"The Mighty Prickly Pear" in the Scottsdale Visitors Guide

A colorful assignment for the current issue of the Scottsdale Visitors Guide for ExperienceScottsdale.com features prickly pear in food and cocktail guises.  Find out more in my article, along with photos by Jenelle Bonifield of Food & Lifestyles, on pages 162-163 at this link for the 2017 Scottsdale Visitors Guide.

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You can request a guide through the mail at https://www.experiencescottsdale.com/order-form/ or pick up a copy at the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau at Scottsdale Fashion Square.  

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Gertrude's

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Lon's Last Drop

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Orange Sky at Talking Stick Resort

Happy Hour at Onyx

Upscale resorts might not be the first venue Arizona locals think of for Happy Hour deals, but Onyx at The Four Seasons Scottsdale will change that viewpoint.  Not only are some of my favorite HH dishes, like the tempura octopus and lamb meatballs, being served with a view, but they are only $5 during 5 and 6 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.  

Nick Padua, the assistant manager for Onyx and Talavera, has some new cocktails coming up. On our last visit, I was able to preview a delicious cocktail he's working on made with grapefruit and mezcal.  If that was any hint of what's to come, I can't wait to see the list. 

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Octopus tempura

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Lamb meatballs