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Dolce Espresso serves up a tasty menu of confections, including cakes, cookies, muffins, loafs and biscotti. Our favorite? The chocolate caramel turtle cake.Yum! 1025 E. Camelback Road 602-274-6900
With the surge of coffee houses popping up all over downtown, it sure seems like the need for coffee is at an all-time high. Luckily, there’s room for one more. Dolce espresso video coffee Bar serves coffee, lattes, espressos and teas, but it’s the plasma TVs playing music videos and live DJ on the weekends that has us coming back for more! 40 PoStino CentrAl
VEG OUT Looking for meat-free culinary alternatives? Try these downtown eateries, where vegetarian is the only way to go:
5144 N. Central Ave. ✆ 602-274-5144 Great wines and food.
41 tHe rokerij 6335 N. 16th St. ✆ 602-287-8900 Hearty Southwestern fare.
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The Breadfruit
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Carly’s Bistro
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Sapna Café
108 E. Pierce St. 602-267-1266
128 E. Roosevelt St. 602-262-2759
1301 NW Grand Ave. 602-254-6726
Serving locally grown organic produce,The Breadfruit gives spice-craving vegetarians a taste of the Caribbean with such dishes as the Coconut Curried Tofu and the Pop Cho and Sweet Ginger. Bring your own beer and wine for an added treat.
For a small place, Carly’s has a great big menu featuring a buffet of meat-free options.Try one of their veggie sandwiches, made with your choice of ciabatta, lavosh, focaccia or Napolitano bread.They’re all vegan, organic and locally baked.
Chef and owner Ana Borrajo has created a culinary gem in the heart of the Grand Avenue district with Sapna Café. Located in the hip Bragg’s Pie Factory, you’ll nosh on such favorites as the scrambled tofu with veggies and the butternut squash gypsy stew.
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Paisley Violin
1028 Grand Ave. 602-254-7843
For another vegan-friendly option in the Grand Avenue area, check out the Paisley Violin.This artist’s retreat has a selection of veggie sandwich plates that includes the Asian Tofu and the La Baba, baba ghanoush with spinach, feta and tzatziki.
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That’s a Wrap 2022 N. 7th St. 602-252-5051
With a tagline like “healthy food for a healthy planet,” you’re sure to find a wrap that fits your dietary lifestyle.Try the Senorita No-Meata or the Veggie Jackson, or substitute grilled tofu with any wrap on the menu. It’s good to have options.
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Hurry 4 Curry 455 N. 3rd St. 602-252-8900
The Indian version of fast-food, this cozy eatery in the Arizona Center offers a variety of vegetarian options, including the Tawa Paneer, made with Indian cottage cheese, Anise seeds and tomato gravy; and the Alu Matar, cubed potatoes with green peas and curry.
42 roSie MCCAFFreY’S iriSH PuB & reStAurAnt 906 E. Camelback Rd. ✆ 602-241-1916 Famous Irish pub.
43 roSe & Crown 628 E. Adams ✆ 602-256-0223 British-Style Pub.
44 SeAMuS MCCAFFreY’S 18 W. Monroe ✆ 602-253-6081 Original Irish pub.
45 SierrA BonitA Grille 6933 N. 7th St. ✆ 602-264-0700 Southern Arizona ranch cooking.
46 SonoMA CASuAl DininG 25 W. Van Buren St. ✆ 602-252-3858 Inexpensive excellence.
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You Are Here SPRING 2010