Guidebook for Phoenix

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Guidebook for Phoenix

Essentials

Easy walk for fresh produce, groceries, wine and beer. Also has a Bank of America ATM.
260 locals recommend
Sprouts Farmers Market
2824 E Indian School Rd
260 locals recommend
Easy walk for fresh produce, groceries, wine and beer. Also has a Bank of America ATM.
Short drive away.
413 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
7720 W Bell Rd
413 locals recommend
Short drive away.
Short drive away.
218 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
4701 N 20th St
218 locals recommend
Short drive away.
One mile away. Walk or drive.
413 locals recommend
Safeway
340 E McDowell Rd
413 locals recommend
One mile away. Walk or drive.

Shopping

Easy walk. Has everything you may have forgotten. Also has wine, beer, spirits.
18 locals recommend
Walgreens
7000 N 16th St
18 locals recommend
Easy walk. Has everything you may have forgotten. Also has wine, beer, spirits.
Upscale shopping and dining
494 locals recommend
Biltmore Fashion Park
2502 E Camelback Rd
494 locals recommend
Upscale shopping and dining
The biggest and best in the valley.
48 locals recommend
Uptown Farmers Market
5757 N Central Ave
48 locals recommend
The biggest and best in the valley.

Food Scene

Asian cuisine, sushi, seasonal beer selection, full bar and happy hour 7 days a week. Casual Asian Pub a short walk away.
16 locals recommend
Moto
6845 N 16th St
16 locals recommend
Asian cuisine, sushi, seasonal beer selection, full bar and happy hour 7 days a week. Casual Asian Pub a short walk away.
Babbo Italian Eatery has contemporary Italian cuisine, in a family friendly, casual atmosphere.
57 locals recommend
Babbo Italian Eatery
6855 N 16th St
57 locals recommend
Babbo Italian Eatery has contemporary Italian cuisine, in a family friendly, casual atmosphere.
Short walk away and quick.
38 locals recommend
Panda Express
6501 E Greenway Pkwy
38 locals recommend
Short walk away and quick.
Pomelo is a place for American food and drinks, with an Arizona twist. They use homegrown ingredients to create simple, traditional food with a bit of gourmet flair.
10 locals recommend
Pomelo
7100 North 12th Street
10 locals recommend
Pomelo is a place for American food and drinks, with an Arizona twist. They use homegrown ingredients to create simple, traditional food with a bit of gourmet flair.
Luci’s at the Orchard combines a gourmet market and cafe in a historic Phoenix ranch home. Join us for great salads, sandwiches and all day breakfast, along with Splurge’s homemade gelato. The marketplace showcases an exciting collection of candles, artisan soaps, gourmet foods, toys and games for the kids, and other unique gifts.
79 locals recommend
Luci's at the Orchard
7100 N 12th St
79 locals recommend
Luci’s at the Orchard combines a gourmet market and cafe in a historic Phoenix ranch home. Join us for great salads, sandwiches and all day breakfast, along with Splurge’s homemade gelato. The marketplace showcases an exciting collection of candles, artisan soaps, gourmet foods, toys and games for the kids, and other unique gifts.
Luci’s Healthy Marketplace is a unique Café, Coffee Bar and Marketplace. Featuring quality organic and natural products from reputable local and regional vendors, including meats, seafood, dairy, cheeses, snacks, entrees, wine and beer, supplements, cosmetics, baby care, pet care, cleaning, gifts and more. A wide Variety of Freshly-cooked meals are available throughout the day plus our Fresh Grab and Go Menu items are available for a quick in and out. We serve our delicious Breakfast Menu items all day.
67 locals recommend
Luci's Healthy Marketplace
1590 E Bethany Home Rd
67 locals recommend
Luci’s Healthy Marketplace is a unique Café, Coffee Bar and Marketplace. Featuring quality organic and natural products from reputable local and regional vendors, including meats, seafood, dairy, cheeses, snacks, entrees, wine and beer, supplements, cosmetics, baby care, pet care, cleaning, gifts and more. A wide Variety of Freshly-cooked meals are available throughout the day plus our Fresh Grab and Go Menu items are available for a quick in and out. We serve our delicious Breakfast Menu items all day.
You may be craving this.
19 locals recommend
Starbucks
1601 E Bethany Home Rd
19 locals recommend
You may be craving this.
Drive through coffee with a smile. West on Glendale.
44 locals recommend
Dutch Bros
4433 W Camelback Rd
44 locals recommend
Drive through coffee with a smile. West on Glendale.
Best pizza in the country? I don't know, but I like it. Critics, customers and fellow chefs have had their say over the years, including: The New York Times call the pizza “perhaps the best in America” (“The Road to Pizza Nirvana goes through Phoenix”, NYT, July 2004.) Rachael Ray declared Pizzeria Bianco the winner of her Pizza Madness Bracket, a contest of pizzerias across the nation in 2010. Food & Wine has labeled Chris’ pizza as “arguably the best pizza in America” (June 2005, June 2009) Zagat named Chris as one of the 6 chefs who changed pizza
237 locals recommend
Pizzeria Bianco
623 E Adams St
237 locals recommend
Best pizza in the country? I don't know, but I like it. Critics, customers and fellow chefs have had their say over the years, including: The New York Times call the pizza “perhaps the best in America” (“The Road to Pizza Nirvana goes through Phoenix”, NYT, July 2004.) Rachael Ray declared Pizzeria Bianco the winner of her Pizza Madness Bracket, a contest of pizzerias across the nation in 2010. Food & Wine has labeled Chris’ pizza as “arguably the best pizza in America” (June 2005, June 2009) Zagat named Chris as one of the 6 chefs who changed pizza
Familiar chain restaurant
Panera Bread
1125 E Glendale Ave
Familiar chain restaurant
Falafel, beans, veggies, hummus, salads, pitas, burgers, entrees. Everything is good. Lots of vegetarian and vegan choices. Also salmon, chicken. Happy hours tapas are a cheap way to eat dinner.
20 locals recommend
Pita Jungle - Uptown
5505 N 7th St
20 locals recommend
Falafel, beans, veggies, hummus, salads, pitas, burgers, entrees. Everything is good. Lots of vegetarian and vegan choices. Also salmon, chicken. Happy hours tapas are a cheap way to eat dinner.
Easy walk, next to Walgreens. Good, fast Mexican food. I love the chilaquiles.
23 locals recommend
Los Taquitos
7000 N 16th St
23 locals recommend
Easy walk, next to Walgreens. Good, fast Mexican food. I love the chilaquiles.
All vegan
86 locals recommend
The Coronado PHX
2245 N 12th St
86 locals recommend
All vegan
Vegan comfort food at Green and Nami
163 locals recommend
Green New American Vegetarian
2022 N 7th St
163 locals recommend
Vegan comfort food at Green and Nami

Getting Around

http://www.valleymetro.org/planning_your_trip
16 locals recommend
Valley Metro
101 N 1st Ave
16 locals recommend
http://www.valleymetro.org/planning_your_trip

Sightseeing

One of my favorite places in Phoenix for getting a dose of nature with beautiful views.
1231 locals recommend
Desert Botanical Garden
1231 locals recommend
One of my favorite places in Phoenix for getting a dose of nature with beautiful views.
Great trails for most every ability and views of the city.
489 locals recommend
Piestewa Peak
489 locals recommend
Great trails for most every ability and views of the city.
Taliesin West is a national historic landmark nestled in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains outside of Scottsdale, AZ. It is also the home of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Taliesin, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Wright’s beloved winter home and the bustling headquarters of the Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West was established in 1937 and diligently handcrafted over many years into a utopian world unto itself. Deeply connected to the desert from which it was forged, Taliesin West possesses an almost prehistoric grandeur. It was built and maintained almost entirely by Wright and his apprentices, making it among the most personal of the architect’s creations. A lively community, Taliesin West is open to the public and offers a broad range of tours. Come experience the place that Wright called “the top of the world.”
296 locals recommend
Taliesin West
12621 N Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd
296 locals recommend
Taliesin West is a national historic landmark nestled in the desert foothills of the McDowell Mountains outside of Scottsdale, AZ. It is also the home of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Taliesin, The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Wright’s beloved winter home and the bustling headquarters of the Taliesin Fellowship, Taliesin West was established in 1937 and diligently handcrafted over many years into a utopian world unto itself. Deeply connected to the desert from which it was forged, Taliesin West possesses an almost prehistoric grandeur. It was built and maintained almost entirely by Wright and his apprentices, making it among the most personal of the architect’s creations. A lively community, Taliesin West is open to the public and offers a broad range of tours. Come experience the place that Wright called “the top of the world.”
Welcome to Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The word “Cosanti” comes from two Italian terms: “Cosa” and “Anti,” which together mean, literally, “Before (or Against) Things.” Here at the residence and sculpture studios of Paolo Soleri and his staff, architecture has come before everything else, and indeed, it is the architecture of this place that makes things possible here. Choosing the idea that Cosanti means “Against Things” leads to an understanding of Soleri’s anti-materialist stance: the ideas generated here have helped to develop a lean and frugal methodology for approaching life on earth and the designs of cities that would support that attitude and that life. Either way, Soleri, (later joined by his students) began work on the experimental buildings of Cosanti in the mid 1950’s. Designated as an Arizona Historic Site, Cosanti presents a unique bio-climatic architectural environment. Its structures feature many imaginative design elements, reflecting Soleri’s innovative construction techniques.
46 locals recommend
Cosanti Originals
6433 E Doubletree Ranch Rd
46 locals recommend
Welcome to Cosanti in Paradise Valley, Arizona. The word “Cosanti” comes from two Italian terms: “Cosa” and “Anti,” which together mean, literally, “Before (or Against) Things.” Here at the residence and sculpture studios of Paolo Soleri and his staff, architecture has come before everything else, and indeed, it is the architecture of this place that makes things possible here. Choosing the idea that Cosanti means “Against Things” leads to an understanding of Soleri’s anti-materialist stance: the ideas generated here have helped to develop a lean and frugal methodology for approaching life on earth and the designs of cities that would support that attitude and that life. Either way, Soleri, (later joined by his students) began work on the experimental buildings of Cosanti in the mid 1950’s. Designated as an Arizona Historic Site, Cosanti presents a unique bio-climatic architectural environment. Its structures feature many imaginative design elements, reflecting Soleri’s innovative construction techniques.

Arts & Culture

comfy seating and food service
112 locals recommend
AMC Esplanade 14
2515 E Camelback Rd
112 locals recommend
comfy seating and food service
An institution of exciting art and learning since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum has become the largest art museum in the southwestern United States, providing access to art from all over the world to the people of Arizona.
686 locals recommend
Phoenix Art Museum
1625 N Central Ave
686 locals recommend
An institution of exciting art and learning since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum has become the largest art museum in the southwestern United States, providing access to art from all over the world to the people of Arizona.
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), situated on a twenty-one acre, beautifully landscaped park in the middle of downtown Scottsdale, presents the best of contemporary art, architecture and design from around the world and from around the corner. Our nine to twelve exhibitions per year rotate continually so that a visitor will always experience the most current works of art that represent the thinking of the best and the brightest.
218 locals recommend
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 E 2nd St
218 locals recommend
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), situated on a twenty-one acre, beautifully landscaped park in the middle of downtown Scottsdale, presents the best of contemporary art, architecture and design from around the world and from around the corner. Our nine to twelve exhibitions per year rotate continually so that a visitor will always experience the most current works of art that represent the thinking of the best and the brightest.
Dedicated to the sensitive and accurate portrayal of Native arts and cultures, the Heard is an institution that successfully combines the stories of American Indian people from a personal perspective with the beauty of art. Through innovative programs, world-class exhibitions and unmatched festivals, the Heard Museum sets the standard nationally for collaborating with Native people to present first-person voices. Partnerships with American Indian artists and tribal communities provide visitors with a distinctive perspective about the art and cultures of Native people, especially those from the Southwest.
653 locals recommend
Heard Museum
2301 N Central Ave
653 locals recommend
Dedicated to the sensitive and accurate portrayal of Native arts and cultures, the Heard is an institution that successfully combines the stories of American Indian people from a personal perspective with the beauty of art. Through innovative programs, world-class exhibitions and unmatched festivals, the Heard Museum sets the standard nationally for collaborating with Native people to present first-person voices. Partnerships with American Indian artists and tribal communities provide visitors with a distinctive perspective about the art and cultures of Native people, especially those from the Southwest.
MIM displays more than 6,500 instruments collected from around 200 of the world’s countries and territories. Most displays are enhanced by state-of-the-art audio and video technologies that allow guests to see the instruments, hear their sounds, and observe them being played in their original contexts—performances that are often as spectacular as the instruments themselves. What’s more, all guests are invited to play instruments from around the world in the Experience Gallery. They can also see instruments from music icons such as John Lennon, Taylor Swift, Elvis Presley, Carlos Santana, and many more in the Artist Gallery.
652 locals recommend
Musical Instrument Museum
4725 E Mayo Blvd
652 locals recommend
MIM displays more than 6,500 instruments collected from around 200 of the world’s countries and territories. Most displays are enhanced by state-of-the-art audio and video technologies that allow guests to see the instruments, hear their sounds, and observe them being played in their original contexts—performances that are often as spectacular as the instruments themselves. What’s more, all guests are invited to play instruments from around the world in the Experience Gallery. They can also see instruments from music icons such as John Lennon, Taylor Swift, Elvis Presley, Carlos Santana, and many more in the Artist Gallery.
Oldest theatre in the southwest. Professional. Mostly musicals. I volunteer there.
42 locals recommend
The Phoenix Theatre Company
1825 N Central Ave
42 locals recommend
Oldest theatre in the southwest. Professional. Mostly musicals. I volunteer there.
Broadway series and Beyond series. Also, the student concerts are wonderful.
100 locals recommend
ASU Gammage
1200 S Forest Ave
100 locals recommend
Broadway series and Beyond series. Also, the student concerts are wonderful.
Several arts companies call these stages home.
74 locals recommend
Herberger Theater Center
222 E Monroe St
74 locals recommend
Several arts companies call these stages home.

Drinks & Nightlife

The Rhythm Room Roots, Blues & Concert Club in Phoenix, Arizona is a live music venue hosting local and national acts on a nightly basis.
45 locals recommend
The Rhythm Room
1019 E Indian School Rd
45 locals recommend
The Rhythm Room Roots, Blues & Concert Club in Phoenix, Arizona is a live music venue hosting local and national acts on a nightly basis.