Metro Phoenix Dining Thread - Page 36

biggus diggus · #**701** Posted **Dec 2, 2020, 10:47 PM**

Okay, I will try centrico when we start going out to restaurants again. My girlfriend is a nursing professor, there are no risks in my household. Thanks for tips, I really like chilaquiles and a michelada.

ASU Diablo · #**702** Posted **Dec 2, 2020, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by biggus diggus

Okay, I will try centrico when we start going out to restaurants again. My girlfriend is a nursing professor, there are no risks in my household. Thanks for tips, I really like chilaquiles and a michelada.

Well, you really need to give Taco Chelo a shot because their Micheladas are amazing too

Back to Centrico, they have both green and red options for the Chilaquiles, I prefer Red but both are great.

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Originally Posted by exit2lef

Definitely good food and a good value.

Thank you! I'll try the flautas ahogadas this weekend

exit2lef · #**703** Posted **Dec 2, 2020, 11:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by ASU Diablo

Well, you really need to give Taco Chelo a shot because their Micheladas are amazing too

Back to Centrico, they have both green and red options for the Chilaquiles, I prefer Red but both are great.

Thank you! I'll try the flautas ahogadas this weekend

They're not downtown on weekends. Follow their Instagram for their evening and weekend locations:

https://www.instagram.com/lolas_tacos/

Also, the flautas were last week's special. They'll probably come back again soon, but they weren't available yesterday.

soled · #**704** Posted **Dec 3, 2020, 12:04 AM**

If you guys are interested in trying out a nearby hidden Mexican joint that the surrounding neighborhood Mexicans flock to instead of Taco Chelo, try Tacos Huicho on the southwest corner of 20th St and Oak. It's just a half-mile north of Taco Chelo.

TJPHXskyscraperfan · #**705** Posted **Dec 5, 2020, 8:25 AM**

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I'm really sorry my opinions about Mexican food make you so unhappy.

I'm not really trying to start a debate with anyone. I just don't think Downtown Phoenix has any good Mexican food and would love if something opened. Is Canyon Cafe on the good end of Tex Mex? I don't think so. Is Federico's on Central a good taco shop? not really. I guess Taco Boys is pretty decent, so maybe there's one good Mexican restaurant - in my opinion - downtown. You can break "mexican food" into as many sub-genres as you want, I don't think someone on foot in the center of downtown Phoenix has any good options.

That new Tacos Calafia has been my go to recently, where the old Mother Bunch was. Not the center of DT though

TJPHXskyscraperfan · #**706** Posted **Dec 5, 2020, 8:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by biggus diggus

Okay, I will try centrico when we start going out to restaurants again. My girlfriend is a nursing professor, there are no risks in my household. Thanks for tips, I really like chilaquiles and a michelada.

Hmmmmm, My fiancé is in healthcare, from what I’ve seen, most people in healthcare seem pretty nonchalant about getting corona. Most nurses are going to get it at some point, we both did.

exit2lef · #**707** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 9:06 PM**

Update about Roses by the Stairs brewery. After the Phoenix City Council declined to recommend a liquor license due to neighborhood opposition, the issue then went to the state. The AZ Department of Liquor Licenses and Control approved the license, so they can proceed. I was at Little O's next door earlier today and it looked like some work had begun.

PHXFlyer11 · #**708** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by exit2lef

Update about Roses by the Stairs brewery. After the Phoenix City Council declined to recommend a liquor license due to neighborhood opposition, the issue then went to the state. The AZ Department of Liquor Licenses and Control approved the license, so they can proceed. I was at Little O's next door earlier today and it looked like some work had begun.

What what?! I never heard of this brewery! It's opening next to Little O's? I'll be going to Little O's for the first time this week!

exit2lef · #**709** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 10:41 PM**

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What what?! I never heard of this brewery! It's opening next to Little O's? I'll be going to Little O's for the first time this week!

Here's more info:

https://www.abc15.com/entertainment/...pen-in-phoenix

biggus diggus · #**710** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 10:43 PM**

Sort of astonishing that the neighbors would have enough pull with council members to get the license denied, Sal must have been involved. With other restaurants and bars in the immediate proximity there is no precedence to deny them.

PHXFlyer11 · #**711** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 11:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by exit2lef

Here's more info:

https://www.abc15.com/entertainment/...pen-in-phoenix

Thank you! I don't know how I missed this. I was disappointed to see a few places closing at that intersection but Little O's and this will make this a beer hub! Hell yea! Love it even more now that I read about the Blink 182 connection to the name. Can't wait for this.

Phxguy · #**712** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:09 AM**

Small updates:

New sassy breakfast joint at the Cambria (replacing Poppy) called Breakfast Bitch.

The Josephine is now a place called ‘Character’

Lucky Lounge, between Sazerac and Film Bar on 2nd St, promises to be a 70’s themed bar and is having a soft opening this Thursday (12/10)

Highball has replaced Sidebar on 7th Ave

Tacos and Tequila has replaced Humble Pie on 7th St

biggus diggus · #**713** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:13 AM**

I always remarked I was one of the few who really liked Humble Pie. It just hit me that I was, in fact, one of the few who really liked Humble Pie.

PHXFlyer11 · #**714** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phxguy

Small updates:

New sassy breakfast joint at the Cambria (replacing Poppy) called Breakfast Bitch.

The Josephine is now a place called ‘Character’

Lucky Lounge, between Sazerac and Film Bar on 2nd St, promises to be a 70’s themed bar and is having a soft opening this Thursday (12/10)

Highball has replaced Sidebar on 7th Ave

Tacos and Tequila has replaced Humble Pie on 7th St

Thanks for the updates. The last one has me baffled. Didn't Taco and Tequila fail at 40th St and Indian School?

TJPHXskyscraperfan · #**715** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:26 AM**

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Thanks for the updates. The last one has me baffled. Didn't Taco and Tequila fail at 40th St and Indian School?

This place is called Tacos Tijuana

TJPHXskyscraperfan · #**716** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phxguy

Small updates:

New sassy breakfast joint at the Cambria (replacing Poppy) called Breakfast Bitch.

The Josephine is now a place called ‘Character’

Lucky Lounge, between Sazerac and Film Bar on 2nd St, promises to be a 70’s themed bar and is having a soft opening this Thursday (12/10)

Highball has replaced Sidebar on 7th Ave

Tacos and Tequila has replaced Humble Pie on 7th St

It looks like it’s called Tacos Tijuana, as if we don’t have enough tacos joints,lol. But it’s definitely remarkable how many businesses are opening as some close. Downtown will boom this year with all the apartments that will open this year. Even if the Suns don’t have a lot of fans. I’m sure by the time baseball starts, the Dbacks should be at half full which is about as full as it gets anyway,lol. I hope Willys Taco Joint opens back up! I think it will, they depend on events. Colliers Center is the most depleted out of anywhere I’ve seen, Hard Rock must of saw this coming closing before Corona and The Park closing along with most of the fast food in there. Hope to see Colliers fill up as Adeline completes and fills up!

PHXFlyer11 · #**717** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 12:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by TJPHXskyscraperfan

It looks like it’s called Tacos Tijuana, as if we don’t have enough tacos joints,lol. But it’s definitely remarkable how many businesses are opening as some close. Downtown will boom this year with all the apartments that will open this year. Even if the Suns don’t have a lot of fans. I’m sure by the time baseball starts, the Dbacks should be at half full which is about as full as it gets anyway,lol. I hope Willys Taco Joint opens back up! I think it will, they depend on events. Colliers Center is the most depleted out of anywhere I’ve seen, Hard Rock must of saw this coming closing before Corona and The Park closing along with most of the fast food in there. Hope to see Colliers fill up as Adeline completes and fills up!

It's interesting for sure. While many businesses have been forced to shut, it also presents a new opportunity for people to start a business and chase their dreams with cheaper rents. It's all about timing, and unfortunately many restaurants are a victim us this. But it's great to see that it hasn't dampened the entrepreneurial spirit and many others are willing to jump in head first now. Hopefully things get back to normal soon so these new businesses can survive.

It it were me I sure as hell wouldn't be opening anything right now unless I knew I had enough cash to burn for 12-months. And I don't love burning cash, so I'd probably try and wait it out a few more months until things seem to turn back for good.

Mr.RE · #**718** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Phxguy

Small updates:

New sassy breakfast joint at the Cambria (replacing Poppy) called Breakfast Bitch.

The Josephine is now a place called ‘Character’

Lucky Lounge, between Sazerac and Film Bar on 2nd St, promises to be a 70’s themed bar and is having a soft opening this Thursday (12/10)

Highball has replaced Sidebar on 7th Ave

Tacos and Tequila has replaced Humble Pie on 7th St

I get the above reference for "Breakfast Bitch" tied to "its brittney bitch" (maybe?) but I sure as hell wouldn't take my kids there. Doesn't seem like a family friendly breakfast joint lol. Bold move tho!

biggus diggus · #**719** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 4:30 PM**

I think it's just the millennial idea of "funny". So to say "it's breakfast, bitch!" It sounds basic and unintelligent to me, I won't be going.

PHXFlyer11 · #**720** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by biggus diggus

I think it's just the millennial idea of "funny". So to say "it's breakfast, bitch!" It sounds basic and unintelligent to me, I won't be going.

Gimmick for sure. I give it a year, tops.