The GOOD NEWS is that not everyone will get sick or catch the coronavirus. The Bad news is that it is easier to catch coronavirus than to win big with the lottery. Anywho- We are doing take out because we want to support restaurants. On the news they reported that 16,000 of small business restaurants in the U.S. have already shuttered because of the lack of business due to the pandemic. Take out is a less risky option than dining inside these days so that is as risky as we get.
One restaurant we did the safer curbside take out from was CHZBURGR in Glendale. They serve amazing flat style cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, milk shakes and more. They are very above average and have an upscale twist for what they are despite being priced only slightly more than fast food.
This time we got (starting from the left) the triple CHZBURGR, in the middle is a special request no onion plain double cheese for my lucky dogs and on the right is the special of the day. It was a salt, sugar and herb cured chicken breast that also was brined. The sandwich came with marinated tomatoes, spinach and garlic aioli. It was suppose to also come with provolone cheese but I have some food peeves and that is too much fat for me so I did without the cheese and did with the garlic aioli. We also shared some potato tots. The food is ALWAYS delicious from CHZBURGR. My dogs got to enjoy a small portion of their CHZBURGR for dinner.
Our very own Michelin Award Wining Chef of Top Chef Masters Alex Stratta opened Stratta Kitchen in Scottsdale. It’s a casual health focused restaurant. They offer a menu of small plates, grain bowls, salads and a few other things where you add the protein and sauce of your liking. This restaurant offers dine in or patio dining and take out and curb side. We went with the safest option of curbside for our first time here.
In the left hand corner we shared the Sicilian Caponata that came with grilled Noble Bread. For my main I tried the Mistral Salad with added (expertly cooked) Alaskan Sterling Salmon. My husband tried the Chop Chop Salad with added strip steak and we shared a Double Trouble Chocolate Cake. WOW everything was AMAZING! My salad popped with all kinds of flavors. I also really enjoyed the harissa with this salad and the fish was really prepared to perfection. That cake was also really rich and very chocolatey. Everything was really GREAT! We save some salmon and steak for my dogs too!
Next we did take out from a little Thai Restaurant in Phoenix called Glai Baan. According to their website they serve Thai Street Food and Northeastern Thai Dishes.
We shared the son-in-law eggs, beef salad, chicken gra pow and mackerel fried rice. WoW it was interesting and different. Less saucy than from most places and the gra pow is very flavorful and much spicier than from most places. This type of food isn’t dog friendly so we gave them other leftovers.
Next take out was from Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante in Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide. They are an Italian restaurant that specializes in serving Neapolitan Type Pizzas. Tonight we shared a salad and I got the papardelle al fungi and my husband got the sallsiccia.
I think Bottega does an extremely great mushroom pasta. The mushrooms are so meaty and so flavorful. My husband said that the sausage pasta is very good. Dogs got to eat some cheese here (and other stuff I saved for them)
We were able to squeeze in a 5th restaurant and we both like spicy chicken so we decided to try Mrs Chicken in Phoenix.
We both got the two piece dark chicken meat on the “Hot” level of heat. For our sides we both went the mustard slaw. The chicken is crisp and is coated with spicy heat that builds. The inside is tender moist chicken. We saved some moist, mild from the inside chicken for our dogs.
Restaurants we did take out from are –
CHZBURGR – Glendale
Stratta Kitchen — Scottsdale
Glai Baan – Phoenix
Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante – Glendale/Arrowhead/#UpperWestSide
Mrs Chicken – Phoenix
Everything is subject to change and we hope it does for the better.
