PHX Stories: Southern Food in Phoenix
A transplanted Southerner satisfies her hankering for the tastes of home. By Suzanne Wright I’m an adopted daughter of both the South and Southwest. After living more than 35 years in the Deep South…
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PHX Stories: Slices of Heaven
One pizza lover eats her way through the upper crust of Phoenix’s formidable pizza scene Most pizzas are consumed quickly and then forgotten. But the part of my brain that catalogs food memories is…
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PHX Stories: Cobra Arcade Bar
Ariel Bracamonte’s passion project is a game changer for downtown Phoenix’s bar scene. By Sally J. Clasen As a boy growing up in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale in the 1980s, Ariel Bracamonte would…
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PHX Stories: Spur Cross Wildflowers
400 species of desert grow in this tiny county park, and ranger Kevin Smith knows (almost) all of them. I fell in love with flowers in Phoenix. Before I moved here, I liked the plastic-wrapped, cut…
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PHX Stories: The Catalina Pool
The Catalina Pool, circa the 1930s This Arizona Biltmore pool is where Marilyn Monroe preferred to sunbathe, and Irving Berlin first dreamed of a ‘White Christmas’. By Suzanne Wright Pools have…
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PHX Stories: The Tamale Store
In her quest to create the perfect tamale, Martha Castillo built a family business with a cultish following. From left to right: Pauline Pimienta, Martha Castillo, Maria Stanzak and Caroline…
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PHX Stories: Cocktail Hour(s)
Bitter & Twisted barman Ross Simon takes writer on a tour of his favorite CenPho cocktail spots. Ross Simon, owner of Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour and co-owner of Little Rituals. By Nora Burba…
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PHX Stories: Crop to Cup at Peixoto Coffee
A daughter carries on a legacy by roasting beans from the family farm in Brazil at a coffee shop in Chandler. by Teresa Bitler Julia Peixoto Peters’ father didn’t want her to go into the family…
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PHX Stories: Maker of Relics
Jewelry designer Alex Ozers forges brass and copper into wearable art that feels aged by desert forces By Sally J. Clasen Jewelry designer Alex Ozers used to make large-format paintings with a…
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PHX Stories: Analog Phoenix
In search of tangible things in a digital age, a local writer finds where to ditch screens and go old school in central Phoenix. I have trudged, grudgingly, into the digital world. I’ve uploaded…
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