Category: Media

The MXSW website experienced a major meltdown over the weekend due to a malware attack and a WordPress update that was incompatible with some of the site’s coding. The good news is all the stories and photos have been restored.

Las Vegas-based TikTok sensation Keith Lee made good on last week’s promise to visit Arizona, posting reviews of several Valley restaurants this week for his 15.9 million followers on the platform. Where did he go? His first review was Republica

📲 Keith Lee, the former MMA fighter turned food critic whose TikTok videos are followed by more than 15 million people, is coming to check out restaurants in Arizona. Recommendations sought In a social media post, Lee says he’s looking

🔪 Valley chefs Matt Jordan and Gio Osso will face off tonight on the Food Network’s “SuperChef Grudge Match” with the winner getting the loser’s favorite knife and $10,000. Jordan (left) is a corporate chef for Nestle Professional. Osso (right)

🏆 Another day, another list of restaurant rankings. This time it’s Esquire’s annual list of the Best New Restaurants in America, and two downtown Phoenix restaurants are among this year’s 50 honorees. One is Chilte, the Mexican restaurant at the

⌨️ Great news for those who are passionate about the Valley’s food scene: Former AZCentral restaurant critic Dominic Armato has resurrected his food discussion website PHXfoodnerds. The bulletin board-style site explores categories such as Phoenix Eats; Kitchen, Market & Garden; Events

🎬 ‘‘Uncanny Valley,’’ a docuseries going behind the scenes of the local restaurant industry, launches online today with the first episode featuring Asian fusion restaurant Belly Kitchen & Bar. The episode won best documentary/short documentary at the Toronto Indie Shorts, Santa

Dominic Armato, who critiqued restaurants for the Arizona Republic and AZCentral.com from 2015-2020 before resigning to take a much-needed break from the business, has hooked up with the alt-weekly Phoenix New Times, where he will write one monthly review on

Kudos to Craft 64, which earned a respectable 7.5 rating during a visit by Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy over the weekend. 🍕 Aside from his online sports conglomerate, Portnoy has cult following for his YouTube show ‘‘One Bite Pizza

Edible Phoenix, an award-winning quarterly magazine that chronicles the Valley’s slow-food scene, has a new owner and editor, assuring the 17-year-old periodical will live on. 🚜 What it covers: The abundance of local foods in Phoenix with articles featuring farmers,

Roberto Centeno, co-owner of Espiritu in downtown Mesa and grill master at Bacanora in downtown Phoenix, won Tuesday’s episode of ‘‘Chopped’’ on the Food Network. The competiton: Centeno and three other chefs experienced in live-fire 🔥 cooking competed in three

Edible Phoenix, the award-winning quarterly magazine that chronicles the Valley’s slow-food scene, is up for sale because publisher and editor Pamela Hamilton plans to retire next month. The history: Edible Phoenix, which Hamilton launched in 2005, is part of Edible

Pastry chef Lola Forbes from Spooky’s Swirls, a horror- and sci-fi-themed bakery in Chandler, competes tonight in the Season 8 opener of ‘‘Halloween Baking Championship’’ on the Food Network. The show: Twelve bakers create spooky or creepy treats for three

Bacanora, the acclaimed Mexican restaurant in downtown Phoenix, has been named to Bon Appetit’s annual list of the 50 Best New Restaurants in the U.S. The history: Former Ghost Ranch chef Rene Andrade partnered with Armando Hernandez and Nadia Holguin of Tacos Chiwas

Pizzeria Bianco founder Chris Bianco will be one of the subjects of ‘‘Chef’s Table Pizza,’’ a new spinoff of Netflix’s popular documentary series ‘‘Chef’s Table.’’ The six-episode spinoff, which debuts Sept. 7, will feature six of the world’s most famous pizza

Bravo’s Emmy-winning reality series ‘‘Top Chef,’’ which has spent most of its 19th season in Houston, moves to Tucson for the final two episodes. Featured guests will include Carlotta Flores of legendary El Charro Cafe, Don Guerra of Barrio Bread,

Now in my 12th year writing Mouth by Southwest, my strategy for covering Phoenix metro area restaurants, breweries, and bars has been simple: Short, to-the-point posts focusing on openings, closings, and events. It’s what analytics tell me readers want, and