Ingo’s Tasty Food is a casual American restaurant with two locations (Arcadia & DTPhoenix….) and a third location that is soon to open in Scottsdale Arizona. The Arcadia location in Phoenix is the original location and is a unique round building with dining inside.

And outside on the patio.

They also have a walk up take out window.

At the Arcadia location you can get things like deviled eggs made with German mustard, goat cheese, pickled beet.

shattered chips

Three kinds of salads.

You also have the option to add crispy or grilled chicken, whitefish, or grass fed patty to a salad. You also can add a wrap to a salad.

They also offer fish and chips, a brown rice bowl, sandwiches such as egg, fish, vegetable, crispy chicken, and 3 kinds of burgers and one bean burger. The burgers are very good. I was told that the domestic grass fed beef is ground at a sister restaurant and the just right size buns are also baked at the sister across the street.

A children’s grilled cheese is also offered.

Ingo’s Tasty Food offers soft beverages, wine, beer, and cocktails.

Ingo’s Tasty Food in Arcadia Phoenix AZ is still Worth a Fork!

Ingo’s Tasty Food – Arcadia Phoenix AZ

4502 N 40TH St PHX AZ

602-795-2884

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Carniceria Ponderosa Panaderia (bakery & cafe) have two locations in North Phoenix Arizona that are relatively close to each other (around 15 minutes apart). I went to the 2nd location that is close to the upper west side part of Phoenix on Bell Rd. Inside you will find a Mexican grocery store with some produce, dry goods, cold beverages, baked goods, meat cases, fish and cheese cases. They have signs out saying that they will cook certain meat purchases for free. They also have a Charcoal Grill Kitchen that offers street tacos, burros, quesadillas, tortas, and MORE!

The sign is hard to see as it blends in with the wall but below is the Charcoal Grill and Kitchen.

It’s casual. The employee didn’t speak English and the cashier (maybe manager) ran over and told the employee what we wanted in Spanish. If you order tacos they get topped up for you Chipotle style. You either take out and you can sit at the counter by the cashier. We picked up our order packed up a beverage at the beverage section and paid and sat at the counter.

I got three double shelled tacos that came fully stuffed so much so that they were very hard to pick up. Pico, guacamole, and green salsa were added to my tacos. I tried carne asada, pollo asada, and beef barbacoa All the meats I tried were very flavorful. My favorites were the chicken and beef barbacoa. The carne asada was very flavorful but lacked that bbq taste that I look for and also was slightly chewy.

My husband tried a birria queso taco.

He also had-

carne asada, beef barbacoa, and carnitas topped with red salsa and shredded cheese.

Our mutual favorites were the beef barbacoa and the pollo asada.

These tacos were very inexpensive. The birria queso taco was $3.99 but the over stuffed street tacos were only around $2. each.

Noticed the hard to find chiltepin peppers for sale at the counter…..cheap and fresh looking.

Yes I did.

Some great finds can be found at

Carniceria Ponderosa Panaderia

3510 W Bell Rd PHX AZ

602-296-5420

I haven’t found a website

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Guy Fieri’s Downtown Phoenix Kitchen and Bar recently opened at Caesars Sports book –

at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix Arizona. Guy Fieri already has several ghost kitchens called Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen in metro Phoenix (6 locations are listed on Yelp) but this is the first sit down restaurant that the celebrity chef is part of in Phoenix. Guy Fieri’s DTPHX Kitchen & Bar offers multiple floors of sports betting, full service bars, some bar food, VIP lounge, large TVs everywhere and more.

They have an enormous amount of outdoor seating with TVS everywhere.

Here’s the first floor of the inside. We came at an off time early long before the game tonight to miss all the crowds.

The first thing that you notice when you sit down are the linen napkins. The napkins are unique with the diamond embellished skull and crossed silverware. I was surprised that you can’t get unsweetened iced tea here. Only sweetened tea is served and they come in plastic tumblers.

When you are dining on a day that they are having a game they serve an abbreviated menu called the It’s Game Day Menu……..(even if you are there 8 hours before the game). On the It’s Game Day Menu they offer Guy Fieri’s famous Trash Can Nachos pictured below. (I photoed this from across the room when I spotted it)

They also offer dragon’s breath chili cheese fries, queso corn dip, two kinds of wings, a bbq chopped chicken salad, a bacon mac-n-cheese burger (smash style burger with applewood bacon, 6 cheese mac-n-cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, house made pickles, crispy onions, donkey sauce, French fry medley pictured below).

They also offer a prime time Kobe beef cheeseburger, Morgan’s veggie burger (house made bean veggie burger, vegan donkey sauce, crispy onions, lettuce, tomatoes, house made pickles, whole wheat bun with a French fry medley) pictured below.

and a Motley Que pulled pork sandwich. If you happen to have room for dessert they offer a chocolate whiskey cake.

Both burgers were reasonably good. The meat burger was a little better because the veggie all bean burger was kind of mushy since it’s all beans without any grains but it really did have good flavors. The house made pickles really were very good and the zippy mayo called donkey sauce also added zing to the burgers. The fries were very good and were served hot, seasoned and had nice fluffy interiors.

Our server was very attentive and efficient. The only issue we had is that it took a very long time to cook the burgers at lunch time…….I think we waited around 40 minutes…I think that is terribly long at lunch time. Parking is easy because there is a parking garage is located across the street.

Guy Fieri’s DTPHX Kitchen & Bar has recently opened in Phoenix AZ June 2022

201 E Jefferson St. PHX AZ

480-462-3800

HTTP://DBacks.com/Guy

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The Wren and Wolf Restaurant is located in Downtown Phoenix Arizona. It’s a very swanky spacious restaurant. They serve craft cocktails, wine beer and food.

It’s a mix of fancy and rich inside accented with taxidermy, paintings of wren and wolves with a kind of retro feel.

Last time we indulged with Fredeickson cocktails (rye, vermouth, Alpine and French Liquors, saline, and citrus smoke) (very strong drinks but also very smooth)

On our last visit we started out with the full bread service (Brazilian cheese breads, truffle butter, sweet chile butter, bing bread, and grilled Noble bread. We also tried the stuffed peppadew peppers. (both Big Hits) ((The stuffed pepadews are not on tonights menu and the bread service is still on the menu but looked different from what we had))

Dinner for me was the Tazmanian Salmon with arugula, curry fingerling potatoes, and serrano lime glaze.

My husband had the dry aged meatloaf with asparagus and macaroni and cheese.

That night the meatloaf ( a miss) was over cooked and we were treated to a dessert.

I picked the key lime pie and it was very good. (Big Hit)

Tonight we tried new things. Also the menu has changed a bit since February.

Tonight we started with the New Zealand Hiramasa Crudo. (Big Hit)

This was VERY GOOD….maybe FANTABULOUS. Buttermilk vinaigrette herb oil, really fresh seared tuna, apple serano jam, puffed black rice….The menu adds crispy leeks but I didn’t get a crispy leek…..But it really was delicious so who cares.

Next we tried the bone marrow. It came with Noble Toast and a scant smear of chimichurri.

The flavors were good but this was almost unpleasant to eat. The texture of the bone marrow was like vegetable shortening. It felt very greasy in the mouth. This should have been warmed up a bit more. (a miss)

For my main I had the Seared Hawaiian Tuna with soba noodles, pickled shiitakes, snap peas, carrot, cashew, chile, and citrus glaze. Now this had a lot going on with it! (Big Hit!)

It is cold and it is petite but it is light, full of flavors, a little heat, textures, and is really delicious! Maybe FANTABULOUS! (Big Hit!)

My husband tried the wild boar ragu with Sonoran Taglierini Pasta. It also included San Marzano tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and crispy basil.

He thought that the pasta was over cooked and he thought that this dish could use more flavor. (not a hit or a miss)

We splurged for dessert. Tonight only two desserts were offered. One was a butter cake and we both don’t care for butter cakes so we went with the chocolate tort with Amarena cherries and Chantilly cream.

It looks good and the cherries are good but the cake is substandard (very dry, very dense, and lacks a good chocolate taste)..(A BIG MISS)

On the current menu I would highly recommend the New Zealand Hiramasa crudo and the Seared Hawaiian Tuna.

Wren and Wolf June 2022 Visit – Some BIG Hits and some misses.

www.WrenandWolf.com

2 N Central Ave PHX AZ

602-562-3510

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