Phoenix's famous pizzeria Bianco. Photo © John Hall photography."I go here every Monday for lunch on my day off. It's a local pub around the corner from my house and they serve really fresh salads and sandwiches. I have a Sophie's salad every week, without the cheese. It's super simple, just greens, artichoke, tomatoes, onions, pine nuts and balsamic dressing. Matt, the owner is like, 'Will you please try another salad?' "But I'm a creature of habit." tmialehouse.com
"The omakase at Nobuo at teeter House in downtown Phoenix is spectacular." It's only served on weekends and you have to reserve in advance. We went there for Pavle's birthday recently and they serve things like oysters marinated in ponzu, and grilled Washugyu beef with wild mushrooms. On regular nights, the menu is more izakaya style." nobuofukuda.com
"Chris Bianco has always been somebody I admire for his simplicity. Hey brother does very simple pastas that they make in-house, and his makes all the bread for the restaurant. "Bianco is about to put a pizza oven in so he can start doing dinners with whole animals like lambs, pigs and goats from nearby farms." pizzeriabianco.com
"Bianco's pizzas are really thin, done in a wood-burning oven. They're really simple, but delicious. I love to eat here whenever I have the time. "Now that they're open for lunch the wait is better-I once waited two and a half hours to get in for dinner." pizzeriabianco.com
"I love the ambiance at Quiessence." It's located at the farm at South Mountain, a gorgeous property, which also has a breakfast spot, café and spiritual center / spa. During dinner, it's so beautiful looking out over the farmland and seeing vegetables and pecan trees - well, maybe other people wouldn't think that's romanticism, but as a chef, I think it's really nice. "The menu is really six new American food and we have a lot of the same purveyors-we both buy these great chickens from a guy who's known as the egg man." quiessencerestaurant.com
"I stopped making ice cream at my restaurant, because I just get it from Helen at sweet Republic. I usually ask her to make different flavors depending on what fruits I have around. I'll give her cases of cantaloupes or Arizona grapefruit or peaches and she brings me back sorbets or ice creams. "We actually trade-she makes my ice cream and I cook her dinner at one of my restaurants." sweetrepublic.com
"Eugenia Theodosopoulos makes the best croissants. Her husband is French and they lived in France for a while, so she learned to make croissants there. I up here-her husband went to ASU back'm so glad they ended and he insisted that they had to come back to Arizona. "She'd rather be living in France, but I feel fortunate to have her here!" essencebakery.com
"Pavle and I recently found this little gem near Glendale, and owner Sun Johnson does lots of Korean small plates and amazing pickles and condiments a little." It's just delicious. And they're open until 2 a.m..! Sometimes we'll get a little group of cooks together after work to get something to eat there. It's a one woman show: Johnson there is lunch and dinner, seven days a week. She even does karaoke. She has a little disco ball hanging up and she starts dancing with a microphone."
"If we get stuck working on a Monday, Pavle and I run over to a quick to get pho. They always greet me and say ' Hi, boss! Vegetarian sauce?' And I'll say: 'Yes, please!' They'll bring noodles in a delicious broth out. a bowl of tofu and bok choy and homemade"
"Whether you need a knife or tweezers or a peeler or a nutmeg grater, you can find it here. My friend Eytan Zia's owns the shop and he has a passion for knives search. I work in at the open kitchen, so people ask me all the time where I get mine. I tell them the knife house-I recommend it to everybody." phoenixknifehouse.com
Andreoli has a lot of Italian products-the owner, Giovanni Scorzo, brings in meat, cheeses and olives from Italy. "He'll have stuff in the back that just came off the plane from Italy, like this beautiful, silky burrata, and he makes his own bread." Andreoli-grocer.com
"You can get preserved lemons and all sorts of spices like cumin or allspice bagged separately. I buy most of my spices there. They move so quickly through them, so you know they haven't been sitting long. They have a little Middle Eastern restaurant in there too, so if you're hungry, try the veggie plate." Haji baba.com
"Frank Lloyd Wright's former home and studio is an awesome place to go check out." He designed it, and it's been there forever. "You can see the studio where he worked, and take a tour of his beautiful home." franklloydwright.org
"Arcosanti is more of a commune, where people live and work, including artist Paolo Soleri." He also has a studio in Phoenix where he makes and sells his amazing Soleri bells (decorative windbells in materials like ceramic and bronze). He of in his 90s, but travels back and between national studios every week. You can stay at Arcosanti for less than $100 a night." Arcosanti.org
"The Clarendon is a boutique hotel that's very retro, and they have a terrific restaurant called Gallo Blanco." "They do very light, clean, Mexico City-style Mexican food, without a lot of cheese." theclarendon.NET
"This is a historic hotel that opened in 1956, and it's still very cool, with a midcentury-modern design. It's not far from FnB restaurant." hotelvalleyho.com
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