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22 restaurants · 2026

🍽️ 22 Restaurants

Historic grid streets anchored by Native American fry bread, canal-era steakhouses, and Thai kitchens tucked between midcentury bungalows.

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1
Fry Bread House
Native American / Tohono O'odham · James Beard America's Classics | Eater Phoenix 38
A James Beard America's Classics winner on 7th Avenue serving Tohono O'odham cooking the way it's meant to be eaten — plate-sized fry bread stretched by hand, stews and tamales, an...
91
2
Barrio Cafe
Modern Mexican / Oaxacan
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza's Mexican fine-dining institution since 2002 — James Beard semifinalist consideration, Oaxacan and Yucatecan specialties done correctly, and one of the...
91
3
Durant's
Steakhouse / American
Operating since 1950 — Phoenix's most unironic steakhouse, where politicians, developers, and Phoenix old money have held court for three-quarters of a century. Red booths, tuxedoe...
90
4
Glai Baan
Thai / Isan Street Food · Eater Phoenix 38
Cat Bunnag's brick-walled Central Phoenix dining room is the Thai restaurant locals quote when out-of-towners ask — street food and Isan specialties cooked at full conviction, in a...
89
5
Marisco Boys
Mexican Seafood · Eater Phoenix Best New Fall 2025
Mariscos follow-up from the Taco Boys team, drawing from Puerto Penasco and the Gulf of California in a Hermosillo-glam dining room in Central Phoenix. The charola seafood tower ma...
89
6
Richardson's
New Mexican / Fine Dining
Chef Richardson Browne's New Mexican fine dining since 1990 — dark-wood interior, copper tables, green chile stew with the depth of a dish cooked all day. One of Phoenix's most spe...
88
7
Taco Guild
Mexican / Modern
Inside a converted 1893 Methodist church — stained-glass windows, soaring ceilings, and a modern-Mexican menu that takes the taco template seriously. Short rib taco is the signatur...
87
8
Avanti of Phoenix
Italian
A 1974 Phoenix Italian institution — white tablecloths, black-bow-tie service, a piano in the corner, and the kind of room where the veal scaloppine is unchanged because no one has...
87
9
Rokerij
Steakhouse / Contemporary
Richardson Browne's steakhouse sibling to Richardson's — Dutch for 'smokehouse,' and the program is exactly that. Prime aged beef, buffalo tenderloin, rack of lamb, and a bourbon s...
86
10
Schreiner's Fine Sausages
German / Deli / Sausages
Operating since 1955 on Thomas Road — a German butcher shop that still makes its own brats, kielbasa, and smoked meats in-house. Sandwich counter in back, grab-and-go sausage for t...
86

All 22 Restaurants in Central Phoenix

Honey Bear's BBQ
BBQ / Southern
86
Phoenix City Grille
American / Contemporary
85
Dick's Hideaway
American / Dive Bar
85
Mi Patio Mexican Food
Mexican
85
Lux Central
Cafe / Brunch
84
Texaz Grill
Texas / Chicken-Fried Steak
84
Maizie's Cafe & Bistro
American / Bistro
84
Fàme Cafe
Cafe / Brunch
83
Satellite Coffee Bar
Coffee / Cafe
83
Nook Kitchen
Italian / Pizza
83
Macayo's Mexican Kitchen
Mexican / Southwestern
83
Switch
American / Modern
83
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