Bourbon Steak

Let’s face it: Upscale steakhouses can tend to be one trick ponies. However, with a chef like Chris Curtiss at the helm, North Scottsdale’s Bourbon Steak is elevated to something unique, while still being familiar. Grilled octopus, raw fish crudo dishes, gnocchi with mussels in a white wine sauce, and whiskey-centric classic cocktails are a […]

Bowl of Greens

The closest restaurant to the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Bowl of Greens is a counter service eatery offering build-your-own salads. The fast-casual restaurant also offers cauliflower crust pizza, sandwiches, and smoothies.

Boycott Bar

This lesbian-leaning Melrose District spot has cold beers, well-mixed cocktails, dancing, drag shows and good people. Boycott also maintains a varied and thoughtful event calendar: Patrons can expect everything from Pride-related events to Latin and country dance nights. It’s a solid stop while bar-hopping along the Melrose curve – and a sturdy local watering hole as well. […]

Brad’s Place

This snug, sports-oriented Ahwatukee tavern and eatery possesses a definite Midwestern bent. Besides a series of large, color-filled displays adorning the walls and serving as memorabilia-laden shrines to the collegiate and professional sports teams of Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, folksy Great Lakes kitsch like framed snowshoes and bait shop ephemera dot the decor. The […]

Bragg’s Pie Factory

Built in 1947 by the Bragg family, this building originally housed a – you guessed it – pie factory. The Braggs ran a bakery out of the building with a tiny storefront off Grand Avenue and a cavernous bakery in the back, out of which they baked and sold their pies to local restaurants and […]

Brat Haus

As Old Town Scottsdale’s version of a beer hall, this clean and comfortable gastropub features nearly 30 beers on tap and almost 40 in bottles and cans, as well as a locally focused menu of homemade sausages, German specialties, and house-pickled fare courtesy of chef Payton Curry. Skip the brats and, instead, pair a strong […]