Category: Arizona (Page 2 of 2)
LAF in the A.M. December 24th, 2014
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
El Charro New Concessionaire for Tucson’s Rillito Park Track
Greenwich, CT’s Méli-Mélo Looking to Expand
Chicago Writer Approves of Chicago Shake Shack
Graeter’s Coming to Chicago Region
LAF in the A.M. December 19th, 2014
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
Top 40 Food Cities in U.S.
Tulsa Lobster
How to Spend Only a Few Hours in Chicago
An Interview with Tony Luke Jr.
LAF in the A.M. December 15th, 2014
A Morning Menu of LAF-Style Food News and Stories to Begin Your Day
Jacques Torres on How to Deal with the Cocoa Bean Shortage
Fate of Lerua’s and El Torero of Tucson in Question
An Ode to Lowcountry Cuisine
Best Tamale in Tucson
LAF in the A.M. November 20th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Thanksgiving In Louisville
Cinerama with Cupcakes
Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles Opening in Gilbert AZ
24 Pie Places In and Around Austin TX
LAF in the A.M. November 17th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
24 Hours of Lockhart (Texas) BBQ
40th Anniversary of Original Moosewood Cookbook
Revello’s Named Best Old Forge Pizza in NEPA
Tamale Prices Heading Up
Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix AZ
REVIEW
Many have claimed that Pizzeria Bianco serves the best pizza in the land. As it’s also been one of the most difficult restaurants in which to secure a table, for years we’d been unable to see for ourselves what all the commotion is about. Things have changed. Hours have been expanded to cover midday, and Chris Bianco opened a second restaurant in Phoenix, and a third in Tucson, so that it is now possible to join in the fun without enduring an hours-long wait in the Arizona desert sun. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 14th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Viva La Local in Tucson This Sunday
Viva La Local is returning this Sunday to Rillito Raceway Park in Tucson, Arizona. The food festival debuted in spring 2014 and was such a big hit that organizers hope to make it a twice-yearly event. There will be over 80 farmers market vendors in attendance, 25 local restaurants, and several area wineries and breweries, along with music by Tucson bands. They are offering bike valet service and will store your farmers market purchases in a refrigerated truck (be sure to tell them not to refrigerate your tomatoes) while you enjoy the festival! Proceeds go to help support the Heirloom Farmers Market. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. November 8th, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
Chicago’s Pizano’s Coming to Milwaukee
Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta will be opening their first restaurant outside of the Chicago area in late spring, in Milwaukee, at 1150 North Water Street. Pizano’s, which began in 1991, now has six restaurants. The mini-chain was founded by Rudy Malnati, Jr., son of Rudy Malnati Sr. of Pizzeria Uno fame (and who may or may not have invented deep-dish pizza), and half-brother to Lou Malnati. Continue reading
LAF in the A.M. October 22nd, 2014
A Morning Menu of Stories We Think You’ll Find Interesting
America’s Best Pizza, Chosen by Food & Wine
Top Pot Watch
Ina Pinkney Comes Home
Attack of the Killer Pumpkins!
Sad News from Memphis
Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Tries the Pitts-burger
Mariscos Chihuahua for Fish Tacos in Tucson
Mariscos Chihuahua in Tucson, AZ is, of course, a seafood restaurant. If you know the restaurant, you know it’s for their ways with shrimp that most of the acclaim has come. But not only shrimp, by any means. Tucson Weekly‘s Best of Tucson 2014 has named Mariscos Chihuahua as the best place in the city to get fish tacos. You can get them made the usual way, with fried chunks of fish, or filled with grilled marlin, which sounds wonderful to us. They’ll also set you up with a shrimp taco if you’d prefer. Either way, at three bucks a pop you can’t go wrong. Continue reading
Best Tucson Chile Relleno at The Little One
The Little One (formerly known as Little Café Poca Cosa) was chosen as The Best Place to Eat Lunch Downtown by Tucson Weekly‘s Best of Tucson 2014 (Mi Nidito came in second). When you have that lunch you’d be advised to order a battered and fried, cheese-filled chile relleno because The Little One was also chosen for Best Chile Relleno. How can one city feature so many good things to eat, and so many good places in which to eat those things? Continue reading
El Charro Café of Tucson Shows Up Often on Best of Tucson 2014
El Charro is the most famous Mexican restaurant (since 1922) in Tucson, and Tucsonians love it, as evidenced by their voting it the winner of three categories in Tucson Weekly‘s Best of Tucson 2014. There wasn’t a category named Best Carne Seca (dried beef), probably because El Charro owns that dish in Tucson. They did, however, win Best Carne Asada, Best Carnitas, and Best Margarita. Meat and booze – sounds like a winner to us! Continue reading
Best Southside Restaurant in Tucson: Mi Nidito
The Best of 2014 lists from magazines and alternative weeklies are coming out fast and furious. Today, Tucson Weekly‘s Best of Tucson 2014 survey named Mi Nidito Best Southside Restaurant. Mi Nidito (My Little Nest) is a Sonoran restaurant first opened in 1952, and it remains in the family to this day. The eatery is famous for the time President Bill Clinton did some serious power eating at their tables. Tucson Weekly says, “For many locals, it’s a solid place to bring visitors and introduce them to Sonoran goodness.” Continue reading
El Guero Canela Coming to Phoenix
Wrap a hot dog in bacon, top it with beans, onions, tomatoes, mustard, mayo, and jalapeño sauce, and stick it in a freshly baked bun. What you end up with is a Sonoran-style hot dog, a Tucson-area specialty that, in our opinion, may be on the verge of becoming one of the hottest food trends in the country. One of Tucson’s Sonoran hot dog leaders, El Guero Canelo, is opening a fourth store in Phoenix. They made a similar announcement two years ago. That deal apparently fell through. Here’s hoping this one doesn’t! Continue reading
When we posted the news on Monday about the opening of a new Tucson Tamale Company shop we hadn’t yet learned of the connected promotion: folks who dine at the grand opening of the new restaurant on October 18th will receive a free warm pumpkin dessert tamale. They’ll also offer 50% off the first six packages of frozen tamales to take home (tamales freeze and heat beautifully). If we lived locally we’d be there! Continue reading
3rd Tucson Tamale Company Store Opening Soon
A third Tucson Tamale Company store is opening on October 18th at 7286 North Oracle Road (in Tucson). Their second location opened earlier this year at 7159 East Tanque Verde Road. Tucson Tamale Company has garnered a loyal following, due not only to the deliciousness of the product, but also because of the care that’s taken in obtaining and preparing fresh ingredients. None of their tamales use lard. Continue reading
Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria, Scottsdale AZ
REVIEW
There are a handful of Grimaldi’s pizzerias in Arizona, owned and operated by sons of the owner (no longer Patsy Grimaldi, incidentally) of Grimaldi’s in Brooklyn. We’ve only visited the one in Old Town Scottsdale (they’ve been expanding: there are now seven in AZ, twelve in Texas, six in Vegas, and more in California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, and South Carolina), but in our experience the pizza in Scottsdale, if you order correctly, is superior to the pies found at the Brooklyn original. Continue reading
