Guidebook for Phoenix
Food Scene
Choose all the toppings you want for one low price. Your pizza is ready in 5 minutes.
12 residents recomanen
Blaze Pizza
10155 W McDowell RdChoose all the toppings you want for one low price. Your pizza is ready in 5 minutes.
Panera Bread
2370 W Happy Valley RdBakery, great salads and sandwiches
Chipotle Mexican Grill
1515 N 7th AveBig meal and good food
Greek food. We like the veggie platter, the gyros salad lunch special for $5.99 or the gyros sandwich, the grilled chicken salad, etc and all meals come with free home made soup
Good Fellas Grill
15414 N 19th AveGreek food. We like the veggie platter, the gyros salad lunch special for $5.99 or the gyros sandwich, the grilled chicken salad, etc and all meals come with free home made soup
Manuel's Mexican Restaurant & Cantina | Bell Rd
1111 W Bell RdMexican food, drinks
Eriberto's Mexican Food
741 E Bell RdAuthentic Mexican food with outdoor picnic tables to eat at.
Excellent food and a great break from walking/standing if you are exploring the Musical Instrument Museum. Everything from coffee drinks and desserts to locally grown foods and beautiful salads and sandwiches. Indoor and outdoor seating.
652 residents recomanen
Museu d'instruments musicals
4725 E Mayo BlvdExcellent food and a great break from walking/standing if you are exploring the Musical Instrument Museum. Everything from coffee drinks and desserts to locally grown foods and beautiful salads and sandwiches. Indoor and outdoor seating.
Lunch specials for $5.99- $6.99 include soup or salad, wontons and egg roll, fried or white rice and your choice of entree. What I like best is they use NO MSG!
Flamingo Palace
350 E Bell RdLunch specials for $5.99- $6.99 include soup or salad, wontons and egg roll, fried or white rice and your choice of entree. What I like best is they use NO MSG!
Great pie! Good food. Pie is free on Wednesdays with purchase of a meal.
6 residents recomanen
Village Inn
310 E Bell RdGreat pie! Good food. Pie is free on Wednesdays with purchase of a meal.
Pork on a Fork BBQ and Catering Deer Valley
1515 W Deer Valley RdGood barbecue!
Drinks & Nightlife
Dinner and deserts, bar which often has live music. This place isn't cheap, but you can sit on top of a mountain and overlook the lights of Phoenix indoors or outdoors by a fire pit.
69 residents recomanen
Different Pointe of View
11111 N 7th StDinner and deserts, bar which often has live music. This place isn't cheap, but you can sit on top of a mountain and overlook the lights of Phoenix indoors or outdoors by a fire pit.
Unique southwestern town with lots going on in the evening. Try a chili beer! This is 25 minutes from the home.
238 residents recomanen
Cave Creek
Unique southwestern town with lots going on in the evening. Try a chili beer! This is 25 minutes from the home.
Everything Else
This is an outdoor mall with lots of great eating places that have indoor and outdoor seating as well as a movie theater with fully reclining seats, shopping and more!
285 residents recomanen
Desert Ridge Marketplace
21001 N Tatum BlvdThis is an outdoor mall with lots of great eating places that have indoor and outdoor seating as well as a movie theater with fully reclining seats, shopping and more!
This place has everything- scenic views that rival the Grand Canyon, shops, excellent food, night life, hiking. If you plan to stop make sure you buy the Red Rock parking pass for approximately $5 a day. If you hike, make sure to take water!
883 residents recomanen
Sedona
This place has everything- scenic views that rival the Grand Canyon, shops, excellent food, night life, hiking. If you plan to stop make sure you buy the Red Rock parking pass for approximately $5 a day. If you hike, make sure to take water!
Old Town Scottsdale
3200 N Scottsdale RdGalleries of local artists, shopping, food, etc.
The Target listed is not the closest. The closest one is at 3rd St. and Bell
48 residents recomanen
Target
5715 N 19th AveThe Target listed is not the closest. The closest one is at 3rd St. and Bell
There are 4 Starbuck within about 1 mile of our home. On the NE corner of Bell and 7th Street just north of Coldstone Creamery and Burger King, NW corner of 7th St and Bell in Safeway Grocery Store, SW corner of 7th St. and Bell in Target and SW corner of 3rd St. and Bell just a few doors south of Pei Wei.
Starbucks
3450 W Bell RdThere are 4 Starbuck within about 1 mile of our home. On the NE corner of Bell and 7th Street just north of Coldstone Creamery and Burger King, NW corner of 7th St and Bell in Safeway Grocery Store, SW corner of 7th St. and Bell in Target and SW corner of 3rd St. and Bell just a few doors south of Pei Wei.
Entertainment & Activities
Recliner seats. Buy your seats online in advance because of the size of each seat the theaters sell out.
34 residents recomanen
AMC DINE-IN Desert Ridge 18
21001 N Tatum BlvdRecliner seats. Buy your seats online in advance because of the size of each seat the theaters sell out.
Symphony Hall
75 N 2nd StVariety of concerts/ events
Orpheum Theatre Phoenix
203 W Adams StVariety of shows and concerts
Parks & Nature
This is the closest mountain with a paved road to the top. The hike is 3/4 of a mile going up the entire way, but you can stop and rest anywhere and see views of the north and central Phoenix. It's free! Remember to bring water. If you start to feel tired you are probably dehydrated.
27 residents recomanen
North Mountain Visitor Center
12950 N 7th StThis is the closest mountain with a paved road to the top. The hike is 3/4 of a mile going up the entire way, but you can stop and rest anywhere and see views of the north and central Phoenix. It's free! Remember to bring water. If you start to feel tired you are probably dehydrated.
This is a convent with a desert nature walk through the stations of the cross. In the center of a busy city, this place is complete peace with a fountain at the end where you can drink of gifts of God like patience, faithfulness, love, etc. FREE. Open approximately 9-5
Canaan in the Desert
9849 N 40th StThis is a convent with a desert nature walk through the stations of the cross. In the center of a busy city, this place is complete peace with a fountain at the end where you can drink of gifts of God like patience, faithfulness, love, etc. FREE. Open approximately 9-5
Just north of Sedona, continue up Oak Creek Canyon. Bring your $5 Red Rock parking pass from town in case you want to stop at scenic overlooks. If you'd like an easy hike with gorgeous scenery pay approximately $8 to go into Call of the Canyon. Hike is mostly flat and criss-crosses a stream 9 times.
148 residents recomanen
Oak Creek Canyon
Just north of Sedona, continue up Oak Creek Canyon. Bring your $5 Red Rock parking pass from town in case you want to stop at scenic overlooks. If you'd like an easy hike with gorgeous scenery pay approximately $8 to go into Call of the Canyon. Hike is mostly flat and criss-crosses a stream 9 times.
Interesting rock formation you can climb up from the back side. Near Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden. Good place for pictures. FREE
543 residents recomanen
Papago Park
625 N Galvin PkwyInteresting rock formation you can climb up from the back side. Near Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden. Good place for pictures. FREE
Amazing Native American village ruins. Hike contains over 100 stairs but it's worth it. Visitor's center is well-done. This is 2 hours from the home.
230 residents recomanen
Monument Nacional del Cañón de Nuez
3 Walnut Canyon RoadAmazing Native American village ruins. Hike contains over 100 stairs but it's worth it. Visitor's center is well-done. This is 2 hours from the home.
Walk through the odd landscape around Sunset crater. Your fee into the state park also covers 2 amazingly huge Native American ruin sites. Approximately 2 hours from the home. This is a good place to go Spring and Fall.
161 residents recomanen
Monument Nacional del Volcà Sunset Crater
Walk through the odd landscape around Sunset crater. Your fee into the state park also covers 2 amazingly huge Native American ruin sites. Approximately 2 hours from the home. This is a good place to go Spring and Fall.
Arts & Culture
Museu Heard
2301 N Central AveExtensive Native American artifact collection.
Shopping
Desert Ridge
Shopping, food, movies, etc