Scottsdale restaurant preview: True Food Market's grab-and-go dining

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/3 3:30A Georgann Yara

A fast-casual model with a market that features grab-and-go dishes and pantry items, True Food Kitchen’s playful, go-with-the-flow concept, True Food Market, will give hungry customers the option to...

Frybread Lounge is an Indigenous restaurant in Scottsdale

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/1 8:02A Zach Oden

“We have a belief that when the Creator gives you opportunities, you must fulfill those opportunities. If you don’t, they stop coming," shares Heather Tracy, owner of the Frybread Lounge, Old Town...

These 9 Phoenix restaurants are now closed

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/1 7:01A Sara Crocker

When a restaurant closes, there is sometimes a glint of possibility that it won’t be the final word. Among the restaurants and bars that closed in September, there’s room for optimism, with some...

Best wings in Phoenix: 10 spots to get spicy

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/23 4:30A Phoenix New Times Writers

Whether you like them dry-rubbed or dripping in sauce, chicken wings are messy, delicious fun that require you to get your hands dirty. They can be the perfect appetizer to share or a meal all on...

The best rooftop bars in Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/20 6:51A Tirion Boan

While doing research for this list, it became readily apparent that there are two types of rooftop bars in metro Phoenix. Some are all about the view…

Chandler Mox Boarding House opens restaurant, bar and game room

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/20 5:51A Tirion Boan

Game night anyone? The long-awaited Mox Boarding House is making its debut in Chandler and welcoming customers with food, drinks and plenty of games…

Fall Arizona Restaurant Week returns to Phoenix. Try these 6 menus

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/19 6:26A Sara Crocker

The fall edition of the Arizona Restaurant Association’s biannual event begins on Friday and continues through Sept. 29. During the 10 days of Arizona Restaurant Week, diners can sample prix fixe...

Phoenix speakeasy openings are booming. Here’s why

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/19 4:30A Sara Crocker

At North Scottsdale Italian steakhouse The Americano, very little tips off diners to the Gatsby-themed cocktail lounge that lies below. The restaurant is sleek and moody, awash in a dark navy-gray…

La Purisima's legacy of serving pan dulce in Phoenix continues

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/3 7:19A Melissa Pickering

Walking through the door of La Purisima Bakery, you'll notice a line of customers waiting to purchase their baked goods. Multiple bakery cases lining the front counter display Mexican pastries of...

Patricia's Pizza to open in Scottsdale, honor family legacy

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/3 5:00A Sara Crocker

The Maggiore family's culinary legacy continues to grow with the addition of a new north Valley restaurant. For her latest endeavor, restaurateur Melissa Maggiore Meyer is paying homage to the place...

Scottsdale Simply Shroom Cafe brings functional mushrooms to Old Town

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/2 5:00A Preslie Hirsch

When Crystal Carroll and Sharmi Kneller became friends through their cardiologist husbands, they had a lot in common. Each has a few successful business ventures under their belt, a shared love for...

Saint Pasta to open Phoenix restaurant at former Larder + The Delta

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 8/29 5:42A Zach Oden

The resurrection continues for notable Italian food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar Saint Pasta. Chef and owner Racan Alhoch is setting up shop in the former home of The Larder + The Delta in downtown...

Have you seen the Phoenix taco bus? Meet the team behind El Taco Loko

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 8/23 7:35A Mike Madriaga

If you've spotted a brightly lit bus on the freeway, decked out with flashing LCD screens and neon lights, you weren't going "loco" — you likely saw the guys from El Taco Loko. In 2021, Vladimir...

Starbucks drops Pumpkin Spice Latte today. In Phoenix, it feels cruel

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 8/22 4:00A Tirion Boan

The Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte is here. And it’s going to be 106 degrees in Phoenix today…

Tempe Illegal Pete's closes Mill Avenue restaurant

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 8/21 10:48A Tirion Boan

The Tempe location of the fast-casual Mexican restaurant Illegal Pete's has closed on Mill Avenue. It served locals and students from the nearby Arizona State University campus for nearly six years…