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Salads of The #UpperWestSide of Metro Phoenix AZ – Phoenix Glendale Peoria

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Maybe half the meals that I ate out or take out are salads. Lately I’m mostly but not entirely supporting restaurants that are near to home. I thought others might like a taste of the salads of the #UpperWestSide of Metro Phoenix AZ. The Upper West Side are parts of the Way North Phoenix, North Glendale and North Peoria and are zip codes 85383, 85382, 85310, 85308 and 85083.

Up above is. really great salad from Sala Thai in Peoria. It’s the spicy lemon salad with chicken and is among my favorites.

Here is the select your own salad from Phila-Deli in Glendale. It starts at only around $7.50. It’s fast food priced but it’s a whole bunch better than fast food.

Basically across the street (or highway) is Skewers Mediterranean Grill in Glendale and they also offer really nice $7.50 salads.

On the left is a gyro salad and on the right is chicken kabob salad.

I got a few salads from Fabio On Fire in Peoria.

Up above is the pear salad.

Here’s the strawberry spinach salad from Fabio On Fire.

My favorite meal from Popo’s Fiesta Del Sol in Glendale is the Chicken Fajita Salad.

It is usually inconsistent. The amount of chicken is either a lot or small and either moist or dry. Seasonings differ. It might include the peppers, onions and avocado or not. The ingredients differ some on each visit. Instead of dressing I use their tasty salsa that is currently the best salsa in town.

Pita Kitchen in Glendale makes one of the most delicious Chicken kabobs in metro Phoenix so I get it on a Greek Salad.

They marinate it with delicious seasonings. It has a delicious char taste and 19 out of 20 times it is insanely juicy and is always delicious.

The meal I get most often at Cucina Tagliani is their Strawberry and Goat Cheese Salad with Chicken.

Sometimes I get one of their Caesar salads.

Caesar with chicken….(and one of my dogs)

Caesar with salmon, artichokes and pine nuts……..(and one of my dogs)

The Black and White Cafe in Glendale offers a few salads.

This is the California Chicken Salad from The Black and White Cafe.

I got several nice salads from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante.

Farro Salad with avocado, pesto, mozzarella and chicken. (this one was way more than one meal….I think they gave me extra by accident)

Salad with added Sicilian Tuna

Strawberry Chicken Salad

I did get a few nice salads from The Social on 83rd in Peoria but the ones I got are no longer on the menu but both salads were very good.

Those are most of the salads that you can find on The Upper West Side of Metro Phoenix AZ.

Everything is subject to change….We hope things change for the better.

The Forking Truth

My 2nd Patio Dining Out During The CoronaVirus Pandemic – Cucina Tagliani Glendale AZ #UpperWestSide – Healthy options and comfortable patio

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Nothing is for certain. Leaving your house can be deadly during a pandemic. You can never know if you are careful enough to avoid catching the coronavirus. For me it is far too dangerous to dine in with others. I feel somewhat comfortable with take out because I wear a filtered mask and eye goggles (my onion goggles that don’t look too bad) I feel that I am 80% safe and won’t fully catch the virus protected that much. Some scientist believe with distancing that you won’t catch enough of the coronavirus in outside air to be deadly. With that information I feel less risk dining outside. This past Saturday the temperature wasn’t too high for Phoenix so we took a chance and dined out on the Cucina Tagliani Patio in. This is an American Italian Restaurant that offers most of your usual American Italian favorites and also several healthy options and lots of vegetable choices. I don’t know of any other restaurant that offers around a dozen different vegetables that you can add to a meal or have on the side.

Today I ordered a Caesar salad with salmon and added on artichokes and pine nuts.

Got a decent piece of salmon and it’s prepared reasonably well. The greens are fresh and the dressing is house made. I guess they forgot the croutons but I don’t need them anyway because there’s complimentary garlic toasts on the table. Oh did I mention that the patio is officially dog friendly?

My husband got the spicy rigatoni with added sausage.

I think they gave him extra sausage?……….Well that was nice.

I can’t believe how quiet the patio is today.

We were the only ones dining here at lunch.

We’ve been coming to Cucina Tagliani for years. It’s close to home, I like the healthy options, my husband likes the American Italian food and we enjoy the comfortable patio with misters and funny old fashioned Italian music that fills the air here.

Louie is no longer with us but was a big fan of Cucina Tagliani.

The Papa’s Platter (with Louie) Veal Parm, sausage lasagna and two manicotti

salmon with asparagus and spinach

SPAGHETTI SQUASH lasagna

My usual goat cheese, strawberry and chicken salad.

chicken piccata over SPAGHETTI SQUASH instead of pasta

Chicken Caesar salad

chicken pasta pepperchini

chicken wrap with healthy fruit side

Stromboli

GRILLED chicken parmesan (instead of fried) over SPAGHETTI SQUASH

sausage lasagna with meatball

minestrone

steak gorgonzola over SPAGHETTI SQUASH

chicken dynamite

take out salmon dinner with asparagus and spaghetti squash

I don’t get dessert here often but the chocolate mascarpone cake is very good.

“Don’t worry we are in this thing together” “We also are available to help you with your leftovers from Cucina Tagliani any time”

That was my second patio dining during the pandemic at Cucina Tagliani in Glendale. I appreciate the healthy options and the comfortable patio with misters.

www.CucinaTagliani.com

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out in metro Phoenix AZ During The CoronaVirus Pandemic Week 12 – Desert Island Eatery, Taco Fusion, Fe La Cubana Cafeteria

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These are the worst of times and all restaurants are struggling. Many restaurants have permanently closed from lack of business due to the pandemic. If you want your local or favorite restaurants to stay in business then you should support restaurants as much as you can. Your money is their life source. Many restaurants in metro Phoenix have reopened for limited dine in service and you can dine in but there is risk. We still are in a serious health emergency and I don’t feel ready to risk dining in so I am doing mostly take out but I do consider patio dining. Some scientist believe that you are less likely to catch the virus outside so patio dining can be an option if the weather is nice.

Our first take out this week was from a Caribbean Restaurant that also serves Vegan Caribbean options in North Phoenix called Desert Island Eatery.

Since my last visit they added outside tables.

I always get the combo plate of curry chicken with jerk chicken, rice and peas with cabbage. Tonight my husband got the same and a side order of jerk shrimp.

Everything is delicious and flavorful. Portions are very large and I have extra for another meal even with sharing with my fur buddies.

Our next take out was from Taco Fusion in Glendale.

Since my last visit there I noticed that they added two outside tables and installed some sort of take out window in the glass wall. (left side of photo)

We ordered a variety of tacos and a quesadilla and their new vegetarian black beans. They also added two different rice dishes to their menu and will be adding breakfast dishes soon.

Gosh everything is amazing! The sauces also are very good! Today they offered red, green, black and pineapple salsas. I usually don’t enjoy carne asada tacos anywhere but the carne asada is tender and has a delicious mesquite taste. The Pineapple salsa with pico is really great on the mild chicken habanero tacos. The tortillas are also hand made and are better than from most places. I like the corn on most tacos but I think flour goes better on the asada. Everything here is really great and all this food was only around $26. We had our usual help with all this food.

Last take out this week was from Fe La Cubana Cafeteria in Glendale.

This is a TINY Cuban restaurant. They have food prepared in a steam table and they serve you a platter in a styrofoam container. They make the most amazing Ropa Vieja on earth in this little hole in the wall kind of place.

They put together your platter from the steam table.

We got-

BIG GIANT platters of tender chicken with yucca and black rice. My husband got the Ropa Vieja with black rice, pork chickpea soup and an oxtail. The Ropa Vieja is incredible….You might consider driving across town for that dish but everything is good.

Our pups were waiting for theirs.

Don’t worry we are in this thing together.

This week we did take out from –

Desert Island Eatery – North Phoenix

Taco Fusion – Glendale

Fe La Cubana Cafeteria – Glendale

We also dined out on a patio at Cucina Tagliani. I’ll tell you about that tomorrow!

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Some of the FOOD THAT MATTERS in Metro Phoenix that I Enjoyed!

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I thought I’d feature some of my favorite Caribbean, Ethiopian and Southern American Food that I’ve tried in Metro Phoenix. I do note that I haven’t been everywhere so there are many other great places out there. These are just some of my favorites that I enjoyed most.

I have to start out with Desert Island Eatery in North Phoenix because they served me the very best Jerk Chicken and Curry Chicken that I have ever tried anywhere. (that includes one place in the Caribbean too!)

Combo with Jerk Chicken and Curry Chicken

It’s the best! So flavorful…..So Delicious! Just falling off the bone and full of flavors…..Just the BEST!

I also enjoyed Caribbean Cuisine in Glendale a number of times and everything I tried there was delicious.

I also liked how they had some fish dishes that were different to me. I really enjoyed this escovitich fish. It’s a mild white fish that seemed like it was marinated with herbs and spices and maybe vinegar and seemed lightly fried. The rest of the plate was scrumptious too.

My husband always liked the oxtail here but sometimes it’s not available due to it takes many hours to prepare.

I’ve tried Ethiopian Food from various food festivals that I enjoyed but made the trip to Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe in Phoenix.

Here we got our own mini buffet of many things. One of the BEST chicken dishes I tasted in Metro Phoenix has to be this Doro Wat in the middle of the platter. Everything was delicious here but that doro wat was really special.

Hot Chicken Sandwich

Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen now operates from a food truck. They serve New Orleans Cajun type foods like po boys, red beans and rice, jambalaya and more. I had this (I think it was called Louisiana Style Hot Chicken?) sandwich. It wasn’t like other hot chicken sandwiches but it was uniquely delicious.

Shrimp Po Boy

My husband enjoyed a shrimp po boy and an andouille sausage dish.

There’s also a modern southern American restaurant in downtown Phoenix that serves many FORKING AMAZING DISHES called The Larder and The Delta.

I had two different dishes there that were among THE BEST I’ve tried anywhere.

One dish was the Hoppin John.

It’s made of Sea Island field peas, Carolina gold rice and herb salad. It taste earthy, a little spicy, it’s deeply flavorful with interesting textures and crispy rice. It’s insanely delicious. You won’t be able to put your fork down till it’s down.

This next dish isn’t often on the menu but should be.

The K. F. C. Sandwich a mildly spicy fried chicken thigh sandwich with slaw and pickles.

I’m not sure what K. F. C. stands for here but it taste like it might mean Kentucky Forking Crack Sandwich. It was made of that special seldom found AMAZING MOUTH WATERING JUICY SUPER NATURAL DELICIOUS CHICKEN. It was THE BEST Chicken Sandwich I’ve ever tasted. It just could not be more delicious. The combination of the perfect not too big, the delicious slaw, amazing thick pickles and that oh so wonderful chicken was a taste bomb of deliciousness! I love great chicken sandwiches and there are a few of the super great chicken sandwiches out there but this is the first one that actually taste like the chicken was still on the bone. That perfect juicy chicken enhanced with delicious spices, flavors and textures. It just doesn’t get any better than that.

These were just Some Of The FOOD That Matters in Metro Phoenix that I have enjoyed!

Desert Island Eatery – North PHX

Caribbean Cuisine – Glendale

Abyssinia Restaurant and Cafe – PHX

Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen – Food Truck

The Larder and The Delta – DT PHX

Give them a try and you will be glad that you did.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Angelina’s Pho & Grill – Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro – VERY GOOD Modern Vietnamese Food Glendale AZ #UpperWestSide and my take out

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Angelina’s Pho & Grill is a modern Vietnamese Restaurant that is always changing. The decor changes often. The menus change about every several weeks. Now even the name might be changing according to Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro according to their Facebook Page and latest menu.

But one thing doesn’t change and it’s the pho that is painstakingly made with a 24 hour broth. The pho here made a top pho list of metro Phoenix from the Arizona Republic Newspaper.

A few years ago they added sushi to the sign out front. Periodically some sushi has made it to the menu but I haven’t seen sushi here in a while.

The chairs, the wall color and decorative accents have changed a number of times over the past few years.

entrance to the patio

Today it looked like this.

I must have been here well over 20 times and every time I visit I see a new menu.

From my last dine in visit only days before Angelina’s closed due to the pandemic is next.

Yum this new appetizer sounds delicious! Miso lemongrass Chicken Tots with Cabbage. We order it to start with.

Soon our dinners arrive. My husband said to the waiter that he might as well take the appetizer off our bill since we didn’t get it. The waiter replied that he forgot to order it so it wasn’t on the bill anyway… 🙁 I hate to be overly honest but I do have to tell THE FORKING TRUTH….Service can be very poor here at times…Often someone takes our order and never comes back. It’s rare that a server here will ask if you want a beverage. Usually they just drop off water and run. I don’t think anyone has ever re-filled a beverage here. Usually nobody clears your plates. They put in a nice dessert case a few years ago. Not once has anyone asked if I’d like to order dessert. I come back only because the food is very good and very reasonably priced. (on my take out visit I didn’t notice the dessert case)

Tonight I tried the Spicy Chicken Pho in Coconut Broth Special $11.00.

WOW IT’S SCRUMPTIOUS DELICIOUS!

It is spicy but not too spicy. It has this perfect acidity to it with a delicious twenty four hour chicken laced coconut broth. There are large slices of chicken breast in the soup with lots of long rice noodles. I added some Thai Basil, Bean Sprouts and one lime wedge to the pho. WOW really delicious!

My husband had the #18 pho.

This one is called beef hue style bun bo hue $10.00. It’s beef shank, pork rolled in banana leaf, with smooth thick noodles and Thai Mint in spicy 24 hour beef broth.

Some of the past plates we tried are below but I note many have been replaced by new dishes.

fried rice with shrimp and sausage
steak on screwers
salmon papilotte
poulardine
tofu eggplant stack
lettuce wraps
chicken bird’s next
salmon cakes
green tea noodle mango tuna roll
pho
la vong style cod (Hanoi’s National Dish)

I always call before bringing my dogs. They always tell me that my dogs are welcome.

Smoked salmon salad

Angelina’s Pho and Grill did close during the pandemic and newly reopened only a week ago. I did take out since I don’t feel comfortable yet dining in but I would consider patio dining if it isn’t too hot in temperature because there is less virus risk outside in the open air. To walk into the restaurant I wore a mask with a five layer filter and shielded my eyes with onion goggles because some scientist believe you can catch the virus by your eyes. I also used Angelina’s (or is it Lemongrass) hand sanitizer. Nothing is for certain and this still is a risk.

Here’s my take out.

On the left is my husband’s three rice plate (shrimp, chicken, beef) and I got the yellow chicken curry. The flavors in the curry are very brilliant and delicious. It’s ULTRA flavorful. I’ve had it here before here a few times. They always add lots of vegetables that nobody else adds like cauliflower (and today some cucumber) The chicken is so tender it’s falling apart. I LOVE how so much Thai basil is penetrated into the flavors.

Angelina’s Pho and Grill – The Food is Worth a Fork!

The food is usually very VERY good……..service can be hit or miss

I haven’t found a website for Angelina’s Pho and Grill but they are on Facebook and might be changing name to Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro…..

Every THING is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out During the CoronaVirus Pandemic in Metro Phoenix AZ Week 11- Chula Seafood, Kabob Grill N Go, Twist Bistro & Gallery, Angelina’s Pho & Grill (Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro)

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All restaurants are struggling to stay in business. Several restaurants have already permanently closed from lack oof business due to the pandemic. Many restaurants have opened their dining rooms with limited seating. Nothing is for certain but take out seems like a safer option with less risk.

Our first take out this week was from Chula Seafood in Phoenix.

I enjoyed the Chula Chopped Salad with added Salmon and my husband got the Tuna Melt with Spam Macaroni Salad and chips. My fur buddies were booth highly interested in the foods but my bigger fur buddy is well behaved and waits till she is served.

Next take out was from newly opened Kabob Grill n Go in Phoenix.

This is a postage sized kabob take out restaurant with around three small tables. Prices are low. Portions are big.

We tried on the left is a chicken tenders kabob. In the middle is the beef (steak) kabob and on the right is the whole Cornish chicken kabob. My dogs were waiting for theirs.

Next take out was from Twist Bistro & Gallery in North Scottsdale. We got the amazing take out special of one appetizer, two dinners and one dessert for $55.00.

We shared muffins with honey butter and then southern fried chicken breaded shawarma kabobs with minted cucumbers, marinated olive and jalapeño preserved lemon basil syrup. For my dinner was that AMAZING loch dart salmon with tomato salad, asparagus, black rice and basil pistou. My husband had the shrimp and sausage diablo. It came with spicy Italian sausage, shrimp, asparagus, olives, tomato confit and three cheese polenta. WOW! all this was really great and then we enjoyed mascarpone cheese cake with pistachio praline, salted caramel, whipped cream and strawberries. Gosh Twist Bistro and Gallery really knocked it out of the park again! I have some fur buddies that are also excited about the food here.

“Twist Bistro was a GREAT choice”
“I can’t wait for mine”

Last take out of the week was from Angelina’s Pho & Grill that is possibly changing their name to Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro.

current menu

Angelina’s is officially one of the best places in metro Phoenix for pho. I’ve been here bunches of times and often do get one of their amazing pho bowls but felt like having something different today.

The dining room had customers when I arrived and I noticed the fresh new paint job.

We did take out and got the yellow chicken curry and the mixed three rice plate.

Both plates were delicious and also were very large portions but we had help with that.

“We are in this thing together”

That was week 11 of take out in metro Phoenix. This week we did take out from-

Chula Seafood – PHX

Kabob Grill N Go – PHX

Twist Bistro & Gallery – North Scottsdale

Angelina’s Pho & Grill (Lemongrass Vietnamese Bistro) – Glendale/UpperWestSide

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better

The Forking Truth

Take Out During the CoronaVirus Pandemic Week 10 – Twisted Italian, Pane Bianco Van Buren, Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante

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These are the worst of times and all restaurants are struggling. Some have already closed permanently due to the lack oof business from the coronavirus pandemic. We are trying to support as many restaurants as we can. Not all but many restaurants have opened for indoor dining but we feel safer doing take out but will consider sitting on a patio because it is far less likely to catch the virus outside in the open air.

Our first take out this week came from Twisted Italian in north Peoria.

I went with the Friday Dinner Special and they gave me a WHOLE BUFFET PAN OF FOOD. I got pan fried walleye in citrus cream sauce. It came with vegetables and a whole dinners worth of angel hair pasta (this was only $17.50) My husband had the Italian Relleno. It was a poblano pepper stuffed with house made Italian sausage, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese, peppers onions basil. It was in a creamy tomato sauce and came with three fried raviolis. As per usual our fur buddies didn’t mind a bit helping us eat all that food.

Next take out was from Pane Bianco Van Buren.

I got the line caught tuna salad and my husband got a sandwich called the Italian Combo. We also took home a side of olives. The tuna salad is very good and comes with a large piece of that famous crusty Bianco bread. My husband just loves his sandwich. My dogs anxiously wait for some meat and cheese.

Our last take out for the week was from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale/Arrowhead. They offer a new variety of Pizza called Pina Romana so I wanted to try it.

We tried a Margherita (cheese, sauce, fresh basil) and a Patata E Cipolla (mozzarella, provola, multi color potatoes and red onion.

It’s completely a different dough and crust from regular pizza. It doesn’t sit heavy in your stomach like regular pizza.

It’s thin and airy but shattering crisp and the bottom is covered with either corn meal or semolina. It has heavier toppings than a regular pizza would have. I saved some of the cheese from the margherita for my dogs.

I think a reduced balsamic drizzle goes really well with the potato pinsa Romano.

This week we did take out from –

Twisted Italian – North Peoria (#UpperWestSide)

Pane Bianco Van Buren – PHX

Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante – Glendale/Arrowhead (#UpperWestSide)

We also did our first Patio Dining during the pandemic at Confluence in Carefree. The Patio stayed mostly empty the majority of the time we were there and the food was truly amazing.

I’ll tell you about it tomorrow.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Best EATS of the NINE WEEKS of Take Out Food in Metro Phoenix During The CoronaVirus Pandemic

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I tried a lot of restaurants for take out during the pandemic. Most were good. Some old favorites are great for dining in but lost some of the magic with take out. But surprisingly some were GREAT beyond my expectations. Here are most but not in any particular order. One of the best take outs was from Confluence in Carefree.

This fried chicken with chilitepin honey is to die for. OMG it really is that good!

Binkley’s Dinner was pretty much over the top too!

It was the only take out dinner that felt like dining out when I ate the carefully packaged five courses.

A new restaurant that opened during the pandemic called Twist Bistro and Gallery in North Scottsdale was also AMAZING!

They gave us these delicious complimentary muffins that were moist and seemed light as air. The muffins were studded with feta cheese and were laced with dill and also came with this warm honey butter with fresh chives…….(these alone were amazing)……We enjoyed an amazing appetizer. Both our dinners were incredible.

I had the salmon and it was one of the very best salmons that I had anywhere in metro Phoenix.

The Bianco pizza (left pizza) from La Piazza Al Forno just might be the best pizza in metro Phoenix……It’s that GREAT!

The untraditional smoked corned beef sandwich special from NakedQ BBQ in Phoenix just might be the BEST corned beef in ALL of ARIZONA! It was tender like butter but the flavors were just out of bounds!

The fried chicken thigh sandwich from CHZBURGR in Glendale is CRAZY CRAZY GREAT! I’ve been told that the cheese burgers are just as great!

Desert Island Eatery in North Phoenix serves some the most DELICIOUS curry and jerk chicken.

The best tacos in town come from Taco Fusion in Glendale. All the tacos are really great but my favorite is the mild habanero chicken.

Alzohour Market serves delicious food. This time I had the chicken kabob and it is tender juicy and developed with flavors. All the food from Alzohour Market is delicious.

I may have forgotten a few and for the most part everything I took out really was good…but these are the ones that seemed the most memorable because they traveled well for take out and also were “knock it out of the park’ delicious.

Everything IS subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Safer Curbside Pick Up Restaurants I’ve Been to in Metro Phoenix AZ

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Nothing is for certain and you can never be too careful. Dine in restaurant meals mean more contact with more people and germs flying threw the air conditioned air in restaurants. There are also other diners who are probably not wearing masks to hold in their droplets that might contain the coronavirus. We’ve done take out where we’d walk into a restaurant with a small amount of risk but curbside is safer. I note that I haven’t been everywhere but here are the restaurants that offered curbside pickup that I have been too..

Fabio On Fire (N Peoria)

At Fabio On Fire you order and pay on line. They communicate with you by text and a table is sanitized and your order will be placed on the table.

CHZBURGR in Glendale offers you to call in your order but it’s 100% touch free paying.

At Kawaii Sushi and Asian Cuisine you order and pay on line. You park at a special parking spot and call to let them know that you are there and they place your order on a table in front of your car.

The Grassroots Kitchen & Tap in Scottsdale also offers curbside pick up.

You order, pay on line pull into a curbside parking spot and someone runs out and drops off your order.

Vincent Market Bistro (Phoenix) offers curb side pick up.

We ordered and payed on line and gave them our pick up time. As soon as we drove in they asked who we were and placed our order in the back seat.

Chino Bandido in North Phoenix also offers curbside pickup. I don’t remember how we paid but I do remember a worker with a mask did run the food to our car.

The Larder and the Delta in Phoenix also did a curbside pick up. We paid over the phone and our order was placed on a pick up table outside of the restaurant.

Curbside pick up is also offered at Desert Island Eatery in North Phoenix. I don’t remember how we paid but I do recall that your order was placed on a table outside of the restaurant.

Tratto in Phoenix also offered curbside pick up.

We paid there and then we picked up at a table out side of the restaurant.

Binkley’s in Phoenix no longer offers curbside pick up and has returned to being a dine in fine restaurant again but they also were very careful and did contactless curbside pick up food a few weeks..

These restaurants we went to that had the safer curbside pick up were -.

Fabio On Fire – N Peoria

CHZBURGR – Glendale

Kawaii Sushi and Asian Cuisine – N Glendale

The Grassroots Kitchen & Tap – Scottsdale

Vincent Market Bistro – PHX

Chino Bandido – N PHX

The Larder & The Delta – DT PHX

Desert Island Eatery – N PHX

Binkley’s – PHX But as of this date (5-19-20) has discontinued curbside and has gone back to dine in service.

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth

Take Out In Metro Phoenix During The CoronaVirus Pandemic Week 8 – Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante (twice), NakedQ BBQ (PHX), Binkley’s, Aiello’s East Coast Italian Restaurant

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We are trying to give our support to as many small business restaurants as we can. These are the worst of times and all restaurants are hemorrhaging money these days. Many restaurants have already closed permanently. I heard reports on the news that it is unlikely that you will catch coronavirus from food even if the person preparing the food has coronavirus. I also heard reported on the news that there is no evidence of catching coronavirus from food. I do note that I am not a scientist and have no idea if those reports are factual. I look at it this way. It’s best to avoid as many people as possible and most restaurants are empty these days so you hardly run into anyone at a restaurant and most restaurant workers wear masks.

Our first take out this week from from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante. They closed in March just before we were suggested to stay in because of the pandemic but recently opened for curbside take out. Not only did they open but they donated lots of food to first responders.

We took out a delicious margherita pizza, a salami piccante pizza and they had a $12. wine sale so we bought two bottles that we all drink on the weekend. Our furry friends are very familiar with Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante and often can be seen dining on their dog friendly patio.

“Ohhhh Bottega food that’s very good stuff!”
“Bottega is one of my favorite restaurants in Glendale!”

Next take out was from NakedQ BBQ in N Phoenix. NakedQ BBQ also donated lots of food to first responders. Today we took out DELICIOUS non-traditional smoked corned beef sandwiches.

“OMG that smells amazing”
“I need to taste that now!”

For our 3rd take out we went back to Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante again. They packed our take out in plastic bags that were sealed shut.

This time I got the strawberry salad with chicken and my husband got one of the handmade pastas.

Our fur buddies were waiting for theirs.

Next take out was from the fine dining restaurant called Binkley’s in Phoenix.

This is what each person got

We got gazpacho, smoked cod couscous, caesar salad, black truffle chicken pot pie, Parker house rolls and strawberry short cake. My dogs even got to try Binkley’s.

Last take out this week was from Aiello’s East Coast Italian Restaurant.

They had a very nice package deal where we got one appetizer, two dinners, one dessert, a candle and A BOTTLE OF WINE for either $50 and $65 menus.

We got an antipasto plate, a salmon dinner with artichokes in lemon caper sauce with green beans and a potato croquette, a veal dish in a fontina cheese sauce with green beans and potato croquette, a candle, a bottle of wine and a chocolate mousse torte cake.

It was more food than we could eat but we had some help with that.

“Don’t worry we will get threw this thing together”

If you want your local and favorite restaurants to exist then you have to do business with them by buying take out or gift cards. Today some restaurants are rushing to re-open. We are not ready to dine in yet.

Restaurants that we did take out from this week were.

Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante Glendale/Arrowhead (twice)

NakedQ BBQ -N Phoenix

Binkley’s – Phoenix

Aiello’s East Coast Italian – North Central Phoenix

Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.

The Forking Truth