Downtown Dining

Moving to a new place can be difficult, especially if you don't know your way around town. The Downtown Devil staff compiled a list of important places to know about while living downtown. While there are plenty of places that didn't make it onto the list, here a few places to get you started while you get used to your new home.

Melt, John Sagasta's new ice cream shop on Fifth Street, serves funky flavors like cucumber and watermelon-cilantro, but a lack of indoor seating makes both the frozen sweets and the customers live up to the shop's drippy name.

Pomo Pizzeria Napoletana is a Scottsdale-based restaurant that just opened its downtown location serving traditional Neapolitan pizzas. The pizza place replaced Sens on First Street between Fillmore and McKinley streets.

The Phoenix Public Market Cafe, which celebrated its official opening day Wednesday, is the creation of Valley chef Aaron Chamberlin and is altogether a restaurant, rotisserie, bakery, coffee shop and bar.

Local bookstore Lawn Gnome Publishing will now act as a registration site for Farmyard's CSA basket service, a weekly subscription system delivering fresh fruits and vegetables.

Game Seven Grill, new sports bar and grill in downtown, hosted a Make a Wish Foundation luncheon for a 5-year-old boy who wanted to be a Diamondbacks player. The restaurant opened four weeks ago and served southern barbecue.

After our critique of State Press Magazine's Best of Downtown, we conducted our own poll to determine what our readers felt were the best of locations. Our categories differ at times because we felt they better represent the unique offerings of downtown Phoenix. More than 500 votes were cast in total, with the most in the category of "Best Coffee Shop." Please enjoy our readers' selections for the top downtown locations.

Food trucks have become a stitch in the fabric of downtown's culinary culture, a growing market in a rapidly expanding industry that pairs outside-the-box creations with mobile eateries.

Pallets Food and Bar located on Roosevelt and Third streets is a hodgepodge of Asian cuisine from Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches to Korean BBQ. They have an impressive list of pho soups and an even more extensive sushi menu.

In light of “National Garlic Day” this Friday, April 19, I have put together a list of the most delicious and garlicky options you can find in central Phoenix. I decided to go with an array of dishes, anything from a classy dinner for a fancy night out, to a classic greasy meal to share with some friends. With that being said, lets start off with a bit of a fancier option for your choosing.