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Pretty Penny

Downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row is replete with places to eat and drink. Pretty Penny adds a dose of luxury, serving seafood towers, well-crafted pastas and steaks from a sleek, warm space. The restaurant recently moved across the street into the former home of bar and restaurant Disco Dragon. Pretty Penny is the result of a […]
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Best Christmas House

Scary Christmas HouseMany local holiday displays include Jack Skellington and characters from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” including the one adorning the home of Bob Spacy Jr. The Glendale resident takes things to a level of holiday grandeur that only the Pumpkin King himself could appreciate. The result is the Scary Christmas House, a massive holiday display and […]
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Best Local YouTube Series

Just Give Me FiveSome interviewers rely on dozens of questions to probe their subject’s background, motivations and opinions. Dave Miranda and Jimmy Nelson, however, only need five. Since 2020, the local pair have showcased a who’s who of Valley icons, creatives, athletes, performers and personalities in their phenomenal Phoenix-focused YouTube channel, Just Give Me Five. Asking each person […]
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Best TV Station for Local News

ABC15 ArizonaRising above the clatter of local TV news is tough, thanks to the drumbeat of endless weather dramatics, senseless crime and fringe politicians touting their latest conspiracy theories. But the station manages to do it, helped by an investigations unit that pulls no punches and a data guru who combats misinformation with facts. ABC15 — […]
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Best Act of Crass Favoritism

Rachel MitchellA good way to wind up dead in the Valley of the Sun is to barricade yourself in your home with a gun and a bottle of Don Julio and point said firearm at the po-po when they show up.That’s what happened in January 2022 when former Arizona prisons honcho Charles Ryan reportedly sucked down […]