Bar - Greasewood Flat

Photograph taken from Greasewood Flat website

Greasewood Flat

27500 N Alma School Pkwy
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
Phone: (480) 585-9430
Fax: (480) 515-1481
Hours: Daily: 11 am-11am
Live music: Th-F: 7pm, Sat: 3pm, Sun: 2pm
www.greasewoodflat.net

Greasewood Flat satisfies any yearnings for the times when a hard working hand could eat up in peace around a campfire, hard liquor scraping the gullet to go with charred chops and ash laden beans.

Hard working dudes can still dream it up in this old desert party bunkhouse more than a century old. Hearty burgers and hot dogs, open-air grilled like they should, pair with cowboy beans, nachos, and chili. No sissy sauces to ruin them all.

Burgers are 90% free of fat. When culprits are caught, no doubt
they will pay.

Outside picnic tables rule, bare and hard. Live music shows are allowed on weekends, and desert campfires warm up cold beer drinkers when evenings are cold.

Marshmallows show up once in a while, roasted and sweet. No weaknes, folks, John Wayne would have approved
a campfire cowboy sweet tooth.

Bar - Suite 301

Photograph taken from Suite 301 website

Suite 301

501 S. Mill Ave Suite 301
Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: 480.967.3060
FAX: 480.967.3257
www.suite301tempe.com
E-mail: info@suite301tempe.com
Hours: Sun:8pm-2am, M-Sat: 5pm- 2am

From its third floor location, 301 has a vantage place to watch the Arizona sunset and the Mill Avenue buzz in between libations and mutual enjoyment.

A corner fireplace in a large patio terrace invites to partying outside, lounging on white round beds, nursing conversation and drinks around square tables, or contemplating the street and the sky perched on bar stools at the counter that lines one edge of the terrace. VIP areas like small sitting rooms behind sheer white curtains bestow VIP feelings.

All kinds of beers fuel the joyful moods; but the Drinks with Altitude martinis steal the bar show looking like jewels with their intense, sparkling colors.

This is a nightclub. Count on loud and festive DJ mixed sounds to go with the loud and festive people who sits or stands around each other or around the girls who give it a go at the dancing poles.

Restaurant - Sapporo

Photograph taken from Sapporo website

Sapporo

14344 N. Scottsdale Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Phone: 480.607.1114
Fax: 480-596-8650
www.sappororestaurants.com
Hours: Sun-Thur: 4pm-12am, Fri-Sat: 4pm-1am
Happy Hour: Daily: 4-7pm
Parking: Lot, and valet

This is a sushi place with a modern Tokyo attitude. A bold neon sign announces its presence inviting to cross the well-lit entry space.

Inside, running water walls, river rocks, bamboo floors, and jellyfish tanks invite to far-East relaxation, while neon ambient lights and enticing cocktails are luring more up-beating moods. That’s were the watch and be watched action is on weekends.

Plenty of sushi, sashimi, and other delicacies like Kobe beef and lobster dumplings keep the human power-source going and happy.

For a more quiet evening, Teppan Yaki tables carry on their own show of slicing and grilling in the back dining area. Be loud or be quiet, Zen can be reached here.

Restaurant - Lotus Sushi & Saketini

Lotus Sushi & Saketini

4252 N. Drinkwater Blvd.
Scottsdale, 85251
Phone: (480) 994-5688
www.lotusaz.com
Hours: T-Th: 5pm-12am, F-Sat: 5pm-4am
Happy Hour: 5pm-7pm

It is a good thing to have Lotus Sushi & Saketini around for a little or a big something to eat before or after club hoping or movie going. It can be the main destination too, for a weekend outing in a trendy sushi premise immersed in
clubby music.



Assorted cocktails and other drinks lead in the izakaya lounge atmosphere to be experienced with anything from an extensive list of specialty sushi rolls, tempuras, and satays.

Sharing menu space with ribs, calamari and more hefty yaki plates, Lotus offers some extras like a lobster appearance in miso soup, salad, and tempura.

Restaurant- Barcelona

Photograph taken from Barcelona website

Barcelona

15440 Greenway-Hayden Loop
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(480) 603-0370
www.barcelonaarizona.com
Hours: M-W: 4pm-11pm, Th-Sat: 4pm-2am, Sun: Only private parties
Parking: Street, and paid valet

It looks large and grand from the outside. It’s large and grand
in the inside.

Private parties in their own private rooms, are treated like the VIPs they are. Smokers are happy in their own Smoking area without fear of withdrawal.

To the strike of ten, the large dining room under a high dome changes to a steamy dance club for partying until early in the morning, vigor permitting. From varied specials, paella, fish and great steaks, to high-energy dancing with a tick of the clock.

If the live, loud music gets in the way of sweet whispers, the cooing can move to tapas and drinks in the comfortable outside patio lounge.

Restaurant - House of Tricks

Photograph taken from House of Tricks website

House of Tricks

114 East 7th Street
Tempe, AZ 85281
(480) 968-1114
www.houseoftricks.com/
E-mail: dining@houseoftricks.com
Hours: M-Sat: 11am-10pm, Sun: Closed

No need for a cottage in Provence or the Costwolds
for lunch or dinner on the garden, dahling! House of Tricks takes its guests to the bucolic charm of properly set tables under the shade of grape vines, surrounded by trellises and rose bushes.

Refined pastoral fantasies fully materialize when orders arrive flaunting modern touches over solid French cuisine techniques. The quiche of any day is perfect for a wished countryside lunch. Fresh vegetables and delicate sauces dance around all kinds of meats. Cous-cous, hummus, jalapeño, tortilla, miso, shiitake, tamarind, coconut milk, pasta, and Italian cheeses, among others, show up in the right places to enhance, complement, or complete.

Little known hand-picked wines are ready to lift menu choices further.

Inside two 1920s homes furnished with antiques, elegant country tables at their best wait behind the garden for formal lunching or dinning.

Restaurant - Haus Murphy

Photgraph taken from Haus Murphy website

Haus Murphy's

5739 W. Glendale Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85301
(623) 939-2480
http://www.hausmurphys.com
Hours of Operation:
Monday: Closed
T-Sat: 11am-9pm, Sun: 12pm-8pm

The crest on the glass door and the busy, colorful interior announce Bavarian eatery.

All salads come with pumpernickel and rye breads. A moment of doubt...Gnocchi and spinach salad sound suspiciously Italian.

But, the soup of the day is called Tagesuppe. Spaetzel, sauerkraut, potatoes, and red cabbage come with most main dishes. Six kinds of Schnitzel. German Sausages have their own menu section. Grandma’s cabbage rolls go by a Kraut Roulade alias. Beers’names are in German.

Uhah! Music, heavy on German polka, comes from the speakers. If Friday or Saturday, live accordion and tuba players get the beer mugs dancing in the outdoors patio called Bier Garten.

This might not be the chestnut trees cladded Munich Biergärten, but it’s as close as anyone can get to robust German meals with all the beer and musical trimmings without leaving Phoenix. This is chef Hoffman’s kitchen and castle, no phony
food chain.

Restaurant - Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace

Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace

7135 E Camelback Rd. Ste 195
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: (480) 751-2200
www.foxrestaurantconcepts.com/olive.html
Hours: Market:
Breakfast: 7:00am-10:30am
Lunch: 10:30am-3:30pm
Gelato & Barista service until 10pm
Restaurant:
Brunch: Sat-Sun 10am-3pm
Lunch: M-F 11am-2:30pm
Dinner: Sun-Th 5pm-10pm, F-Sat 5pm-11pm
Bar: Sun-Th 11am-11:30pm, F-Sat 11am-1am
Small Plates: (bar service) Sun-Th 3pm-11pm, F-Sat 3pm-12am
Parking: Garage, and valet

Olive & Ivy’s access is from Marshall Way, off Camelback Rd. That said, this restaurant’s experience starts with entering an impressively large room that seems to extend its size further into another large expanse, the outdoor dining patio.

As guests enter, The Marketplace greets them with fresh baked goods including the breads served at the tables, gelato, sandwiches made to order, drinks, and other treats to be grabbed on the go by customers who prefer a quick meal.

To those who sit at a table, the menu proudly presents an assortment of dishes with contemporary Mediterranean flavors. The wine list offers excellent wines to compliment menu choices.

A social atmosphere thrives amidst casual-chic dining tables dressed in white tablecloths and candle lights. Private rooms for special occasions are available.

Restaurant - FOX

Photograph taken from FOX website

FOX Sports Grill

The Promenade in Scottsdale
16203 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
480-368-0369
FAX: 480-368-0376
www.foxsportsgrill.com
Open Daily: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Open early during NFL and College Football season.
Also in Glendale:
Westgate City Center
9425 West Coyotes Boulevard
Glendale, AZ 85305
(623) 872-0369

Here is a cool place with all what is expected from a sports grill.

A bar, of course, with projection and plasma screens where all involved follow all kinds of entertainment and sports, cheering and screaming themselves silly over frothy beer and assorted drinks. Good sharing-food anyone can eat with their fingers, bite size burgers being the winners along with smoked wings, chicken wraps and assorted starters to last till the last commentary is said on TV.

Pool tables complete the action next to the bar, sticks hitting and balls rolling.

And that’s not all. FOX has a full menu of well known favorites like luscious ribs, sandwiches, pastas, salads, pizza, and grilled meats that can also be enjoyed in a dining room with a fireplace and no TVs.

Plus, for the ones that prefer the privacy of their own smokes, there is a cigar room waiting with plasma screens.

Restaurant - SKYE

Photograph taken from SKYE website

SKYE

16844 N. Arrowhead Fountains Center Drive
Peoria, AZ 85382
www.skye-restaurant.com
E-mail: reservations@skye-restaurant.com
Phone: (623) 334-0010
Dinner: Sun-Th: 5:00pm-10:00pm, F-Sat: 5:00pm-11:00pm
Bar: Daily: 4pm-1am
Parking: Complimentary valet

Large, upscale, and softly lit, SKYE has a setting to match any of the many hats a dining customer may want to wear.

Dancing and dining? In the lower level. Outdoors dining? In any of four outside patios. A more intimate dining? In the upper level, peeking on the music and dancing going on in the lower level. Total intimacy? In private dining rooms. Drinks to toast oneself or each other? Three well-stocked bars are at the ready, before dinner, after dinner, or with no dinner in the mix.

Daily live entertainment is the unifying feature here. So is artfully presented good all American cuisine, with a twist where needed. New York Gorgonzola Steak and Lobster macaroni and cheese rub elbows with pork chops, rack of lamb, fresh fish, southwest inspired dishes, and other staples.

Flavorful, varied, and safe for a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

Restaurant - FEZ Restaurant & Bar

Photograpgh taken from FEZ website

FEZ Restaurant & Bar

3815 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Ph: 602.287.8700
Fax: 602.287.8708
E-mail: info@fezoncentral.com
www.fezoncentral.com
Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-2pm, 4pm-12am
Fri-Sun 11am-12am
EZ hour: 4-6:30 p. m.
Parking: Free

Modern, sleek, clean cut, urban. A place where daring colors like orange and lime green blend in a tasteful balance with neutral tones. That’s FEZ.

Cooking lab for American fare and Mediterranean flavors. A place for gastronomic adventures and downtown stops for exotic drinks. That’s FEZ too.

Someone could have an All American Burger at FEZ; that is a great one to savor. But, why? The Fez Burger is waiting, with its cinnamon pears, feta, aioli, honey molasses BBQ, and cilantro trimmings added to lettuce and onions. The Tangier Burger is also in line for your picking, smothered in humus and pesto, crowned with manchego cheese. And the list goes on.

Aioli and hummus, spices and garlic are all over the menu. This is a place for romancing the food. Forget about kisses.

Restaurant - elements

Photograph taken from elements website

elements

Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa
5700 E. McDonald Dr.
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
480-607-2300
800.298.9766
http://www.elementsrestaurant.com
e-mail: info@sanctuaryaz.com
Open: daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch.
Parking: Valet parking is available.

Simplicity and glass walls envelop those who enter elements. Nothing intrudes between them and the mystical-sensorial encounter awaiting them.

One the wealthiest neighborhoods in Phoenix lies at the patrons’ feet. The magnificent sight of Camelback mountain and elements’ simple elegance prepare the mind and senses for surrender to taste and view.

Gorgeous food takes patrons into an intimate moment with their taste buds. Local, fresh-from- the-farm seasonal ingredients prepared with an Asian touch come through with no maskings.

At dusk, elements offers the best seats to one of the most spectacular natural displays in the world: The Arizona sky playing its light and color wonders around a fantastic mountain.

The best and most romantic show in town, compliments of the Phoenix sky, can also be enjoyed with friendly strangers at an African wood community table already set with that purpose in mind.

Seen at night December 6 - 15

December 6, 2007
Cornelis Hollander Fashion Show @ 6 Lounge

Rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds. OH, My!

Awed beautiful people followed the show. The air at Six filled with lust. Designer Hollander, good magician of the West, smiled watching his jewels casting spells with sparkles galore.


December 8, 2007
Jason Reinhart event @ 6 Lounge

An osteopathic medical doctor who knows how to throw a hip party? That’s my kind of doctor! He prescribed cheer, drinking, and dancing. Six delivered. Guests followed Dr. Reinhart’s prescription exactly. There couldn’t be better practice than that.


December 12, 2007
944 Holiday Party @ Barcelona-Sutra

Only the dazzling and joyful staffs 944. Their brains are coveted. And this year, even the interns were equally gorgeous, happy, and Ph.D. material. They all celebrated each other at Sutra. Do we need to say more? Eat your heart out!


December 13, 2007
Holiday Party at the Summit Grand Opening @ Cooper Square

Have you seen those Summit condos? They make you want to live downtown. Their Grand Opening bash threw around warm, fuzzy Holidays’ feelings to all. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Seen at night November 20 - 21

November 20, 2007
DJ Rockaton @ Dirty Pretty Rock Bar

It was pretty tight on the dance floor. We didn’t see dirty. DJ Rockaton, and darting lights conducted the movement. No place for chit-chatting, only for grabbing your drink and your partner. Intense, pals!


November 21, 2007
Pre-Thanksgiving Party: DJ Reflex Presented by Aaron Seaford @ Sky Bar

DJ Reflex mixed the streets’ finest notes for the hip-hop pleasure of a ruling crowd. Who churned the event? Aaron Seaford, Creative Entertainment Group Arizona honcho, who was one of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation honorees this year. Now, that’s classy!


November 21, 2007
Pre-Thanksgiving Party for USC vs. ASU @ Canal restaurant

The pre-game party before Thanksgiving at Canal rocked! ASU fans-united got the mood started, cheering for number 11 walking the runway in a red skirt and gold mules. Hey! Don’t start cursing. Fashion modeling was part of the party, guys and gals.

Seen at night November 18 - 20

November 18, 2007
DJ AM @ Pussycat Lounge

DJ AM landed at Pussycat with his Hollywood/Vegas one-man engine going full throttle. Mix, Mix, Mix! beating all night got the party crowd wild.


November 19, 2007
Anquan Boldin Charity at Canal restaurant

Anquan Boldin Foundation got big hearts and big wallets together for a gourmet night at the brand new Canal. Children in need were in mind while curvy footballs wearing Cardinal players’ signatures on the runway kept the blood pressure raising and the bids coming.


November 20, 2007
Havana Tuesday @ Mondrian Sky Bar

At the evening strike of 9, the Rakata Project live Cuban band conjured up island sultriness into Sky bar. Whatever the temperature was, it rose with the loud, sensuous tropical rhythms. Mojitos kept it rising. Quick outside cooling retreats kept combustion at bay.

Seen at night November 16 - 17

November 16, 2007
Stanton Warriors @ Myst

Techno brakes ruled wild in an awesome show of lights and electronica London beat and remixes. The Warriors commanded merriment, chaps. All nightclub soldiers said Aye!


November 16, 2007
Friday @ Jackrabbit

Fun people were packed at Jackrabbit, spinning around to loud, funky rhythms. It’s a fact: As nights got cooler, Fridays got hotter.


November 17, 2007
Taste Ultra Lounge Grand Opening @ Taste Ultra Lounge

Oxygen was at a premium this opening night, thick with MTV stars, DJ celebrities, and patrons of the nightlife arts.
Las Vegas is here, people.

Seen at night November 11 - 15

November 11, 2007
Navarro and DJ Skribble @ Axis/Radius Tenth year Anniversary

Dave Navarro and DJ Skribble carried the torch for self-indulgence without remorse, with appropriate fanfare and high decibels. A toast to Axis/Radius’ tenth anniversary! A sultry, hedonistic toast!


November 15, 2007
Shiny Toy Guns @ Tempe Market Place

Third Thursday is here to stay at this hot hot-spot. Shiny Toy Guns filled the air; totally shaking the place with their electronica indie, techno, drum-beat based rock band sound. How did y’all like that for description?

Seen at night November 10

November 10, 2007
Friday @ E4

High voltage hotties packed the place, rocking non-stop to the beat the DJ was mixing like crazy. I could practically see the electric jolts coming out of them.


November 10, 2007
Friday at Suede

The usual weekend sexy circles bounced and shaked around a gifted DJ in a smashing shirt. But nobody was bored of the usual partying cause the action kept changing. And the beat kept going. And the drinks kept coming.


November 10, 2007
Kaskade at Myst

Wow! This crowd was entranced. Kaskade did it. Myst’s cyber lights did it. Week-end liberation also did it.

Seen at night November 9 - 10

November 9, 2007
Doco Damask @ Dirty Pretty Rock Bar

Dolce Salon & Spa launched the latest make up from Doco Damask, with a wild show at Dirty Pretty. What can I say? The big grunge tease is back.

Ladies took notes on Cruelle Matallics make up; many of them still wearing the two-piece suits they wore at the office.

And what were the guys doing? They weren’t there for the cosmetics, man.


November 10, 2007
10 Cane Rum @ Hotel Valley Ho’s Pool side

I pity Jack Sparrow. Unlike him, everyone at Valley Ho knew were the rum was.

10 Cane Rum was always at reach. Plus, only beauties and hunkies were there by the pool. None of those living-dead jumping on anyone.

Seen at night November 4 - 9

November 4, 2007
Zowie Bowie @ Tempe Market Place

The ultimate Tempe connection happened at Tempe Marketplace. Zowie Bowie came straight from Vegas for the Hearts and Heroes event.

Funds raised went to the charitable projects of the Tempe firefighters, the Tempe Officers’ Association, and the Tempe Community foundation. Everyone there had a big hero heart, and an uber great party time.


November 8, 2007
Highline Autos Two Years Anniversary
@ Sanctuary South Beach, FLA

People drooling and panting over classy vehicles raised South Beach temperature. Sanctuary was to the rescue pouring all kinds of cooler than cool drinks.


November 9, 2007
Bijou Grand Opening @ The Borgata

Bijou sparkled all lighted up. The trendy were there, eyeing the latest wearables; and enjoying refreshments while checking the 944 magazine crew.

Seen at night November 1 - 3

November 2, 2007
Noche de Gourmet @ Wrigley Mansion

The 20-30 Club of Phoenix, along with the Strunk Group and Sunset Landscaping, gathered beautiful people for a magnificent fund-raising evening at the elegant Wrigley Mansion. Their generosity benefited the Children in Need Foundation


November 3, 2007
Night for Sight @ Mastro’s City Hall Steak House

Steaks weren’t the only tasty morsels at Mastro’s blowout evening of generous contributions to the Foundation for Blind Children. Dancing, a life auction, and a raffled Cadillac Escalade spiced-up the already vibrant assembly.

Phoenix Fashion Week

November 5 – 8, 2007
Phoenix Fashion Week @ Hotel Indigo, Art Institute of Phoenix, Southbridge Fashion District, 6 Lounge, Suede, Axis/Radius, The Mix

Intense fashion jamming, just after Scottsdale Fashion Week, opened at the Indigo Hotel with celebrities galore.

Devotees were busy soaking up a free Fashion Education Seminar and 33 runway shows, which explained their spiffy threads parade at 6 Lounge, Suede, and Axis/Radius after-parties.

Scottsdale Fashion Week

November 1 – 4, 2007
Scottsdale Fashion Week @ Scottsdale Fashion Square,
SouthBridge, Waterfront

The Scottsdale’s SouthBridge and Waterfront corridor sizzled under the
Scotttsdale Fashion Week buzz.

Runway models along Marshall Way were hard to tell from local beauties flocking around the street made catwalk. Watch out Milan!

Stylish fashionistas hopped around ritzy necessities in the Luxury Pavilion, and runway shows put by Scottsdale Fashion Square merchants. They refueled at PF Chang’s and Olive & Garden restaurants, where fashion shows continued.

A welcomed surprise was that no one fainted at the breathtaking Neiman Marcus 100th anniversary celebration or the Barrett-Jackson’s private car collection show.



November 2, 2007

Apocalypto by Pineda Covalin fashion show @ Scottsdale Fashion Week’s Luxury Pavillion

Pineda Covalin grabbed its Miami Apocalypto inspired fashion show
and brought it to Scottsdale Fashion Week’s runway, to the cheers
of local trendy followers.

Halloween came early this year

October 27, 2007 Ghost Ball @ Axis/Radius


High-energy DJ music beat, coveted VIP tables and sky boxes , and a crowd dressed for trick or treat mixed well for the best Ghost Ball cocktail.

Hallow Eve’s spirits undulated between Axis and Radius. The gang quivered and thrilled to the rhythm of dance, treats, and tricks.