Tempe/phoenix Dining

[mark]

I have to be at a conference Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday so won't be getting any shooting done, but I still have to eat. I am tird of the chains and am looking for a different place to eat.

I want to stay away from Mexican, and have a hankering for seafood. Any Suggestions?

 

[rcoda]

Don't know anything about Tempe... but my favorites are (if you don't mind driving a little)

Vincent's on Camelback www.vincentsoncamelback.com (Phoenix)

Michael's www.michaelsrestaurant.com (Scottsdale)

Binkley's www.binkleysrestaurant.com (Cave Creek, and IMHO the best)

Element's at Sanctuary www.sanctuaryoncamelback.com/content/elements.html (Paradise Valley)

You can never go wrong with the hotel restaurants (Phoenician, Hermosa Inn, etc.)

Seafood in particular:

Mastro's Ocean House (Phoenix near the Westin on Scottsdale Rd.)

Eddie V's (DC Ranch, Scottsdale)

Foster's (Shea & 101, Scottsdale)

Good luck, and let us know where you end up.

Rich

 

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I had a friend that worked at Binkley's and went there one time. VERY fine dinning and great food. Expensive, yes.

 

[Wally H]

Binkley's in Cave Creek... My favorite

Across from Binkley's and just up the hill on the other side of the street is a very good French Restaurant too.

 

[rcoda]

I had a friend that worked at Binkley's and went there one time. VERY fine dinning and great food. Expensive, yes.

Hi Ryan: I consider myself VERY lucky to live only 5 minutes from Binkleys!

Rich

 

[mark]

Thanks. I shall print these out and check them. I think Bikleys is way out of my price range though.

 

[waynecrider]

There's the Heart Attack Cafe either in Tempe or close by, with fine burgers and staffed by dressed down nurses. It was all over the news about a month back or so.

 

[mark]

Well, I am back, and have to say that I ate at none of the suggestions. I had to be "part of the team" which means I had to eat where the bosses wanted to eat. Chains again. Damn.

Thanks for the info anyway. I wil have to save them for when I go by myself.