The restaurant scene in the area has grown and evolved considerably in the last decade, but metro Phoenix — once known for its steak houses and mainstream Mexican restaurants — has positively exploded in the past five years, ironically, even more so in the past two.
Yes, the area lost dozens of great restaurants during the pandemic, but it gained plenty of new ones too, many of them owned by plucky entrepreneurs who decided there was no better time to take the plunge. Phoenix never lacks for high-end steakhouses and resort restaurants, but these days, it also offers an impressive range of multicultural restaurants serving Caribbean, Modern Mexican, regional Thai, and sophisticated Indian cuisines.
This map focuses on the newest exciting restaurants the area has to offer; this update includes such additions as classy prix fixe option Course, street food purveyor Chilte, and the modern African Latha.
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