With the crack of a bat and the crunch of a roasted peanut, baseball season has returned, and in Phoenix, that means thousands of fans packing into Chase Field in Downtown Phoenix, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Besides being a great stadium at which to catch a game, Chase has…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
We lucky Phoenicians have options when we want to doo-wop and bee-bop and slurp down some milkshakes at on old school soda fountain. Simple, rich ice cream is the base for any good malt or shake, but our favorite old school drinkeries offer a variety of flavors that range from…
Mint. It’s been used for centuries to treat maladies from gallstones to the common cold. There are more than 30 species of mint and all of them have “volatile oil menthol,” which is why mint is “cooling.” It’s also supposed to be incredibly easy to grow — even here in…
Thanks to food television pretty much exploding over the last ten years, you can hardly swing a frying pan without hitting a chef, restaurateur, mixologist, home cook, food truck owner, etc., appearing on a morning show this or a reality show that. See also: – Chefs, What’s Your Favorite Food…
Word surfaced over the weekend that horror-themed Monsterland Bar & Grill in Mesa, which shuttered back in January, will awaken from its long dirt nap and become reanimated in late August. Here’s the rub: Per its owner Kevin Wynn, however, the haunted house-like establishment — which formerly functioned as a…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
Life got a little sweeter when Duc and Noelle Liao opened Scratch Pastries in a Scottsdale strip mall in 2008, bringing French café food and elegant, inspired pastries to an otherwise dreary corner in central Scottsdale. See also: — Scratch Pastries To Open Phoenix Location in February; Think Baguettes, Burgers…
Sometimes, when a friend invites you to dinner, you just want to say yes, without going into a long explanation of all the gluten-y things you can’t eat. You want to go back to that innocent, carefree, ignorant time when you had no idea you had to be careful about…
The Guilty Pleasure: Boneless Rib Sandwich Where To Get It: Burger King, locations Valleywide The Price: $6 and up as a combo. What It Really Costs: As always with fast food, sodium city with over 1,500 mg for the sandwich alone. See also: – Why You Can Shut Up About…
In the next few weeks Phoenicians will say bonjour to a new Central Phoenix spot serving French-inspired New Orleans cuisine. See also: – Squid Ink Sushi to Open Monday, June 10, in Downtown Phoenix – Founder of Long Wong’s Opens Elvis-Themed Barbecue Joint French Grocery, located at 7th Ave and…
This is part two of my interview with Steve Freidkin, owner and operator of TEXAZ Grill. If you missed part one, where Freidkin dished about chicken fried steak, his favorite local deli and two local chefs he admires, read it here. See also: — TEXAZ Grill’s Chicken Fried Steak is…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
The countdown to Best of Phoenix is on. Mark your calendar: This year’s issue will be on newsstands September 26. What better way to warm up than by asking some local “experts” to list their own personal bests? This week JK Grence, who pens Chow Bella’s Last Call column, shares…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
Steve Freidkin TEXAZ Grill 6003 N. 16th Street, Phoenix 602-248-7827, texazgrill.com See also: — Free Ice Cream: Sweet Republic’s Five Year Anniversary on Wednesday, June 12 — Next Up on Diner’s, Drive-Ins and Dives: Tempe’s Curry Corner and The Duce in Downtown Phoenix This is part one of my interview…
Phoenix has always been a tough restaurant town: too many square miles, too many chains and too many white-bread diners with prosaic palates. And then there’s summer — 100+ days of 100+ temperatures — enough to fill the pluckiest of restaurateurs with dread. See also: — Heirloom Tomato Dinner at…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
If you can’t stand the heat — get in the kitchen. On Thursday, June 13, at 6 p.m. at the Lounge at Crescent Ballroom, Chow Bella writers are warming up for summer with “Fried,” an evening of true stories. Admission is free; food and drink will be available for sale…
A new member of the ‘superfood’ family has hit the Arizona marketplace and its promotors hope to take our tastebuds by storm. The Pichuberry is a fruit that at first looks like a ground cherry or what some may call a gooseberry, but do not be mistaken, for this berry…
