Plate & Pour Returns for a Second Season on January 30

(From the PBS Newsletter: Full newsletter here):

Bring your appetite and thirst for adventure Thursday nights at 7 p.m., beginning Jan. 30, as the award-winning Arizona PBS original series “Plate & Pour” returns for a second season.

Each week, Chef Mark Tarbell visits with local restaurateurs and bartenders, and he joins chefs as they show off their expertise. Experience the science and artistry behind some of the region’s most innovative and popular dishes as Tarbell sets out to explore recent developments and trends in the Arizona culinary scene.

WATCH: See past episodes here and mark your calendar for the season premiere on Jan. 30!

201: Jan. 30
Mark Tarbell discovers the Garfield Historic District and the restaurants that are bringing a foodie scene to life there. He will also stop by a downtown entertainment complex in downtown Phoenix that is unique in more ways than one.

202: Feb. 6
Mark Tarbell visits three Valley success stories. Chef Gio Osso and Chel Silvana Salcido Esparza are passionate about their menus. Osso changes his menu as often as ingredients inspire him and Esparza continues to serve her own brand of Mexican food. Breadmaker Jason Raducha shows what it takes to make the perfect loaf of bread.

203: Feb. 13
Mark Tarbell is on a whiskey tour where he tastes award-wining whiskey in Tucson and very expensive Scotch in Scottsdale. Baker Tracy Dempsey creates a Manhattan in a cake just for this episode.

204: Feb. 20
We’ll visit Durant’s, the steakhouse opened by James “Jack” Durant in July 1950. It has been family-owned ever since. Durant had worked at The Flamingo in Las Vegas in the ’40s and the influence shows in the decor in Duran’s which has changed very little since its opening. Jack Durant’s motto was, “Good friends, great stakes and the best booze are the necessities of life.”

205: Feb. 27
Meet chef and television personality Scott Conant, who opened Mora in 2017 in Phoenix. We’ll also introduce you to Cassie Shortino, a young chef working with Chris Bianco, who received her first James Beard Award nomination as a rising chef in 2019. Plus, revisit Hidden Kitchen and see how the pop-up diners have settled into Heritage Square.

Further episodes to be announced.