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Dining Out With DOGS in Metro Phoenix AZ – January 2023- Cucina Tagliani, Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante, Culver’s

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Dining Out With DOGS in Metro Phoenix is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my dog Louie. He always liked going out to eat. When he got elderly and diagnosed with aggressive cancer he couldn’t do a lot but still enjoyed going out to eat so I took him out to eat as often as I could. Instead of his 3-6 month diagnosis Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat when the weather is right.

There are a lot of things to know about dining out with dog(s).

Not all patios are dog friendly…(you need to call or look for a dog friendly patio sign)

Weather is an issue in Phoenix….90 and above is too hot. Dogs are not as heat tolerant as people.

Most food and drink that you consume might be harmful or toxic to your dog. Get these food lists from your veterinarian.

While out dog(s) they must be close to your side and are NOT to sit on restaurant furniture or eat off of restaurant plates.

Our first stop this year was our neighborhood American Italian style restaurant called Cucina Tagliani.

It’s not very dog friendly but I got one of the dishes I think they do best because I haven’t had it in a long time (baked spaghetti squash).

“I’m getting something”

The baked spaghetti squash lasagna (it has onions in it that are very bad for dogs) But it is very good for people. It is very light and sauced with rich Alfredo, tomato sauce, and it has lots of melted cheese. The spaghetti squash is perfectly cooked and is somehow delicious with the sauces and cheese on the top. (I do peel off some cheese for the dogs)

My husband got the chicken parmesan and sliced off a section for the dogs.

“We enjoyed our meals at Cucina Tagliani”

Cucina Tagliani 17045 N 59TH AVE Glendale AZ

602-547-2782

www.CucinaTagliani.com

Every Month we make it to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery in North Phoenix. They are a Pho-Free Vietnamese Restaurant that specializes in serving around a dozen different Banh Mi Baguette sandwiches. They also offer rice plates, noodle salad bowls, curry chicken and more.

Today I got a chicken banh mi sandwich.

chicken banh mi

There is plenty of chicken to share.

I’m a pretty good eater but even with sharing this is two meals for me.

My husband got the shaken beef banh mi but I forgot to photo it. The beef is always very good here….It’s always tender like filet mignon but I know it’s ribeye. The dogs really enjoyed the shaken beef too!

The food is always fresh and good. Prices are low and portions are large.

We always enjoy going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese eatery in North Phoenix.

2340 W Bell Rd PHX AZ

602-843-3637

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

We also made it to Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in North Glendale. They offer certified Neapolitan Pizzas and Italian Foods. We were both getting pizzas today so We got the dogs their own side order of chicken.

side order of chicken

Look how happy this dog is!

“OMG YUM!!!!!!!!!!” “CHICKEN”

This little sweetie pie puts his head on my knee waiting for chicken.

“I sure LOVE to eat chicken….and a little Parmesan couldn’t hurt”

I tried the pesto & truffle pizza today.

The fragrance of truffles is stronger than the taste……..I think the generous amount of pesto and the arugula just are more forward……I think they accidentally also gave me extra truffles because they only list truffle oil as the truffle ingredient. I can see shaved truffles here. Some bites do taste like truffle. Other bites don’t.

My husband went with the salame piccante (spicy salami) pizza.

D.O.P. Tomato sauce, fior di latte, spicy salami, basil, extra virgin olive oil…What’s not to like?

“We always enjoy going to Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante!”

Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante 19420 N 59TH Ave Glendale AZ

623-777-1868

www.BottegaRistorante.com

This past week it was too cold in Phoenix to dine outside without heaters. So we took the dogs out for their own butter cheese burger from Culver’s. Culver’s is good for a fast food chain. Their beef and chicken are never from frozen and they hand batter fish. My Bigger dog was so excited when she saw we were driving up to Culver’s. She smacked my smaller dog out of his seat so she could sit on the side to look right into the menu and the take out window. We got them a plain (no toppings or sauce) double butter cheese burger. They always sear the burger nice. I ripped off about a third of the burger for them without the bun. They will eat the rest over the next two days as treats.

They always enjoy Culver’s.

Culver’s

8330 W Deer Valley Rd Peoria AZ

623-792-8957

www.Culvers.com

That was Dining Out with DOGS in Metro Phoenix January 2023. We hope that you’ve enjoyed and we hope to see you next month!

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In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017

The Little Pickle Phoenix AZ – PHENOMENAL PASTRAMI & BRISKET – Worth a Fork!

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The Little Pickle is a Jewish Type Deli Located in Phoenix Arizona across from the Biltmore Fashion Mall in the Esplanade (they validate parking). It’s a small casual place with only a few tables and a small counter by the window.

Currently they are open for breakfast and weekday lunch till 2pm (subject to change). We made it there just before they closed.

You order at the counter.

They call your name when your order is ready.

Here’s an everything a bagel with scallion cream cheese.

I thought that this was a West Coast Style Bagel but someone from The Little Pickle contacted me and told me that their bagels are from New York. The bagel I tried is a different style than east coast bagels that I was used to when I lived there. I was used to the ones with a shiny crust that were chewy inside. Anyone remember Abe’s or Miller’s Deli? Also Scotts Generations serves the chewy style bagels that were and also are from New York. The style of these New York bagels are different.They are good…just different.

Sandwiches come wrapped up like this.

Your sandwich comes with a wrapped Little Pickle to the side.

Our first sandwich that we tried was the corned beef.

Corned Beef

The corned beef is a little different than what I’m used to. It’s good but milder with the spices.

We also tried the turkey.

The turkey is nice, tender and moist. It’s good but……………….

Brisket Sandwich

I think that the brisket might be the *****BEST FORKING BRISKET***** that I have ever tried anywhere. The Flavors and texture is BOMB! It has this incredible burnt sweet onion taste and the beef just melts in your mouth……..They melt cheese on the bread so that is great for some people but other people might want to order the brisket without cheese.

The Pastrami is also *******FORKING GREAT**************!

It’s so flavorful and unusually juicy just melts in your mouth. It’s fatty but not too fatty. It just might be the best pastrami sandwich out there!

You’d be nuts not to try the pastrami or the brisket. Your Welcome!

Worth a Fork!

Little Pickle

2501 E Camelback Rd PHX AZ

602-466-7098

www.LittlePickleAZ.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Ono in Hawaiian usually means Good or Delicious

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Ono Hawaiian BBQ is a Californian chain of casual Hawaiian restaurants with around three locations in Phoenix Arizona. The popular entree at Hawaiian BBQ restaurants is called the Hawaiian Plate Lunch. Maybe you are not familiar with the Hawaiian plate lunch? The Hawaiian plate lunch is usually a large Styrofoam container filled with two scoops of steamed rice, a scoop of creamy macaroni salad, some steamed vegetables and a generous serving of a protein or two. I finally tried the newer Ono Hawaiian BBQ Glendale Arizona location.

It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter.

inside
inside

Seat yourself.

Our name was called and we picked it up.

Here’s the white fish and BBQ chicken.

whitefish and BBQ chicken

Two scoops of steamed white rice, macaroni salad that is on the dry side today. The fish is very greasy…and taste like grease. The chicken really is nicely caramelized and is tender……It’s also a very generous portion but it taste like soy sauce. Under the fish and chicken is mostly what they call steamed cabbage and some broccoli. I tried to eat the cabbage but it is very oily and too tough to cut with a plastic knife. The broccoli drips with oil but is next to raw. I can’t eat the vegetables or much of this.

Here’s the BBQ Combo (short rib, BBQ chicken, BBQ beef)

BBQ Combo

All the beef is tender but oddly leathery…….And it all taste like soy sauce. Vegetables, macaroni salad, and rice are same as above.

Ono in Hawaiian usually means good or delicious…….Tonight Ono at the Glendale AZ location means Oh No!

Ono Hawaiian BBQ

5830 W Bell Rd Glendale AZ

602-698-1625

www.OnoHawaiianBBQ.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Local Bistro Scottsdale AZ – Some Big Hits…..

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Local Bistro Restaurant is located in North Scottsdale Arizona. They call themselves a rustic Italian Restaurant. They offer dinner and Sunday bottomless Brunch. Their offerings do differ some from other Italian Restaurants. Some of their small plate offerings are tuna tartare, wood fired corn, mussels dijonese. They also offer soup and salads like French Onion soup, and a steak salad. They make wood fired pizzas, house made pastas. Some of the entrees offered are sautéed chicken with artichokes, a fifty day aged prime filet of beef, and Chilean Sea Bass with Spanish Chorizo in a white wine lobster broth. They also offer a children’s menu and desserts.

They have a large semi covered patio with lots of heaters for when it’s chilly.

They have a large bar area with big screen TVs.

Or you can sit in a main dining area.

main dining area

We started with the crispy eggplant and burrata.

crispy eggplant and burrata

It’s like eggplant parmesan but different. Instead of tomato sauce there is a coating of spicy hot Calabrian Chile Marmalade. The cheese is also creamy burrata with mint leaves, olive oil, and maybe nutmeg. Today the Calabrian Chile Marmalade is running very hot or maybe they were just overly generous with it….

The pan seared Faroe Island Salmon was very good.

Pan seared Faroe Island Salmon

It had a nice caramelized sear and was cooked to my request. The carrots and zucchini had the same exact texture. I thought that was impressive. The whipped pesto potatoes are a very generous portion and taste basil forward. Around the edge of the potatoes was a lemon-caper beurre blanc sauce for dipping.

My husband tried the Tagliatelle alla Bolognese.

tagliatelle alla bolognese

It’s house made pasta, twenty-four hour braised beef, pork, veal, San Marzano tomato ragu, and parmesan. My husband said that he really couldn’t taste the twenty-four hour braised beef. Maybe this batch tasted more like pork and veal…..?

We decided to share a vanilla gelato Toschi Cherry Meringata for dessert because you seldom come across Meringatas at restaurants.

vanilla gelato Toschi Cherry Meringata

It’s basically an Italian Meringue ice-cream type cake. A bit generous with the whipped cream but a nice sweet ending.

We found that brunch was more of a mixed bag with live entertainment.

It’s bottomless sort of……Each person can pick two starters and pick as many starters as they want. Then you pick an entree. Then you can add more starters if you can fit them in. They also have a bottomless drink special but you have to stick with one kind of beverage.

They do make the starters in portions for sharing.

I started out with the heirloom tomato and melon gazpacho shooter.

This was really great! Very clean, refreshing and enjoyable. One of my favorites here.

My husband had the sausage lollipops.

They came with honey and Calabrian chili honey. My husband’s favorite thing was the Calabrian chili honey here…He kept saying that it was very good and kept it until the end.

We shared the mini (MINI?) drunk bread.

We noticed that this was a very popular the evening we were here. It seemed that every table had one but us. It’s like cheesy and white wine dunked……We both don’t really like the white wine dunk…But many may disagree here.

One of our other mutual favorites was the patatas bravas. Spanish Romesco, and garlic aioli.

These were just really great potatoes. They just melt in your mouth. They seem like they might have been twice or tripled fried by the incredible creamy texture that they have. But they were extra light with the sauces. Could have used a little more.

Sorry to report that the entrees weren’t as good……. 🙁

The best parts of the Caesar salad was the Padano snow, the parmesan crisp, and the 6 minute egg. Lets just forget about the rest……..

My husband tried the chicken, the egg, the waffle entree.

The breaded chicken was all dried out, and covered in very thick sausage gravy with melted cheddar cheese, and a medium egg. There also was a waffle in there.

Local Bistro – Rustic Italian Cuisine – Like the majority of restaurants out there some great hits and a few misses……..Contemporary in style.

20581 N Hayden Rd Scottsdale AZ

480-302-6051

www.LocalBistroAZ.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Salad World Peoria AZ – Healthy Fast Food Alternative

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Salad World recently opened in Peoria Arizona not too far from P83. They are a casual not fancy “Chipotle Style” build-your-own salad type of restaurant.

inside

You start by picking one of the two size bowls for your salad. Then you go down the line and pick what you want. The person behind a clear sneeze guard wall builds the salad for you. You start out by picking the lettuce bend. Then you can add some fruits like grapes or dried cranberries and around four other things. Then you have all kinds of vegetables to pick from. There are vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, onions, mushrooms, and jicama. Protein choices cost extra and are chicken, ham, plant based chicken, steak, and tofu. Other items to add to the salad are cheese, toppings like nuts, croutons, or bacon and salad dressing.

You can build your own salad of around 60 items or pick a suggested salad from a menu that they will make for you.

We each tried a salad. One regular sized and one large. You can’t tell by my picture but the large really is much larger than the medium.

Large is on top and on the bottom is the regular sized

I do have to say that the chicken breast is much better than what you would get from most places for salads. It can pass as sous vide chicken. Everything seems fresh. I got mixed greens and iceberg lettuce, radishes, broccoli, carrots, chick peas, onions, cranberries, sliced almonds, sesame sticks, and some sort of Asian Ginger dressing that seems tasty. Too bad I can’t go back for cucumbers……I think they’d go well here. I was surprised to be offered my choice of roll. (regular or whole wheat).

My husband got the large salad. He also tried the chicken and also added the steak. I didn’t taste the steak but it did look good…….But I can smell it and it is very smokey. He also got bacon, egg, and cheese and several of the vegetables. The large is a real bargain here….It’s so big that people can share.

They do offer a variety of soft beverages here, a children’s menu, and maybe a few other things such as a packaged cookie. I read on their website that they offer soup? Maybe they do but I didn’t notice it today.

I’d say well worth a try for a fast/casual healthy food option in Peoria.

Salad World

8390 W Cactus Rd Peoria AZ

623-248-3030

www.SaladWorldAZ.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Seoul BBQ & Sushi Phoenix AZ – Good Korean Food – Great BIG Restaurant with LOTS of Choices – Worth a Fork!

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Seoul BBQ & Sushi is an award wining restaurant from Colorado and Connecticut with one location in Phoenix Arizona. The Phoenix location offers a menu that changes slightly from time to time.

It’s a very large restaurant with multiple dining rooms. They have a long bar is on the left side of the photo. They do have an outside patio but it’s not in use.

Whatever you order they always start you off with complimentary side dishes called banchan.

banchan

The banchan usually differ some on every visit but always contain some fermented vegetables, kimchi, something fish, and usually one or two potato dishes.

They always offer a variety of Korean and Asian Foods. This restaurant is very well known for their Korean BBQ that is offered ala carte and also in an all-you-can-eat version. Dishes can be made at the table or from the kitchen. Spicy ketchup known as gochujang is served with the BBQ.

Bulgogi

Beef Rib and Tofu Vegetable soup

They also offer Korean and Japanese appetizers.

Korean Corn Cheese

Scallion pancake

complimentary vegetable pancake special with to-go orders only

Vegetable pancake

Jalapeno bombers

Crispy Rice sushi

Sushi with Fresh Wasabi

Sushi with Crispy Onions

Korean Fried Chicken Wings

A few of the other dishes they may offer are –

Spicy Dak (chicken) Bulgogi

Mackerel

Samgyetang – Chicken stuffed with sweet rice, garlic, ginger, dates, and Korean Ginseng

Broiled Yellow Croaker (didn’t notice on current menu)

Dol-pan Bibim-Bap with added Spam

Take Out

Seoul BBQ & Sushi – Good Korean Food and lots of choices.

Worth a Fork!

Worth A Fork!

Seoul BBQ & Sushi 11025 N Black Canyon HWY PHX AZ

602-441-0900

www.SeoulPHX.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Limon Urban Kitchen Phoenix AZ – GREAT Fajita Chicken

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Limon Urban Kitchen is located in North Phoenix Arizona. They offer breakfast seven days a week. They also offer lunch, dinner, and a bar seven days a week. When you walk in you pass by a good sized patio but once inside it looks like a sports bar with lots of big screen TVs.

The food menus are mostly Mexican.

Off the all day menu they offer appetizers like wings, shrimp ceviche, carne asada fries, and nachos. They also offer salads, fajitas, burgers, burritos, street tacos, and entrees like pork carnitas, beef machaca, fish & chips, and chicken enchiladas.

They start you off with complimentary warm chips and salsa. We added on the house made roasted white poblano queso.

The salsa is tasty….It’s better than some. Maybe I am overly picky about queso….For my taste this could be more poblano and cheese forward…….

Anyways –

My husband gets a cup of Sops de Fideo.

It’s a chicken based soup with thin pasta threads.

My main arrives. The Lettuce Fajita Wraps…

Not what I was expecting. They aren’t wrapped and all the wet hot stuff is on top of the lettuce. It’s hard to tell by my photo but the romaine are also very small thin leaves. It’s next to impossible to eat this as lettuce wraps.*********BUT*****This chicken is UNUSUALLY GREAT! It’s marinated with delicious flavors and is melt in the mouth tender. Might be the very best fajita chicken that I have ever tasted. The plate also contains caramelized onions, bell pepper strips, pico de gallo, and lime wedges.

Here’s the Enjitomatada (carne asada, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, chipotle adobo sauce, Spanish rice, pinto beans, flour tortillas.)

I taste a small piece of carne asada. It’s nicely flavored and is tender.

We both thought that the carne asada was good but both of thought that the fajita chicken was really great!

That was a little taste of Limon Urban Kitchen in Phoenix Arizona.

2750 W Dove Valley Rd PHX AZ

623-466-7500

www.LimonUrbanKitchen.com

Every THING is subject to change.

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Tia Carmen The Beautiful Life New Year’s Eve Dinner 2022 Phoenix AZ – Best Dinner of the Year! – Worth A Fork!

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Tia Carmen is a high quality contemporary and sort of southwest restaurant located in the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in North Phoenix Arizona. The kitchen is led by Michelin Star Chef, restauranteur, and Bravo Top Chef Master Chef Angelo Sosa.

Angelo Sosa
entrance
inside
inside

The 2022 Tia Carmen Beautiful Life New Year’s Eve 2022 Dinner cost $135 per person and was 4 courses. They did offer an optional Beau Joie Champagne parings for $85.

First course for most people was seafood orchestra

This was beau soliel oysters dressed with garden grape mignonette + cara cara sabayon + oscietra caviar, nantucket bay scallops enrobed in fresh cara cara juice, hoja santa + cara cara koshu; king crab, salsa macha + yuzu & lemon aioli + hibiscus leaf.

A vegetarian alternative was offered. With the same sauces on amazing grapes, pineapple and jicama.

Next was pumpkin chawanmushi

It was a kabacha squash filled with steamed squash & shiitake mushroom custard + squash caramel + shaved black truffle

The main course was a mesquite grilled wagyu Denver steak.

All the steaks were seared and were rare- medium rare….almost blue in the center.

They came adorned with tepary bean aged mole negra + bone marrow croquettes + manchego cheese + shaved black truffle……Really amazing…….To amazing to even discribe.

Finished by an astonishing dessert flight garnished with incredible herbs grown by restaurant.

beet macarons

beet macarons
beet macarons

kumquat + cara cara carrot sorbet

goat cheese gel +chestnut mousse on hazelnut sable

cucumber + rosemary tarts

chocolate-aged mole negro bon bon

Every Plate was FORKING FANTABULOUS !!!! This was the best dinner I had in 2022 and I’ve been to Michelin Star and Michelin Guide Restaurants.

Worth a Fork!

Tia Carmen

5350 E Marriott Dr PHX AZ

480-293-3636

www.TiaCarmenDesertRidge.com

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Some of the BETTER Dishes I tried in Metro Phoenix AZ 2022

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This is a collection of SOME of the better dishes that I have tried in Metro Phoenix Arizona from restaurants and food trucks in no particular order. I’m not mentioning stuff like a very good steak from Confluence or a perfectly prepared sea bass from Tarbell’s because that is predictable and expected. These are dishes that you might not know about. I haven’t been everywhere in Metro Phoenix and I haven’t tasted everything out there. This is a sampling of random better dishes. This also is mostly photos of the dish and name and address of restaurant. I tried to write as little as possible so you can fly threw the long list.

Up above is the bufalina pizza from Fabio On Fire. We have many great pizzas in Metro Phoenix but this bufalina stands out. There are several other dishes at Fabio’s that are also worth mentioning but we have a lot of food to get to here so I will cut it with Fabio’s Strawberry Gelato because it really is the best in all the land.

Fabio On Fire 8275 W Lake Pleasant PKWAY Peoria

Some of the other better dishes were-

Aloo Tikki Choley

Namaste Indian Restaurant 20851 N Scottsdale Rd Scottsdale

Nan Zhou – Hand Drawn Noodle House 111 S. Dobson Rd Mesa

The seared Hawiian Tuna Soba Salad

Wren & Wolf – 2 N Central Ave PHX

Chill King Chinese Food 4721 W Olive Ave Glendale

First & Last 1001 N 3RD Ave PHX

Pollo Asado (Chicken a little over and a little under….. but unusually great flavors)

Bacanora 1301 NW Grand Ave PHX

Confluence 36889 N Tom Darlington Dr Carefree (Confluence is a high quality restaurant that offers many superb detailed dishes and amazing desserts)

Mifan Claypot Kitchen 1616 N Central Ave PHX

Tortas CM 13971 N 59TH AVE Glendalr

Mrs Whites Golden Rule 808 E Jefferson St PHX

Collins Bros Chophouse 8220 N Hayden RD Scottsdale (This might be available at most if not all of the Collins Restaurants)

Honest to God this Pain Au Chocolat was maybe not as pretty but was much better tasting than the Pain Au Chocolat I tried from Dominique Ansel (Some consider best pastry chef in USA)

JL Patisserie 7342 E Shea BLVD Scottsdale

With Traditional sauce

Chick-A-Dee 49 W Thomas Rd PHX

Chula Seafood Greyhawk 20581 N Hayden Rd Scottsdale (Available at all Chula locations)

The Gladly 2201 E Camelback Rd PHX

Biryani Pot PHX 4030 E Bell Rd PHX

Red Ginger Food Truck – Good luck finding them – I found them once at Food Truck Friday West in Glendale.

Bro Bro’s BBQ Food Truck – Serving Phoenix

The Louisiana Hot Chicken Sandwich – Screaming Hot Chicken Food Truck – Serving Phoenix (This is part of Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen Family)

The Chicken Potstickers

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery 2340 West Bell Rd PHX

Buffalo Chicken Plate (He told us that this wasn’t enough from a smaller chicken and told us to come back for the rest….He was very generous. That is why two photos)

Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen Food Truck – Serving PHX

Que Chevere Food Truck (They do have a brick and morter Restaurant in Mesa too)

Everything is very good from Alzohour Market. But the stuffed grape leaves (on right) and the baklava really are the best that I have tried anywhere.

Alzohour Market 7814 N 27TH AVE PHX

The A.G. Burger – 8oz USDA Prime ground in house tenderloin burger topped with a prime rib and more.

The Arrowhead Grill 8280 W Union Hills Dr Glendale

This next one is one of my husband’s two picks.

The Volcano Pork

The Craftsman 20469 N Hayden Rd Scottsdale

My husband’s other pick.

Braised Veal Osso Buco (weekend only)

The Italian Daughter 23655 N Scottsdale RD Scottsdale

This year was a great year for Tia Carmen. I tasted many better dishes there this year. It’s very hard to narrow down to only two dishes. I picked the lunch fish torta sandwich because it deserves to be a top sandwich of metro Phoenix….It’s a YUM-Dinger that is crazy flavorful and different. (pictured below)

Maybe the one dish of the year that I tasted that was the most amazing was the Tuna Crudo from Tia Carmen. It’s a dish that can make your heart skip a beat and is worth driving across town to try.

Tuna Crudu

Tia Carmen 5350 E Marriott Dr PHX

These were just SOME of the better dishes that I tried in Metro Phoenix 2022.

Every THING is subject to change.

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Dining Out With DOGS in Metro Phoenix AZ – December 2022 Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery, Pad Thai Cafe, Culver’s, Phila-Deli

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Dining out with dogs in Metro Phoenix is just a “FLUFF” story about taking my dogs out to eat. It all sort of started with my dog Louie. He was elderly and came down with aggressive cancer. He couldn’t do a lot but he always enjoyed going out to eat so I took him out to eat as often as I could. Instead of his 3-6 month diagnosis Louie made it another 17 months. Today I take my current dogs out to eat.

In Phoenix the weather is an issue. I don’t take them out when the temperature is above 90 degrees F or only up to 90 F in shade. I am aware that most food and drink can be harmful or toxic to dogs. (You should get “safe” and “foods to avoid” lists for dogs from your veterinarian) Usually only lean meat without sauce might be a safe bet. When you take your dog(s) to dine with you at a restaurant you need to know that not all patios are dog friendly….You need to see a sign or call and ask if it’s ok to bring your furry friend(s). When you and your dog(s) dine out you must keep your dog(s) close to your side. You also should respect the restaurant and not let your dog sit on restaurant furniture or eat off of restaurant plates.

We went to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery. They are a Pho-Free Vietnamese Restaurant. They offer around a dozen different banh mi baguette sandwiches, rice plates, noodle salad bowls, boba, and MORE!

Today I got the curry chicken with rice. It’s a very large portion. The dogs enjoy helping me with the chicken.

The dogs also enjoy helping my husband with his grilled pork rice plate.

“We always enjoy going to Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery”

Banh Mi Bistro Vietnamese Eatery

2340 W Bell Rd PHX AZ

602-843-3637

www.BanhMiBistroAZ.com

We were on our way to Pad Thai Cafe in Glendale for take out and dining out in the nearby park.

It started raining so we didn’t dine out………Too bad but at least the dogs got a car ride. Even the next day it rained….So unusual for Phoenix. But the Take Out was good and we’d order these dishes again from Pad Thai Cafe.

The dogs enjoyed some chicken from the Pad King (It was very gingery in a good way).

They also enjoyed some beef from the Pad Prik King.

Pad Thai Cafe 18425 N 51st AVE Glendale AZ

623-213-7297

www.PadThaiAZ.com

All of a sudden it got cold for here to sit outside for long……so we took the dogs out to our local Culver’s for a butter cheese burger.

You can clearly see my bigger dog is smiling. She’s so happy to be at Culver’s that she swats my smaller dog out of her way so she can see the Culver’s action.

Then we drive around to the Culver’s patio and crack open their butter cheese burger for them. I do have to say that these burgers are always nicely caramelized.

We give them around a third of the burger without the bun. The rest of the burger we give them as treats over the next two days.

They always enjoy a butter cheese burger from Culver’s.

Culver’s

8330 W Deer Valley Rd Peoria AZ

623-792-8957

www.Culvers.com

It was still pretty cold outside but we made it to Phila-Deli in Glendale. They are a local sandwich and cheesesteak casual eatery.

The tuna hoagies are pretty good here but not so great to give the dogs.

tuna hoagie

So we got the dogs a child’s chicken finger meal.

Both dogs enjoyed the chicken fingers and we ate some of their fries.

My husband tried the new southwest cheese steak.

It’s extra steak meat, pepper jack cheese, onions, green bell peppers, chipotle peppers, and hatch chiles. I heard that it was pretty good!

The dogs enjoyed the chicken fingers today.

“We enjoy going to Phila-Deli”)

Phila-Deli

20219 N59th Ave Glendale AZ

623- 376-9333

www.PhilaDeliAZ.com

That was dining out with dogs in Metro Phoenix for December 2022. Thanks so much for reading. Have a Happy New Year and we hope to see you next month!

The Forking Truth
In Memory of Louie 5-5-2001 – 3-3-2017