July 2008 Archives
12:48 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink
Nikki Buchanan, Restaurant Critic
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11 W. Boston Street, Suite #5, Chandler
480-722-0560
Housed in the former Arrow Pharmacy space in historic downtown Chandler, this streamlined, upscale restaurant offers some of the best Thai food in the state. David Fliger owns the place with his mother Nicha Jithchamnonk, who grew up in southern Thailand (along Latitude 8), an area rich in seafood. Naturally, their menu reflects her background. Fliger knew from the get-go that ...
1:18 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink
Nikki Buchanan, Restaurant Critic
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Kierland Commons
15024 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 140, Scottsdale
480-948-2350
Located just east of North, Bar North is a tiny, clean-lined box of a wine bar, all windows and high ceilings and noise. If you can't hack the chatter, there's always the great patio overlooking Kierland's water feature. Here, the furniture is comfy, the people watching primo. Like its sister restaurant, Bar North offers Italian-inspired food, lig...
1:04 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink
Nikki Buchanan, Restaurant Critic
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3531 West Thunderbird Road, Phoenix
602-942-1258
If you know and love Filipino food -- run, don't walk -- to this clean, pleasant bakery-cum-restaurant, stashed in the corner of an aging stripmall. Owners Tess and Tony Menendez are culinary school grads who worked as pastry chefs in various Valley resorts, but now they're doing their own thing, offering classic European desserts (think eclairs and tiramisu) as well as Filipino sp...
12:34 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink
Nikki Buchanan, Restaurant Critic
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The Borgata
6166 N. Scottsdale Road,Suite 210, Scottsdale
480-991-2225
This sweet family-run operation -- decorated in pink and crammed with desserts -- has
"girlie girl" written all over it. But that doesn't keep the menfolk away, not when the multi-page menu offers so many simple, appealing selections. Breakfast and lunch possibilities include chilaquiles, pancakes, Bananas Foster french toast, hot roast beef sand...
12:15 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink
Nikki Buchanan, Restaurant Critic
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1755 E. Broadway Road, Tempe
480-968-6678
Ted Liaros of Ted's Hot Dogs was a Greek immigrant who started selling hot dogs in Buffalo, New York in 1927. Lucky for us, his son Spiro decided to bring the popular, well-established concept (boasting eight locations in western New York) to Tempe in the 80s. Just like the other stores, the Tempe Ted's specializes in hot dogs of every description -- foot longs, jumbos, cheese dogs and c...
