There’s also an Instagram version of this guide with businesses tagged.
Great Local Coffee & Breakfast
- Cartel – Favorite with coffee lovers down near hotels and stadiums.
- Kaleidoscope Juice – Juice and light breakfast bar.
- Lola Coffee Bar – Favorite with coffee lovers and locals on Roosevelt Row on the north side of Downtown.
- Palabra – Snow-white modern spaceship that landed in the desert. Also serves coffee (and haircuts).
- Matts Big Breakfast – Farm-to-table brunch and lunch.
- Phoenix Public Market Café – Farm-to-table meals.
- Ncounter Roosevelt – Local brunch chain with scratch pastries and a build-your-own breakfast sandwich.
- The Grand (24hr + bar) – Study, cowork and late-night spot for caffeinated and adult beverages.
Awesome Local Bars & Restaurants
- Valley Bar – Neat, underground bar with board games, music venue and Arizona politics theme.
- Hannys – Eclectic, late-night bar in renovated men’s warehouse.
- Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles – The OG Lo-Lo’s isn’t far from Galvanize. Expect to wait. It’s a meal you’ll talk about for years. Minority-owned business.
- Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour – High-class cocktails served in the former Arizona Prohibition Headquarters.
- Cobra Arcade Bar – The retro arcade of your youth — with a bar (total gamer heaven).
- Angels Trumpet Ale House – A local lawyers office converted to a tap house, Angels keeps over two dozen local and regional beers, sours and ciders on tap.
- The Vig Fillmore – Equal parts indoor and outdoor bar, Vig Fillmore makes an artful drink and features a kitchen of rivaling interest and variety.
- FEZ – Modern mediterranean restaurant with fabulous sandwiches, salads, burgers, platters and drinks. 🏳️🌈-friendly.
- Pizzaria Bianco – World-renowned upscale pizza parlor popular with locals, celebrities, food critics and visitors.
- Crescent Ballroom – Midsize music venue with live music 7 days / week, bonkers burritos, terrific appetizers and burgers.
- The Dressing Room – Pint-sized restaurant on Roosevelt Row with outsized flavor and a delightful patio.
- Welcome Diner – Outdoor favorite in the Roosevelt neighborhood serving late-night cocktails and the food of dreams.
- Barrio Café GRAN RESERVA – Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza’s Mexican Cuisine is near unrivaled. Tasty plates and beautiful ambiance in Grand. Minority-owned business.
For more, check out Downtown Phoenix, Inc.’s Food + Drink Guide.