Grazie Pizzeria&Wine Bar is the Best Pizza in Arizona!!!!

Chocolate and bananas? Yes Please


Pizzeria Bianco who???????????? Are you kidding me? Yeah it was ok but not NY Times best in America!!! But in my humble opinion Grazie Pizzeria & Wine Bar IS the Best in Arizona hands down!!! The crust, texture, chesse, ingredients, and authenticity is what sets it ahead of anything that is going on in Arizona. Add in some cool music an Italian beer that is not available ANYWHERE else (menabrea ever heard of it?), and an all Italian wine list with "almost" all of them available by the glass. All the dough is made in house daily for the pizza as well as for the dolce one of the best desserts in the world. In the pictures here are the "complimenti alla mamma" with spicy salami, fresh riccota, ham & mozzarella(who took a slice already???). And the "dolce della casa" which is a handmade dessert calzone with bananas & nutella inside and 3 huge scoops of ice cream on top unreal. Try some new wines you have never heard of it Will be deelish.

Salads for starters are huge. At lunch they offer a pannini with homemade bread cooked in the wood burning oven. I guess when I go back to AZ to see the family you know where I'll be having dinner!!! There are three of them Verado in Buckeye, North Scottsdale, and the one that I go to is in Oldtown Scottsdale on Main st & Goldwater. Why wait in line for 2 hours for an inferior pizza?? Grazie Grazie

http://www.grazie.us/oldtown.html

An Arizona import in Santa Monica??? La Grande Orange Santa Monica, Love it!!!

La Grande Orange now in a partnership kind of going corp still bringing great service and great food to a hipster/yuppie clientele. They are packed for Sunday brunch and you can't go wrong with anything on the menu and as of last month they were bringing the 2nd best pizza from Phoenix to Santa Monica as well(Best Pizza in AZ coming soon). But I haven't been back since the beginning of September.

Since I have been here 8/28/09 officially the La Grande Orange has the be the best burger I have had!!! (Inn n out, Westside Tavern, The Counter, Bill's, Laurel Tavern)

Ground fresh daily, grilled on white maple, freshly shredded sharp cheddar, roasted green chilis, homemade seasme seed bun, and of course a fried EGG(no not quail egg I wish!!). The taste, flavor, seasoning, temp, texture was just perfect. The service was great as well, which I have seen in ths city can be spotty.

Check out La Grande Orange http://www.lagrandeorangesm.com for breakfast, lunch, dinner, homemade sangria and this deelish Burger!!!!

Welcome to LA Quail Egg Boy, Ever heard of KOGI????

Well thank you all my friends and family I do like it here, but What is Kogi???? And Where?? And When are we going????

Well I searched out the kogi truck which is the hottest thing in town right now!!! For all of new Eastcoasters and Midwesterners it is a Food truck playing the lastest top 40 hip-hop and serving korean bbq and korean flavors in an authentic 4inch corn tortilla taco, or a quesadilla, or if your really drunk or really hungover i say maybe the burrito is the ticket.

I go for one (the staple) kalbi(which is short-ribs) taco and the black jack quesadilla. The quessadilla has spicy korean pork and the make this thick salsa verde that they should bottle and sell for $4.95/bottle. Needless to say I'm hooked. And today TIME MAGAZINE was shooting the truck for a story. I would call it $9 of heaven. For the record it is NOT completely a drunk food cause it is amazing with the sun shining and sober. For the party people better get the tweet and get in line early or your going to bed drunk and hungry!!! You have been warned. For their locations go to http://kogibbq.com/ and enjoy.

As a new angelino I say LONG LIVE The FOOD TRUCK!!! John T. Edge has been in town and researching for a new food truck book. Hope its available by the holidays.

This Summer in AZ

Big Eye tuna with fresh shaved black truffle at Sushi Roku Scottsdale. I know in LA its not where the real sushi eaters go but in Scottsdale it's probably the best fish in town and you have to pay for it!!! Yes we had quail eggs but of course before this blog and hence no pics of the quail eggs!! My brother so kindly payed for this amazing desert sushi experience. Thanks Bro

Again out with my brother and we were at Pure Sushi in Oldtown Scottsdale which has good sushi but the happy hour bar scene is really where the action is. Of course we downed some deelish ikura with..... wait for it, yes quail eggs!!!!

First Blog and Of Course Quail Eggs!!!!

These are a homemade treat of Hama Hama oysters, quail eggs, ponzu and siracha.

Thanks Cousin Kyle, always DEELISH