📍 Melrose, Phoenix

Blaise Faber and Chad Price's modern Southwestern room in Melrose, with Nico Zades running the line and James Beard semifinalist Crystal Kass on pastry — the rare neighborhood rest...

Lori Hashimoto's family-style Japanese spot in Melrose covers a wide spread — sushi, cooked dishes, the works. The kind of neighborhood place where regulars trust the kitchen to ha...

A quintessentially Phoenix cocktail bar tucked behind a restaurant inside an old dry cleaners — local ingredients, house-made tinctures, and a casual desert vibe. The bar bar — the...

Brad Moore and Kat Christensen's naan-wrapped-hot-dog concept in the Melrose District since 2009 — the spin-off Rollover Doughnuts program, a year-round dog-friendly patio, and a q...

A 1930s gas-station-turned-coffee-shop in Melrose — one of Phoenix's best-adapted vintage buildings, with a coffee program that treats the shop-mechanic-bay layout as an asset, not...

A small Melrose taqueria — tacos al pastor, a bracing pico-de-gallo salsa program, and a late-night counter crowd that puts this on the Phoenix after-last-call shortlist. The 7th A...