Find the best food at the Arizona State Fair at Chubs

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/4 4:00A Allison Young

Chef and food truck owner Emily Machelor’s brain never turns off. “I was looking up Poison Apple Funnel Cake Bites last night at midnight,” says the 30-year-old co-owner of Chubs, a Casa Grande-based...

Bon Appétit Names Chilte Phoenix One of the Best New Restaurants of 2023

ArizonaFoothillsMagazine.com 10/4 2:36A Savannah Leedy

Bon Appétit has released its annual list of Best New Restaurants , which celebrates 24 new restaurants that represent the very best in dining across the U.S. In Phoenix, Chilte at Egyptian Motor Hotel...

Your guide to Taste of Japan, a new downtown Phoenix food festival

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/3 6:46A Melissa Parker

This weekend, downtown Phoenix's Heritage Square will transform into a two-day Japanese festival featuring food, art and shopping vendors. After a successful Taste of Japan event in California drew...

These 8 metro Phoenix restaurants are now permanently closed

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/3 4:00A Tirion Boan

Often, restaurants quietly cease operations without much fanfare. But this month's closures are a little more unusual…

Birdcall Opens Second Valley Location in Phoenix

ArizonaFoothillsMagazine.com 10/3 3:19A Savannah Leedy

Birdcall Phoenix Birdcall , the quick service restaurant offering elevated and experiential chicken sandwiches, salads and tenders across Arizona, Colorado and Texas, is expanding its presence in...

Jeepney Guy serves Filipino food at festivals around metro Phoenix

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/2 8:54A Mike Madriaga

When metro Phoenix residents hear of Filipino food, most think of lumpia, pancit, adobo and lechon — traditional Filipino fare. But chef Dennis Villafranca refers to his creations as atypical, not...

Food and drinks events happening around Phoenix this October

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 10/2 4:00A Sara Crocker

In October, the Valley roars back to life with events. This month, there are festivals celebrating Japanese, Greek and Italian cuisine and heritage along with wine and arts…

Lom Wong owners to open bar, restaurant in former Khla location

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/30 5:54A Sara Crocker

The couple behind Lom Wong, the downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant that tells a story of the country’s northern regional cuisine, is opening a new restaurant and bar. The new concept, called Mr. Baan’s...

Downtown Phoenix cocktail bar Khla has closed

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/29 4:30A Sara Crocker

Khla, the Southeast Asian-inspired cocktail lounge in downtown Phoenix, has closed. The bar opened to local fanfare in March 2022 – a second offering from Tyka Chheng, Colton Brock and John Sagasta,...

The 5 best things the Phoenix New Times food team tasted in September

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/29 4:00A Tirion Boan

A massive perk of writing about food is that in order to do so, you have to try a lot of meals. Throughout the month, the Phoenix New Times dining team visits restaurants and eateries all over the...

Young Entrepreneur Connects Community & Cuisine Through Artful Charcuterie Boards

ArizonaFoothillsMagazine.com 9/27 6:44A Lauren Kobley

Abigail Schlesinger, pictured far right, with her family With a passion for bringing people together and connecting over food, young entrepreneur Abigail Schlesinger was determined to forge her own...

The 10 best restaurants in Tempe

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/27 4:30A New Times Staff

Tempe is perhaps most widely known as the home of Arizona State University. But the wonderful thing about students winding up here from all over the world is the diversity of the restaurants it...

Order a Scandinavian sandwich at this new downtown Phoenix coffee shop

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/27 4:00A Asonta Benetti

Welcome to Best Bites, a series where we celebrate not a whole restaurant or menu but one specific and amazing dish. These bites have something to say, and we are listening…

There are plenty of pho restaurants in Phoenix. Com Tam Thuan Kieu proves there's more to Vietnamese...

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/26 4:00A Dominic Armato

The lunchtime rush has reached its peak at one of the most popular pho joints in town, and the place is hopping. If you wanted to make the case that Vietnamese cuisine has fully infiltrated the...

These Arizona brewers won medals at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival

Phoenix News Times Food & Drink 9/25 7:13A Sara Crocker

Five Arizona brewers took home six medals at the Great American Beer Festival’s awards on Saturday in Denver, including two first-time winners. For Flying Basset Brewing, one of the breweries taking...