BP Street Cafe $ 1845 E Broadway Road #127 Tempe, AZ 85282 480-268-7331 bpstreetcafe.com Jewish people love Chinese food. We know it, the Chinese know it, there are jokes about it and it is why most Chinese restaurants are open on Christmas Day. Why we do isn’t really a mystery at all. It’s delicious, it’s…
The Haymaker Restaurant Co. $$$ 4717 E Bell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85032 haymakeraz.com I’m not an alcoholic, but I’ve never met a liquor I didn’t like. When I saw 100 different whiskeys featured on the menu of The Haymaker, well that was the last straw to send me on my way over. I did a…
Smoke Dem Bones $$ 1650 E Indian School Road, 85016 602-277-5766 smokedembonesbbqphoenix.com Perched on a tiny corner sits a little restaurant with a huge personality. The smell of smoke fills the air, and there’s no doubt when you swing open the door that BBQ awaits. What you don’t know until you are inside is that…
Food Festival: Phoenix Cooks $$$$ Benefiting Banner Children’s Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Eating at a food festival is a lot like going to the movies. It’s a larger than life experience shared with a crowd. At the movies, people laugh when you laugh, cheer together and jump all at once when the knocked-out bad…
Durant’s $$$$ 2611 N Central Ave., Phoenix 602-264-5967 | durantsaz.com I love new restaurants, new twists on food and the sensational experience of tasting something delicious for the first time. I also love new artists and new music. My standard snarky remark to friends who have their car radios permanently tuned to classic rock is…
Bluewater Grill $$$ 1720 E Camelback Road Phoenix, AZ 85016 602-277-3474 It’s no secret that desert dwellers love the water. There are more boats per capita in Arizona than any other U.S. state. We also love our seafood. Beginning as kids with fish sticks from TV dinners and school cafeterias, all the way up to…
Posh $$$$ Improvisational Cuisine 7167 E Rancho Vista Dr., Suite 111 Scottsdale, AZ 480-663-7674 poshscottsdale.com I call it adventure eating. A love for trying something you’ve never tasted before. That’s me, an adventure eater. I can’t fathom why people pass up food they have never tried. I knew a guy who ate hamburgers for every…
By A Noshman Housed in the bones of the old Cork and Cleaver restaurant, Steak 44 beckons to me because of all the fond memories I have of that place. We arrive at night, and the exterior seems familiar, but holy cow (pun intended), what a spectacular difference on the inside. This place is gorgeous…
Nothing nourishes the Jewish soul like food. Since Sinai, mothers have beefed up our genetic wiring by feeding us love with every bite. Food connects us culturally, religiously, and to family and friends. Where there is food, there are Jews. Conversely, where there are Jews, there is food. So where do Jewish people eat? Everywhere!…
