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Restaurants
What are you hungry for? Arizona can dish it out. From Tucson’s famous Mexican restaurants and al fresco cafes in Phoenix to Scottsdale’s culinary hot spots and mom-and-pop eateries around the state, Arizona serves up the good stuff. Everything is grand in the Grand Canyon state, whether it’s a classic restaurant that’s been serving up great food for more than a hundred years or a modern eatery giving a fresh spin on gastronomy. Find James Beard Award-winning chefs, farm-to-table restaurants, crave-worthy hole-in-the-wall joints, and big-name chains serving up every cuisine imaginable.
Small Town Restaurants
Arizona is full of charming cities and towns with local restaurants to make any road-trip extraordinary. If you love food plan your adventure around these culinary wonders around the state.
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This is the Place Series
Whiskey Hugs and Vegan Pozole in Tucson
Dale Ott of Whiskey Del Bac shows off all the reasons why Tucson was named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
The Single Best Bite in Phoenix'
In this second episode of "This Is the Place I Was Telling You About," Chef Danielle Leoni of The Breadfruit & Rum Bar treats her husband and their winemaker friend to her…
Arizona's Preeminent Pizza 'Pedaler'
Caleb Schiff, owner of Pizzicletta, gives his cycling buddies a taste of Flagstaff's culinary scene-a scene he helped elevate in a mountain town better known for hiking, star-gazing and high-altitude training.
This is What Arizona Tastes Like
In this episode of "This Is the Place I Was Telling You About," Tamara Stanger of Tempe's Cotton & Copper travels to spots in Phoenix and Scottsdale, where she learns how to…
A Night with the Crepe King
In the debut episode of "This is the Place I Was Telling You About," Jeff Kraus, chef at Tempe's Crepe Bar, rounds up some buddies for a night out at his favorite…
This Is the Place: Tortillas and Injeras
In this episode of "This Is the Place I Was Telling You About," Chef Maria Mazon of BOCA Tacos y Tequila in Tucson takes us along to sample tacos, brews and Ethiopian…
Restaurants
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