Yes. Restaurant Week is over and it kind of sucks. The fun times with friends, the special date nights, the great food for cheap, it was all great. But it’s over. No use wallowing in the past. We are here to remind you to pick up your sagging stomach (from all the good food, of course) and look around at the endless edible options here in the valley of the succulent. Here’s a redux of this week’s happenings in our favorite food blogs:

There is only one way to eat a fry and that is nice and French. We like to think of it as eating our vegetables (potatoes are vegetables, right?) and it’s a good thing Chow Bella knows exactly where to get the best. This week, the master blog of all countdowns counted down the Top Six French Fry Fixes in Metro Phoenix. Joe’s Farm Grill’s Baked Potato Fries, Green’s Thyme Fries, the poutine fries at Beaver Choice (thanks, Canadians), the beer battered fries at Four Peaks Brewery, the classic fries at Delux and McDonald’s crispy little nuggets all made the list. Read the descriptions (if you dare) here. 

We all know what the G-Spot is all about…. great gelato. So what is this “actual food” nonsense EaterAZ is reporting? Apparently, the Gelato Spot on Scottsdale Road had a wood fired pizza oven installed and they are NOT using it to make creamy, delicious italian desserts. Paninis, salads and, you got it, pizza have been added to the once small and fairly specific menu. Where do they serve this? Doesn’t this place function like a Central Perk in the 2000′s? Nope, they’ve thought of that too and an entire floor is being built to accommodate such a major shift in distribution. We could keep buzzing, but all that really matters is how that actual food tastes. EaterAZ says it’s good soooooo go eat some pie at the G-Spot.

We know there are bajillions of great restaurants here in Phoenix (and surrounding areas), so why is it that so many of our favorite food bloggers are traveling all the way across the universe to Sedona to eat a good meal? In the case of Elote Cafe, it’s clearly because Chef Smedstad is a wizard who casts magical spells over his food so that people fall in love and rave about them on various personal food blogs. You need to see all of the pictures that Gwen Ashely Walters of Pen & Fork took to really understand, but here’s a sneak peak. After reading about the pork cheeks, lamb adobo and the signature elote dish of grilled corn, you’ll be willing to drive the distance.

Until next week, remember that the restaurants you love are still standing, my friends.

Images via EaterAZ, Chow Bella and Pen & Fork. 

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