the living room ahwatukee
Carey Sweet, Special for The Republic Published 12:43 p.m. MT June 16, 2016 | Updated 1:17 p.m. MT June 17, 2016
["388"]Salmon Quinoa is one of the accidental abreast American dishes served at BLK Live.(Photo: Jane Gillespie)
The Living Allowance Wine Cafe & Lounge is growing in the East Valley and Scottsdale. The locally endemic beanery is:
• Now open at Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center.
• Planning to accessible a additional Scottsdale location this fall, at the Shops at Gainey Village.
The lounge abstraction focuses on accidental American aliment and a diffuse wine list. That agency accustomed dishes like appearance artichoke dip ($9.95); bruschetta ($8.95-$14.95); a French dip sandwich with house-made chips ($13.95); and a Cobb bloom ($12.95). The card additionally features crispy flatbread models like a classic Margherita topped in tomato, basil and house-made mozzarella ($7.95).
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Restaurateurs Tom Kaufman, Patrick King, Dave Dabruzzi, Tim Valencia, Tony Eden and a accumulation of Arizona investors are abaft The Living Room. In addition, Kaufman and King additionally own the Valley’s eight Humble Pie pizzeria locations.
The Living Room's archetypal recipes assume to accept addled a ambit with diners back the aboriginal restaurant debuted in December 2009 in Chandler. A second atom opened two years ago at Market Street at DC Ranch in Scottsdale; followed by a Tucson branch, which debuted last fall at La Encantada shopping center.
["485"]Expect a few updates for Ahwatukee's Living Room, including weekend brunch agnate to the DC Ranch offerings, a DJ spinning Thursday through Saturday nights, and alive ball on Sundays.
Details: Now accessible at Ahwatukee Foothills Towne Center, 4905 E. Ray Road, Phoenix. Advancing to Shops at Gainey Village, 8787 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Other Valley locations at livingroomwinebar.com.
(Photo: Mark Lipczynski)
A 20,000-square-foot restaurant? Really? That spans about bisected an acre. But that is absolutely the blueprint of the new BLK Live, a new dining and music venue in the Scottsdale Airpark.
Taking over the above amplitude of El Santo Cantina Patio Bar Restaurant, BLK Alive is owned by Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Skydoor Restaurants and Entertainment. The complex includes:
Live music additionally rocks on weekends in the dining allowance and poolside.
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As for the name, BLK refers to the atramentous Wagyu beasts admired for its exceptional quality. The American beef is a card signature, as broiled hand-cut Kobe steaks from Snake River Farms of Idaho; and Akaushi steaks from Heart Brand of Texas.
["776"]Among the entrees are:
The area boasts a avant-garde ability with copse axle walls, copse tables, ablaze orange adipose booths, galvanized metal accents and automated lighting, with music fable accolade artwork throughout.
That agency guests can banquet with life-like, photo-quality paintings of their admired artists, as airbrushed acrylics reproduced assimilate Plexiglass. The hyper-realistic works are backlit at night for a affecting effect, and accommodate such icons as David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, with a painting of Prince in the works.
Details: 7301 E. Butherus Drive, Scottsdale. 480-494-5069, blklivescottsdale.com. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily.
(Photo: Jane Gillespie)
Want some WaBa? You can now adore the California broiled admixture aliment from anew opened WaBa Grill on Tatum Boulevard south of Bell Road in northeast Phoenix.
This is the additional Valley area for the Southern California-based, advantageous “on-the-go” alternation that emphasizes capacity like all-natural, skinless, fat-trimmed chicken; and high-quality, charbroiled meat. Nothing is fried, vegetables are steamed; no oil is acclimated anywhere; and calories ambit from 280 for a craven bloom ($8) to 930 for a rib bowl ($10).
Most commons are served as plates, including the signature WaBa admixture of craven brushed in Asian booze and marinated rib eye steak served on a bed of white or amber rice with a ancillary of kale and melancholia bake-apple ($8). Bowls are addition specialty, such as craven and Asian booze over rice ($5.75).
["970"]Shrimp, salmon and tofu additionally are available, and for added protein, guests can add-on a “half-ocado” for $1.50 (the confined is a complete bisected of an avocado).
Since its founding in 2006, WaBa Grill has developed to added than 130 locations and franchises, including a abundance at 99th Avenue and McDowell Road in Avondale.
Details: WaBa Grill, 16635 Tatum Blvd., Phoenix. 602-626-5775. Also, 9915 W. McDowell Road, Avondale. 623-478-7685, wabagrill.com.
Now open: A chicken, steak and rice meal is served at Waba Grill, which appearance healthy, "on the go" admixture food. (Photo: Jennifer Lee)
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