Native American / Tohono O'odham · Central Phoenix · 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, and a honey-powdered-s...
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The Van Buren
Concert Venue / Live Music · Downtown Phoenix
A 1949 auto-dealership turned 1,800-capacity music room — Phoenix's mid-size concert anchor, with Live Nation bookings bringing national touring acts to the downtown core. Multiple bars inside, an out...
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Four Peaks Brewing Company
Brewery / Brewpub · Tempe
Arizona's defining brewery since 1996 — a former ice plant on 8th Street turned into the brewpub that helped define the AZ craft-beer movement. Kilt Lifter is the Scottish-ale classic; the Tempe tapho...
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Tacos Chiwas
Mexican / Chihuahuan · Mesa · Eater Phoenix 38
Nadia Holguin and Armando Hernandez are Chihuahua natives, and their Mesa taqueria is a direct line to the food they grew up on. The menu is rooted in Chihuahuan traditions that most Arizona Mexican s...
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pho 43
Vietnamese · West Phoenix · Eater Phoenix 38
A tiny pink-and-white bungalow on 43rd Ave that's been pulling in loyal crowds since 1992. Pho 43 doesn't try to be anything other than a solid Vietnamese kitchen in West Phoenix. No frills, no confus...
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El Bravo Mexican Restaurant
Mexican / Sonoran · North Phoenix
Since 1974 — a family-owned Sonoran Mexican restaurant on North 7th that has been feeding Phoenix families for three generations without a menu overhaul. Green corn tamales (specific Arizona-Sonoran s...
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Arizona Wilderness Beer Garden — Gilbert
Brewery / American · Gilbert
Arizona Wilderness's Gilbert original — a 2013 downtown Gilbert brewery that won 'Best New Brewery in the World' on RateBeer and put AZ craft beer on the national map. Sonoran-ingredient beers, a food...
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Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.
Brewery / Farm-to-Table · Uptown
Arizona Wilderness's Phoenix outpost — the Gilbert-born brewery that has won national awards (RateBeer.com's 'Best Brewery in the World' nods) for its desert-sourced beer program. Seasonal offerings t...
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Sweet Republic
Ice Cream / Dessert · Scottsdale
Jan Wichayanuparp and Helen Yung's artisan ice-cream counter since 2008 — scratch-made bases, seasonal flavor rotation, and the kind of care that has earned national best-of lists. Salted butter caram...
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Avanti of Phoenix
Italian · Central Phoenix
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 ever suggested chan...