Eats & DrinksEats & Drinks
Sips and Grub | The Picoso at Gallo Blanco Café
My quest this week was to find the holy grail of summer drinks, the Picoso, a muddled highball concoction of tequila, pineapple, fiery jalapeño and citrus.
End Cafeteria Sludge on Labor Day
If you want healthy, delicious food to grace our public schools’ cafeterias, now you can take a stand. This Labor Day (Monday, September 7) Slow Food Phoenix will be staging an eat-in at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in response to the Child Nutrition Act, and the public is welcome to come and show its support.
Adopt an Orphan Rail Station
As of this morning, METRO has enacted an Adopt-A-Station initiative along the light rail line.
Hotel San Carlos Brings Italy to the Dining Table
The Copper Door. Prive. The Steakhouse on Central. Nick’s. It’s all in the past. Hotel San Carlos will try its revolving restaurant luck again on September 1, when Via Roma Ristorante opens its doors.
Sips and Grub | Cup of Sweet Toast at Welcome Diner
For this wondrous journey, I didn’t even need to leave my neighborhood. The Garfield District is blessed with one of those rare finds, the Welcome Diner.
When the President (and the Media Circus) Comes to Town
President Barack Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Downtown Phoenix on Monday morning, as so many presidents have done before, and just as predictably, wherever the president goes, the circus follows.
Your Third Friday: Fair Trade Opening, NU at Heard
With options abound this Third Friday, it’s time to get out for more than a casual stroll through that gallery that was too packed a few Fridays back.
Sips and Grub | Hanny’s Pimm’s Cup
The aroma of ginger is strong as I take my first sip. So smooth. That sweet ginger mixed with apples, oranges and limes… oh my! I feel like I might be all right with this deliciousness.
PJs and Eggs
No matter how old you get, the allure of breakfast for dinner never lessens. The exciting feeling one gets straying from the typical meal schedule is what drove many Phoenicians to the “PJs and Eggs: Breakfast for Dinner” event, sponsored by Hickman Family Farms.
Lunchtime Speaker Series At Carnegie Center
The Lunchtime Speaker Series at the Carnegie Center, 1101 W. Washington St., features a different speaker every month for free to the public.
On Thursday, August 20, Dr. Jay Craváth will present “The Instrument as a Time Capsule.” Craváth is a composer, writer and scholar in the field of music and American Indian studies. He crafts programs from these interests into discussions that include stories, musical performance and dance.