8 Best Restaurants in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, From Inventive Thai to Award-Winning Pizza | Condé Nast Traveler
"This pioneering vegetable-centric restaurant in downtown Scottsdale whisks hyperlocal Arizona produce in new directions, resulting in dishes new to the world. But this isn’t simply a case of a chef taking a hands-off approach and letting the carrots and kohlrabi shine. Charleen Badman is a creative and technically refined force. She shaves the kohlrabi into a salad with apple, aged cheddar, and horseradish, gives those carrots a Mexican street treatment and pairs them with lime-avocado mayo, chile, and cotija. The menu changes closely to track the evolving produce microseasons. Arizona beverage champion Pavle Milic matches Badman’s food with a thoughtful, thrilling drink program; libations often include local gose, esoteric ciders made from foraged apples, and a range of interesting potables from afar. Cocktails keep things relatively classic. All drinks are best enjoyed at the “FnBar,” a cozy, whimsically tiled room on the restaurant’s easternmost end." - Lizbeth Scordo, Chris Malloy
