n e a r a r c a d i a La Fontanella La Fontanella La La a Fo ell ell lla la la la la La Fontanella Italian Restaurant Award-winning rack of lamb, ossobuco, homemade gnocchi, manicotti and ravioli, great Dover Sole, and homemade Berto’s Gelato. Served in an Italian villa-like dining room. Serving dinner every night, 4:30-9:30 p.m. 4231 E. Indian School Rd. • 602.955.1213 $44 Italian Treat Tee Pee Mexican Food Tee Pee’s Wall of Fame tells you everything you need to know about this family owned and operated eatery, which has been woven into the fabric of Phoenix for nearly 40 years. Tee Pee has served its home-style Mexican dishes to world-famous comedians, athletes and even Presidents, and they all come back for more. 4144 E. Indian School Rd. • 602.956.0178 4121 N. 44th St. • 602.840.0630 Pete’s Fish & Chips Pete’s Fish & Chips has been serving up tasty burgers and their famous fi sh and chips since 1947! Family owned and operated, Pete’s has eight convenient locations throughout the Valley waiting to serve you and has earned the title of Phoenix’s fastest fi sh! Arcadia Tavern It’s All Good In The Hood! Stop by Arcadia Tavern for our tasty selection of appetizers, mouthwatering entrees and salads, delicious pizza and classic American sandwiches. You will experience food the way it should be; delicious to the taste, oversized and fairly priced. Stay happy this summer with our Happy Hour Specials. Open 7 days per week, check out our menus at arcadiatavern.com . 4801 E. Indian School Rd. • 602.840.3950 3622 N. Scottsdale Rd. • 480.947.4006 Brat Haus Enjoy a beer and a brat on our huge outdoor patio. Specialty brats, stone hearth pretzels, custom burgers, healthy salads and 28 Crafts on Draft are available from 11am to 10pm daily (until midnight on Friday and Saturday.) Relax playing ping pong, darts, tether ball or challenge your friends to a supersize game of Jenga. BratHausAZ.com 5632 N. 7th St. • 602.680.4040 Culinary Dropout Culinary Dropout serves the very best in unique gastro- pub fare that quietly seeks out future musical superstars who wouldn’t mind being paid whiskey and pretzel bites. We’re not easily de fi nable and even harder to forget. And we did that on purpose so you could come and hang out. Stop by our new location at 5632 N. 7th Street or visit our original location at the Scottsdale Waterfront. 2 Valley Locations. Culinarydropout.com 8 locations to serve you • www.humblepieusa.com Humble Pie Experience our amazing ‘wood-fired’ pizzas with unique and traditional ingredients, fresh starters and salads, a truly great wine selection, seasonal cocktails & beers, and polished yet unpretentious service. 7135 E. Camelback Rd. • 480.751.2200 Olive & Ivy Old World meets new at Olive & Ivy Restaurant & Marketplace, which blends the f lavors and timeless elegance of the Mediterranean with contemporary California chic. Olive & Ivy’s upscale casual restaurant showcases Fox Restaurant Concept’s trademark passion for craftsman cuisine. The menu celebrates the cooking techniques of the Mediterranean resulting in a menu that offers a fresh, updated selection of slow-cooked, fl avor drenched Mediterranean classics. 4925 N 40th St. • 602.324.5600 North Arcadia Simple preparations of stunning dishes at North allow the fresh ingredients to speak for themselves. House-made pasta, rustic antipasti and pizzas are created from scratch in the bustling exhibition kitchen. Located in Arcadia, North is the perfect spot for any dining occasion. Breakfast is served 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. 7051 E. 5th Ave. • 480.699.8001 5th and Wine Downtown Scottsdale’s favorite restaurant disguised as a wine bar, located in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale. We pride ourselves on serving a wide array of simple, flavorful food at moderate prices. Our atmosphere is comfortable, warm and equipped with an extensive wine bar, complete kitchen and fabulous dining space. Open at 11am daily. www.5thandwine.com .

Page 43 June 2013 LON’S AT HERMOSA INN 5532 N. Palo Cristi Road, Paradise Valley 602-955-7878 • hermosainn.com History of Arizona runs deep at Lon’s at Hermosa Inn By Amanda Goossen Lon’s at the Hermosa Inn and Executive Chef Jeremy Pacheco have something in common. Their ties to Arizona run deep; their connection to the land is important. Pacheco’s family goes back nine generations in Arizona. His family’s farm in Marana was home not only to the Pachecos, but to the food that fed them. Pacheco’s own childhood instilled in him the farm-to-table movement that now inspires kitchens throughout the world, especially Lon’s. Lon’s at the Hermosa Inn was named for its original owner, artist and cowboy Lon Megargee. The Philadelphia native came West in 1896 looking for the American dream. Earning his way as a cowboy, bronco buster and homebuilder, Megargee’s art was his true passion and would become one of the reasons he built his beautiful adobe home and art studio in Paradise Valley. On a 6-acre piece of land, Megargee began building in the late 1920s. Never using blueprints, he built his structure using the techniques he’d witnessed in Spain and Mexico using old wood beams and adobe blocks mixed and formed on site with the desert soil. If Megargee decided he wanted another room, it was built. The home quickly became larger than expected. Soon it was a guest residence with friends coming to stay for weeks at a time. Late night gambling, an abundance of alcohol and underground tunnels were all rumored to be present in Megargee’s home, which would lovingly be called Casa Hermosa. Undergoing a $2 million renovation in 2009, luxury was a key factor in the construction. Beautiful, elegant and layered in history, the property is rich with elements of its past. Using architecture, adobe, wood beams and tile to develop a sophisticated yet casual look at the Southwest, The Hermosa Inn is a perfect balance of its past, present and future. Lon’s at the Hermosa and Last Drop Bar were brought to the hotel in 1994, created to bring outstanding food and drink, as well as a vibe that coincided with the time of Megargee and his guest residence Casa Hermosa. Using the mysterious underground tunnels of the past as the current wine cellar, the property salutes its namesake in ways he would appreciate. The restaurant and bar have proven their greatness by becoming favorites to both locals and visitors from around the world. Chef Pacheco works diligently in his kitchen to design “artful American” cuisine inspired by comfort food, using local and seasonal produce often coming from the herbs, citrus and vegetables from the restaurant’s own 1/2-acre garden just outside the kitchen doors. A new weekly Chef’s Tasting Menu is offered to showcase both the culinary skills of the masterful kitchen team as well as seasonal products from local ranchers and farmers. “The tasting menu is our chance to do something different that is not on our regular menu; our chance to have fun with different items and a chance for our cooks to explore different ingredients and get creative,” Pacheco said. The tasting menu consists of fi ve courses with the possibility of wine pairings. Elements are beautifully matched and the fl avors exquisite. My own experience included cellar- cured barley prosciutto with local dates and arugula; smoked Mt. Lassen trout with sun fl ower sprouts, shaved radish and kimchee vinaigrette; a deconstructed “paella” with saffron arancini, shrimp, mussels, halibut and arabiatta sauce; Australian “wagyu” strip loin with truf fl e parsnip, grilled bok choy, tempura maitake, and white soy demi; and warm blackberry sundae with chocolate souf fl é cake and chocolate cookies. Each course was more extraordinary than the previous one. My husband and I spent hours afterward discussing our favorites, debating on a plate or a simple portion of the recipe more outstanding than the other. Never could we settle on one aspect. Each bite, vegetable, sauce and bit of protein stood out and made an impression that will last a lifetime. WATER WATER! Due 6/30 SUBMIT ENTRIES AT ARCADIAPIX.COM e 6/30 ARCADIA NEWS PHOTO CONTEST Chef Jeremy Pacheco let’s brunch sat & sun, 10 am - 3 pm 7135 e camelback rd | 480 751 2200 | oliveandivyrestaurant.com