Downtown Dining

Rice Paper's new location in the Hotel San Carlos is the latest Vietnamese restaurant to enter the fray downtown, but is it the greatest? A dining critic took a taste of the sandwiches and appetizers offered.

Beloved Mexican restaurant Gallo Blanco closed its doors on Jan. 31. Phoenix, however, has plenty of other options when it comes to getting your Mexican grub on. Check out our list and see what places you've visited.

The founder of Hotel Palomar's Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails will be opening a new restaurant, Yard Bird + The Larder, in the DeSoto Central Market on Central Avenue on Roosevelt Street next month.

In celebration of the end of the academic semester, the Downtown Devil's editors selected stories and columns that represented some of the publication's best work of the past six months.

Paz Cantina, the recent installment along Roosevelt Row tucked away on Third Street where The Local and Scratch once occupied, is a struggling spot which makes our mouths more critical when it comes to the newcomer. Paz maintains the energy of a variety of other downtown restaurants -- the urban-casual feel you might find all along Roosevelt Row, but what does it bring to the table?

After 10 years, Fez, a restaurant and bar in midtown Phoenix, will be moving to a new location downtown which will be open to hungry customers on Jan. 2. When Fez’s lease was about to expire, owner Mark Howard started looking for a new location and found a new home at 105 W. Portland St., the home of the former Portland's Restaurant & Wine Bar.

After closing Bonjour Vietnam two months ago, restaurant owner Lan Tran has opened a restaurant in the same location at Hotel San Carlos under the name Rice Paper, the second location for that concept.

Nestled in a lot on the corner of Grand and Eleventh avenues, ThirdSpace is a part of a collection of brightly painted, historic cottages where collaborative small businesses offer local food and drink, shopping and other services.

1Spot Gallery hosted a celebration of the Arizona-Sonoran landscape and its many offerings with a Saturday event called the Edible Desert Experience. More than 40 guests gathered on the outdoor patio of 1Spot Gallery, located at Sixth and Roosevelt streets, to enjoy an evening of natural food, art, music, people and culture.

As of Oct. 1, Shine Coffee entered new management under Short Leash Hot Dogs and became Rollover Doughnuts + Coffee. Downtown Devil Dining Editor Amelia Goe visits the shop to sample their new fried pastries and coffee favorites.