wisconsinite, that was the first thing I was asking about when coming the southwest. (Yes, we love our cheese and beer!) Plenty of places around the metro-Phoenix area have…
We consider ourselves pretty lucky to get to sit and chat with some of the Valley biggest, brightest and best culinary minds each week. This week we’re taking a break to look back at some of the most memorable Chef and Tell interviews of 2013…
