Wine & Spirits Editorial Feature: Eat | Drink : Flagstaff
Once a stop on the way to the Grand Canyon, this southwestern mountain town has become a destination in its own right, says Elaine Chukan-Brown, dishing on the best new bars and restaurants.
My reviews for five top restaurant food & drink programs in the charming mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona, set on both the famed Highway 66 and the cross-continental railroad, appear now on the front page of WineandSpiritsMagazine.com. Check them out there or in the current issue of the print magazine. Here are the direct links to the reviews online.
Root Public House
Longtime local restaurant talents chef Dave Smith and bartender Jeremy Meyer have transformed what was a longtime dive bar south of the tracks into a destination for food and drink. Go early and head to the rooftop to enjoy a cocktail while watching one of Arizona’s big sky sunsets; then head down to the dining room for dinner. Arizona peppers star …
Continue reading here… http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/food/dining-entry/root-public-house
Check out the restaurant page here: http://www.rootpublichouse.com/
Pizzicletta
In a quirky, cozy space squeezed into the point of an odd-angled intersection, Caleb Schiff has gained a cult following for his pizzas. He starts with a wild-yeast dough that ferments for three days before he rolls it out, then tops it with house-made mozzarella or burrata and a select array of local and Italian ingredients. Cooked at 900˚F in a wood-fired oven he had custom built in Italy, the Neapolitan-style pies …
Continue reading here… http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/food/dining-entry/pizzicletta
Check out the restaurant page here: http://www.pizzicletta.com/
Shift Kitchen & Bar
After stints at Frasca in Colorado and Ubuntu in California, husband-and-wife team Dara and Joe Rodgers set out to redefine mountain-town cuisine at Shift. In a spare, airy space in a historic building in downtown Flagstaff, they find creative ways to present regional ingredients, from the sorrel …
Continue reading here… http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/food/dining-entry/shift-kitchen-bar
Check out the restaurant page here: http://www.shiftflg.com/
Coppa Cafe
Brian Konefal and Paola Fioravanti helped spark Flagstaff’s modern food scene when they opened Coppa in 2012, converting a nondescript stripmall space into a little piece of Europe. Konefal, who met his future wife and restaurant partner at culinary school in Italy, presents Arizona ingredients in unexpected guises, like the state’s own heritage grain, Sonoran white wheat, served risotto-style with a clay-baked duck egg, or local …
Continue reading here… http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/food/dining-entry/coppa-cafe
Check out the restaurant page here: http://www.coppacafe.net/
FLG Terroir
Late last year, Fred Wojtkielewicz transformed local downtown favorite The Wine Lo into FLG Terroir, a conversation-friendly wine lover’s retreat. The space is warm and expansive, with stone-cut tile, an exposed beam ceiling and an open kitchen. The wine list, which centers around boutique wines from Europe and California, including unusual finds…
Continue reading here… http://www.wineandspiritsmagazine.com/food/dining-entry/flg-terroir
Check out the restaurant page here: https://www.flgterroir.com/
