Eat
Valentine
Midcentury room, tight menu, cocktails that punch above the price.
Uptown Phoenix
$$Indoors
Girls' Night
Big tables, good lighting, and somewhere to go after.
October · Peak Phoenix
October is the payoff. Trails, festivals, rooftop everything — go outside while it lasts.
Eat
Barrio Café
Silvana Salcido Esparza's cochinita pibil and the mural district that grew around it.
16th Street
$$Indoors
Eat
The Churchill
Shipping-container courtyard of small local kitchens and a shaded bar. Everybody finds something.
Roosevelt Row
$Indoor + out
Eat
Arizona Wilderness DTPHX
Arizona-grain beer, a patio with misters that actually work, and a kitchen that takes itself seriously.
Downtown Phoenix
$$Indoor + out
Eat
Ocotillo
The prettiest patio on Central once the evenings drop below 95.
Coronado / Midtown
$$Outdoors
Eat
The Mission
Salt-block guacamole, candlelight, and the pre-dinner bar you'll linger at.
Old Town Scottsdale
$$Indoors
Eat
Diego Pops
Brussels sprout nachos and frozen palomas. It's fine, you'll order both.
Old Town Scottsdale
$Indoor + out
Eat
Postino Arcadia
Bruschetta boards and the $25 board-and-bottle deal after 8pm. Still undefeated.
Arcadia
$Indoor + out
Do
Topgolf Riverwalk
Misted bays, bad swings, good queso. Works for a birthday or a Tuesday.
Scottsdale Riverwalk
$$Indoor + out
Do
Stand Up Live
National headliners in a low-ceiling room downtown. Two-drink minimum, worth it.
Downtown Phoenix
$$Indoors
Do
The Van Buren fall season
A 1930s auto showroom turned 1,800-cap venue. Fall lineup drops all September.
Downtown PhoenixSep 1 – Dec 20
$$Indoors
Date to confirm
Do
Wheel-throwing night class
Two hours at the wheel, one mug you'll actually keep. Book a week out.
Grand Ave
$$Indoors