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10 DAYS OF CULINARY DISCOVERY RETURNS SEPTEMBER 20-29 ARIZONA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES FALL ARIZONA RESTAURANT WEEK DATES AND PARTICIPANTS ‘Tis the season for the return of one of the most popular culinary events of the year! This year marks the 12th anniversary of Arizona Restaurant Week, a twicea-year opportunity (including Spring zona Restaurant Week online at www. arizonarestaurantweek.com. New restaurants and menus will be added The Arizona Restaurant Association Arizona Restaurant Week, which takes as participation grows. ARW welannounced the arrival of its 2019 Fall place in May) for local food aficiona- comes all new restaurant participation Arizona Restaurant Week (ARW), dos to indulge in some of the state’s in this fall’s event. Applications can which takes place from Friday, Sep- finest menus and discover hidden local be completed online at www.arizotember 20 through Sunday, Septem- gems while also giving Arizona chefs narestaurantweek.com/restaurantber 29. During these 10 days, diners a chance to showcase their culinary participation. can take advantage of three-course creativity beyond their regular menus. meals and prix-fixe menus for just Current participating restaurants About Arizona Restaurant Week: The $33 or $44 per person at participat- include Artizen, Barrio Queen, Chart most edible time of the year, Arizona ing restaurants around the state. House, Chelsea’s Kitchen, Deseo Restaurant Week sends diners on a at the Westin Kierland Resort and 10-day tasting tour of the state. Partici“Consumer demand for restaurants Spa, Eddie Merlots, Elements at the pating restaurants are not only known in Arizona has been the highest it’s Sanctuary, Fuego Biestro, Hearth 61, for their exceptional cuisine, they also ever been and that’s why we see such Kovo Modern Mediterranean, Ling spare no expense to give diners an support each year during both Spring & Louie’s, Mowry & Cotton, Paul extraordinary culinary experience. One and Fall Restaurant Week,” says Ari- Martin’s American Grill, Preston’s of Arizona Restaurant Week’s goals is zona Restaurant Association presi- Steakhouse, Rusconi’s American Grill, to position Arizona as one of the top dent and CEO Steve Chucri. “We are Salut Kitchen Bar, The Covenant, The culinary destinations in the nation by proud to be leading the charge in an Keg Steakhouse & Bar, The Sicilian increasing awareness of the more than initiative that helps diners discover Butcher, Timo Wine Bar, Urban Mar- 8,500 dining opportunities available as some of the best local, chef-driven garita and many more. well as stimulate business and revenue restaurants as well as support some for restaurants throughout the state. of the most well-known restaurants Diners can view a complete list of Arizona Restaurant Week is produced in the state.” restaurants participating in Fall Ari- by the Arizona Restaurant Association.

HITTING THE HIGH NOTES OF CAVE CREEK’S MUSIC SCENE By Molly Cerreta Smith HAROLD’S CAVE CREEK CORAL at Indigo Crow with live music from the likes Dubbed one of Arizona’s most iconic bars by the of Jonathan Livingston, the Southwest Diamond

Cave Creek is a sleepy, Old West small town Phoenix New Times last year, Harold’s has been a Duo, Roger Enrico, Steve Howes and more. www. that takes visitors on a trip back in time to the Cave Creek institution since 1935. With an expan- cavecreekcrow.com Wild West days. Featuring outdoor activities sive line-up of vibrant live music performances, thanks to an endless network of trails within the sur- Harold’s features a variety of musicians and bands JANEY’S COFFEE CO. AND BODEGA rounding Sonoran Desert on which horseback riders, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with groups An unassuming atmosphere with an expansive patio, hikers and cyclists alike can share the pathways, like The Arizona Blues Project, which busts out Janey’s is a local coffeehouse and breakfast joint shops and restaurants, Cave Creek is worth a visit a mixture of R&B, classic rock and blues tunes; by day and bar with live performances by night that for out of towners and locals alike. For those that Matt Harris who gets those cowboy boots scootin’; invites guests to enjoy its “home away from home” enjoy live music and like to support local musicians, the high-energy Rebel Heart band, which covers a environment. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, here are the “high notes” of Cave Creek’s burgeon- variety of both old and new country, rock and blues the menu includes a variety of breakfast sandwiches ing music scene. songs; and The Crown Kings, who have been rock- and burritos, sandwiches, wraps and salads and ing original tunes since the late 1990s as well as sharables such as pizza, nachos, quesadilla, and pub THE BUFFALO CHIP enthusiastic covers of rock and roll from the past 30 boards. Live music rocks the house every day of Encompassing five acres and more than 6,000 years. www.haroldscorral.com the week, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday through square feet of land, the Buffalo Chip is one of the Friday, at 10:00 a.m. on Saturdays and at 3:00 p.m. most authentic dance halls and saloons around the INDIGO CROW RESTAURANT AND BAR om Sundays. Performers include Deal James, Jay country. Originally opened as a feed and bait shop Taking a departure from the Western-style bars that Allan, JC and the Juke Rockers and more. www. in 1951, today the Buffalo Chip features multiple define Cave Creek, Indigo Crow Restaurant and janeyscoffeeco.com bars, free dance lessons four nights a week, bull Bar opened in 2013, offering the town an upscale riding, mutton bustin’, a vast menu of BBQ and contemporary atmosphere, a scratch kitchen creat- On any given night of the week, visitors of Cave Cowboy chow classics, and, of course, live music. ing a vast array of menu items featuring seasonal Creek can get their fill of good old fashioned WestGuests can kick up their boots to live bands every and local ingredients and a family-forward ap- ern hospitality, delicious homemade grub as upscale night of the week except Mondays. www.buffalo- proach to customer service. Every Thursday or casual as they’d like, and a taste of the local chipsaloon.com from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., things start rockin’ music scene that represents a variety of talents.