It can be hard to find good local businesses to frequent among the thousands of generic strip malls in Greater Phoenix. Here is a list of cool places I visit in Tempe and Downtown Phoenix. If you know of other good places leave a comment and I will update the list.
Cornish Pasty: Gourmet dinner pastries filled with tasty goodness. Very European selection of beers on tap. $3 Car bombs all the time. My favorites are the spicy asiago chicken and the pilgrim. Order ahead of time if you are in a rush. They play a lot of Iron Maiden.
Cartel Coffee: Best coffee in the southwest! Coffee brewed one cup at a time in $11,000 Clover machine for only $1.25-1.50!
Pita Jungle: Good pitas
Green vegetarian restaurant: all vegetarian comfort food. Really good even if you eat meat. Try the soynami soft-serve!
Papago Brewery: the bar food kind of stinks but there is a great selection of rotating beers from the west coast and around the world.
Three Roots Coffee: Coffee and vegetarian/vegan food
Slices Pizza: Closest thing to NY pizza I could find around here.
Charlie’s Cafe at ASU: only decent food in Tempe Campus. I recommend the chicken schwarma and chicken tikka.
Timeout Lounge: unassuming bar with booths, cheap drinks
Places in Phoenix:
Lux Coffeebar: very pretty coffeebar. a bike ride every thursday night at 10:30
Lost Leaf: Great selection of beers in bottles at great prices, served from a converted kitchen. Nice little house with art/music.
Roosevelt Tavern: Nice place for wine and cheese and fancy bar food in Downtown Phoenix
Carly’s Bistro: sandwiches and salads
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Try Buono’s Pizza on SW corner of Guadalupe & Dobson for NY pizza. Slices is the bomb, I really like Gus’ too (Rural/Univ SE corner).