The 40 Best Restaurants and Bars in Phoenix
Finding the best restaurant in Phoenix is challenging. Do you read food bloggers? Newspapers? Do you just trust the Yelp Machine? Here’s a new option—the Hall of Yum best places list, which aggregates all the good content available online from places like Phoenix New Times, AZ Central, and the James Beard Foundation, and churns out all-important Yumscores. No subjectivity. No hidden agendas. Just good food (and drinks), right at your fingertips. Eat it up.
The 20 Best Cocktail Bars in Phoenix
Phoenix does a lot of things well, but our claim to fame might very well be cocktails. We have a surprising amount of really good ones, and our top-tier is right up there with any top tier in the country. The only question is, which ones count as the really good ones? That’s what I’m here to find out.
The Best Restaurants and Bars in Gilbert / E. Chandler
Gilbert’s my home turf, so I spend a lot of time debating whether or not I’m in a great part of town or a food desert. On one hand, we’re pretty spoiled—I have friends from more typical suburbs that visit and can’t believe how much good stuff we have. But on the other, the good stuff is pretty far apart and tends to be veerrrry busy. What we need is infill. Neighborhood bars and restaurants. Anything walkable. We’re getting there.
Where to Eat (and Drink) For Every Meal in the East Valley
The East Valley, consisting of Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, and Gilbert, is a practically a metro area in itself with nearly a million residents and seemingly never-ending growth. But until recently, it’s been a bit of a dead spot for memorable food, consisting mostly of national chains and third (or fourth) valley locations. Things are improving rapidly though. It's exciting.