Jeepney Guy serves Filipino food at festivals around metro Phoenix

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/2 8:54A Mike Madriaga

When metro Phoenix residents hear of Filipino food, most think of lumpia, pancit, adobo and lechon — traditional Filipino fare. But chef Dennis Villafranca refers to his creations as atypical, not...

Food and drinks events happening around Phoenix this October

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/2 4:00A Sara Crocker

In October, the Valley roars back to life with events. This month, there are festivals celebrating Japanese, Greek and Italian cuisine and heritage along with wine and arts…

Lom Wong owners to open bar, restaurant in former Khla location

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/30 5:54A Sara Crocker

The couple behind Lom Wong, the downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant that tells a story of the country’s northern regional cuisine, is opening a new restaurant and bar. The new concept, called Mr. Baan’s...

Downtown Phoenix cocktail bar Khla has closed

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/29 4:30A Sara Crocker

Khla, the Southeast Asian-inspired cocktail lounge in downtown Phoenix, has closed. The bar opened to local fanfare in March 2022 – a second offering from Tyka Chheng, Colton Brock and John Sagasta,...

The 5 best things the Phoenix New Times food team tasted in September

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/29 4:00A Tirion Boan

A massive perk of writing about food is that in order to do so, you have to try a lot of meals. Throughout the month, the Phoenix New Times dining team visits restaurants and eateries all over the...

The 10 best restaurants in Tempe

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/27 4:30A New Times Staff

Tempe is perhaps most widely known as the home of Arizona State University. But the wonderful thing about students winding up here from all over the world is the diversity of the restaurants it...

Order a Scandinavian sandwich at this new downtown Phoenix coffee shop

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/27 4:00A Asonta Benetti

Welcome to Best Bites, a series where we celebrate not a whole restaurant or menu but one specific and amazing dish. These bites have something to say, and we are listening…

There are plenty of pho restaurants in Phoenix. Com Tam Thuan Kieu proves there's more to Vietnamese...

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/26 4:00A Dominic Armato

The lunchtime rush has reached its peak at one of the most popular pho joints in town, and the place is hopping. If you wanted to make the case that Vietnamese cuisine has fully infiltrated the...

These Arizona brewers won medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/25 7:13A Sara Crocker

Five Arizona brewers took home six medals at the Great American Beer Festival’s awards on Saturday in Denver, including two first-time winners. For Flying Basset Brewing, one of the breweries taking...

The best foods to try at the 2023 Arizona State Fair in Phoenix

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/25 6:38A Allison Young

The 2023 Arizona State Fair is on which means so are the deep fryers, flat tops, cotton candy machines and BBQ pits. The fair and its wild and wacky food stands are all fired up to deliver a monster...

Recipe: Scottsdale's Sphinx Date Co. shares how to make Medjool Date Cabin Chili

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/22 7:33A Sara Crocker

Fall is upon us, and with it, slightly cooler temperatures and a harvest season that, in Arizona, includes dates. Sphinx Date Co. Palm & Pantry and Arizona State University’s Polytechnic Campus have...

Sphinx Date Co. and Arizona State University partnership brings locally grown dates to Phoenix

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/22 6:40A Sara Crocker

Across the country, fall ushers in flavors of pumpkins, apples and pears. In Arizona, it's time for dates…

Two new bars to open in former Rula Bula in Tempe. Here's when and what to expect

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/21 4:00A Georgann Yara

Two concepts with different personas are slated to call the former Rula Bula building on Mill Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Tempe home. Devil’s Hideaway, a bar, eatery, adult playground and...

Mexican craft brewery Buqui Bichi is now open in Chandler. Here's a taste of what's on tap

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/20 4:30A Sara Crocker

When a new spot opens in town, we're eager to check it out, let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a...

How a $3 million deal between two Phoenix breweries fell apart

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/20 4:00A Sara Crocker

Before O.H.S.O. Brewery + Distillery acquired Helton Brewing Co. in August — a move that positions O.H.S.O. to become one of the state’s largest craft brewers — a previous suitor sued over an alleged...