Baring it all: Dining in with NakedQ
By Jeff Kronenfeld, May 2020 Issue. Two men held an impromptu tailgate party as I pulled into the parking lot for NakedQ in Scottsdale. Don’t worry, they were more than six [...]
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The Urban Thing: Urban Phoenix Café
By Jeff Kronenfeld, April 2020 Issue. The orange stains on my notes are evidence the food at Urban Phoenix Café overflows with flavor. If you missed Arizona Taco Fest or [...]
Coronavirus in Arizona and a Q&A with Sonia Singh from Maricopa County Public Health
By Jeff Kronenfeld Five months after the first human cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus were detected in China, the world holds its breath. The state of Arizona, like the [...]
Deez Buns are fresh: New Tempe lunch spot offers Korean Fried Chicken, Filipino Pork Belly, and lots of Bao
By Jeff Kronenfeld, March 2020 Issue. The name of the new restaurant Deez Buns may be cheeky, but its food is no joke. Co-owners Justin Park and Kevin Rosales are a breath of [...]
Veni, Vidi, Vecina: Arcadia’s newest neighbor
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, February 2020 Issue. Robert Frost once quipped that good fences make good neighbors. If the famous poet lived near chefs like James Fox [...]
Let Freedom Sing: Rockers, Policy Wonks, and Former Prisoners Team Up to Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform
By Jeff Kronenfeld The Copper State’s capitol will be filled by the voices of the voiceless next week. They will ask lawmakers to stop the unprecedented rise in the number [...]
Friendly Fire: Painter Jason Hugger brings the war home to Exposed Studio and Gallery
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld Fiery shrapnel frames a lone refugee silhouetted against a smoldering desert. You’d never guess it was a busted shovel and what [...]
Razing Arizona: The spiritual battle to save Oak Flat
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld Religious leaders from across the country trekked to Oak Flat Campground 60 miles east of Phoenix on December 13. Christians, Jews, [...]
From a railway carriage: A look inside Century Grand, the newest concept from Barter and Shake
By Jeff Kronenfeld, January 2020 Issue. Snowclad pines race by outside despite the fact this train is going nowhere. As I adjust to the illusion of motion created by the over [...]
He who laughs, lasts: Fred Tieken on art, music, and community
Story and photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, January 2020 Issue. When Fred Tieken faced end-stage renal disease, a kind of advanced kidney failure, he started painting. That might [...]
One Night in the Café de Bangkok: Gilbert’s Newest Thai Restaurant
Story and Photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, December 2019 Issue. According to Tom “Nithid” Rochanakit, the owner of Café de Bangkok, in Thailand food is medicine, history, and [...]
The international hate group in our backyard: A profile of the Alliance Defending Freedom
Story and Photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, December 2019 Issue. Nestled in an innocuous office park just off the 101 is the headquarters of an international hate group. The [...]
Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula celebrates fourth episode release with a dance party
By Jeff Kronenfeld. Photos courtesy of YabYum Music + Arts Confessions from the Nocturne Nebula, a podcast produced by YabYum Music and Arts, is celebrating the release of [...]
From Summit to Sea: Los Andes offers gourmet tours of Peru from Phoenix’s Westside
Story and Photos by Jeff Kronenfeld, November 2019 Issue. The Los Andes sign. If you can’t visit the ruin-crowned mountains or penguin-studded coasts of South America [...]
Kathy Hoffman
By Jeff Kronenfeld, November 2019 issue. Photos courtesy of the Arizona Department of Education Kathy Hoffman, Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction, knows the [...]
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