Andreoli Italian Grocer

"During his 30-plus years in Scottsdale, Calabrian-born chef Giovanni Scorzo has opened and closed two successful white tablecloth Italian restaurants, but he found his happy place when he opened this cozy market-cum-restaurant over a decade ago. Customers line up to order from the daily changing whiteboard menu, pay at the counter, and grab a vintage table set amid grocery shelves lined with pasta, wines, and other imported Italian foodstuffs. The atmosphere is relaxed, almost familial. And indeed, two of Scorzo’s adult children work in the kitchen, cranking out juicy porchetta sandwiches on house bread, house-pulled mozzarella set in a tomato-dotted nest of arugula, obscure pasta dishes that change with the seasons, and delicate desserts that look too pretty to eat." - Mcconnell Quinn, Nikki Buchanan

"Somewhere between the first bite of focaccia pizza and the last sip of Peroni, you’ll realize that Andreoli isn’t just good, it’s Devin Booker-level good. This Italian restaurant and market is a little chaotic and exactly where you want to be for casual lunches or dinners. People generally come and wait in line for the pasta specials and sandwiches, like the Cafone, stuffed with precise layers of imported parma cotto ham, provoleta cheese, and baby artichokes. But the grilled calamari and Italian fries topped with fried leeks are equally impressive. Go ahead and stock up on tinned fish and dry pasta, it’s not like you had to fly across the Atlantic to get them." - Lauren Topor

"Chef Giovanni Scorzo has been turning out some of the city’s best Italian food for decades, long before he landed a James Beard nomination for Best Chef Southwest in 2022. Though imported meats, cheeses, and other ingredients line shelves and fill cases in this casual, old-world-style restaurant, most people come for Scorzo’s ridiculously good dishes, including sandwiches, a rotating list of pastas, his own burrata and salumi, bistecca alla Fiorentina, freshly baked bread and beautiful desserts, Order the exquisitely rich gnocchi alla Romana if it’s available." - Mcconnell Quinn, Chris Malloy, Nikki Buchanan

"A restaurant, bar, or other food and drinking establishment that fosters a sense of hospitality among its customers and staff that serves as a beacon for the community and demonstrates consistent excellence in food, atmosphere, hospitality, and operations, while contributing positively to its broader community." - Hillary Dixler Canavan