The Valley's upscale dining and gallery district, a short drive east, where FnB, The Mission and a cluster of Arizona wine tasting rooms run the Craftsman Court blocks.
Order The braised leeks with mozzarella, mustard, breadcrumbs and a sunny-side egg, a Food and Wine top-ten dish.
FnB in Scottsdale is Charleen Badman's vegetable-forward room in Craftsman Court, where the chef won the 2019 James Beard Best Chef Southwest award.
Order The tableside guacamole and the slow-roasted pork shoulder; Carter won the 2024 Arizona Food Pioneer Award.
The Mission in Old Town Scottsdale is Matt Carter's modern Latin room, drawing on Spain, Mexico and South America in a dark stone-walled dining room.
Order The crispy-skin branzino with caper-infused brown butter, a fixture on Osso's changing menu.
Virtù Honest Craft in Scottsdale is Gio Osso's Mediterranean room behind the Bespoke Inn, a courtyard kitchen with an early James Beard new-restaurant nod.
Order The chef's eight-course tasting, the deepest version of the kitchen's seasonal cooking.
Cafe Monarch in Old Town Scottsdale is a family-owned room serving four-course prix-fixe dinners and a chef's eight-course tasting, with a deep wine list.
Order A grilled steak alongside one of the bar's signature smoked cocktails.
Mowry & Cotton at The Phoenician resort is a relaxed Scottsdale steak-and-cocktail room, plating grilled mains and smoked drinks in a luxe poolside setting.
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LDV Winery's tasting room on Stetson Drive pours Rhone-style Arizona wines grown in the high desert, an Old Town Scottsdale stop on the wine trail.
Carlson Creek Vineyard's Scottsdale tasting room on Marshall Way pours estate Arizona wines from the family's Willcox vineyard in the Old Town arts district.
Aridus Wine Company's tasting room on Main Street pours wines grown in the Willcox AVA, an Old Town Scottsdale stop walkable from the galleries and museums.
The Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market fills the City Hall lot on Drinkwater Boulevard on Saturday mornings with more than 100 local growers and food makers.
