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Festival Foods Brings Fried, Well Everything, to Arizona Mills

by Beth Easterbrook Hot Spots
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Ah, the smell of chocolate-covered funnel cake. The carnival is in town, er, in Arizona Mills Mall.
Nestled between Panda Express and Suki-Hana is Festival Foods, the new restaurant in the Mills food court complete with cotton candy, festive balloons and a spin-to-win wheel. The menu boasts popular fair foods such as fry bread, gyros and cheese [...]

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Sweets and Beats: Records + Candy on Grand Avenue

by Erica Rodriguez Hot Spots
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When customers walk into Sweets and Beats, they are hit with a colorful array of nostalgia and amusement in bowls of vintage candy and boxes of used records. Bright green walls set the background to multicolored packages of gummy bears and pixie sticks. On an opposite wall sits crates of mostly used records, highlighting the [...]

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Sucker Punch Sally’s Old School Diner

by Charlsy Panzino Hot Spots
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A new food haven for ASU students recently opened on Mill Avenue. Sucker Punch Sally’s Old School Diner opened on New Year’s Eve and offers cheap food 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There’s a full bar, free Wi-Fi and breakfast is served all day.
The atmosphere inside is laid-back, retro and a complete change [...]

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The Thing

by Nicole Ethier Hot Spots
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The Thing is not living (though it may have been at one time). The Thing is old. It’s musty and dusty, and it resides in a coffin encased by cinder block and glass. It’s located in a tin storage shed that serves as an exhibit hall at a travel center located off of Interstate 10 [...]

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The Mother Road: Route 66 to Seligman

by Peter Lazaravich Blogs
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Note: All photos in this story were taken by SPM photographer, Peter Lazaravich.

The year is 1938. A new U.S. law raises the minimum wage to 44 cents. Unemployment hovers around 19 percent  due in part to the 1937-1938 recession. The average price of a new automobile is a cool $736 and gas costs [...]

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Phoenix Bakeries: The Best Buns in Town

by Paige Devitt Hot Spots
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College students aren’t known for their healthy eating habits, but when it is time to indulge, quality should trump quantity.  SPM presents three bakeries that boast high-quality ingredients for a better bun, cookie or whatever suits the sweet tooth.
Baker Wee
Who isn’t looking for a quiet place to study that also offers delicious treats? For a [...]

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Taste of Tops

by Zach Fowle Hot Spots
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Walk into any bar on Mill and ask for a some Green Flash Hop Head Red, Avery the Beast or Speakeasy Big Daddy and the bartender will likely toss you a scowl and move on to the other customers clamoring for bottles of Bud Light and tequila shots.
But travel just a few blocks south and [...]

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Top 5: Phoenix Theaters

by Alan Bradford Etc.
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This article was written by guest author and ASU student, Rosemary Liversedge.
The traditional theater outing is oh-so-familiar, but what about dinner at the movies or chatting with guest celebrities? Whether a movie buff or simply seeking a dash of  adventure, these Valley theaters are sure to add spice to any movie viewing experience.
Pollack Tempe Cinemas
Come [...]

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The Breadfruit: Downtown Island Eats

by Erica Rodriguez Hot Spots
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The smell of jerk chicken and coconut should only be accompanied reggae music, or so say the patrons of The Breadfruit. First Fridays bring live reggae music and every other day brings a laid-back atmosphere and some of the only Jamaican cuisine found around Phoenix (just blocks from ASU Downtown).
Foodies can choose from “Coconut Curried [...]

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Seriously Tasty Pasties

by Peter Lazaravich Hot Spots
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I enter the room and seat myself on a worn dark cherry wooden pew near the window. Yes, it happens to be Sunday, but this is definitely not a church. Welcome to the new Cornish Pasty Co. in Mesa, where freshly-baked pasties, hot soups, and tasty beers are prepared and consumed, well, [...]

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