{"id":520596,"date":"2010-04-08T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/?p=2368"},"modified":"2010-04-08T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T17:31:54","slug":"downtown-food-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/520596","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Food Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Who builds your favorite Downtown sandwich? Where can you get a mean glass of passion fruit iced tea? When you&#8217;re feeling blue, what Downtown comfort food turns your frown upside down?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those are\u00a0the questions we posed to our Facebook Fans on Tuesday\u00a0and here&#8217;s what they had to say about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SANDWICHES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2373\" title=\"hero_factory\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/hero_factory.jpg\" alt=\"hero_factory\" width=\"235\" height=\"157\" \/>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/5863-duck-and-decanter\" >Duck and Decanter<\/a> has the best sandwiches!&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; Joshua Schlag<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6418-fair-trade-cafe\" >Fair Trade<\/a> has a great turkey sandwich and the best tea!&#8221; &#8211; Nathalie Cano<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/4959-jacquees-espresso\" >Jacquee&#8217;s Espresso<\/a> makes the best sandwiches!&#8221; &#8211; Cheryl Rosado<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6530-the-hero-factory\" >The Hero Factory<\/a> and it&#8217;s not even close.&#8221; &#8211; Matt Klopp<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladybughouseofsandwiches.com\/Main%20Menu.html\" >Ladybug House of Sandwiches <\/a>(11th St. &amp; McDowell). Always great service, small, and deliver.&#8221; &#8211; Meg Elizabeth<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6418-fair-trade-cafe\" >Fair Trade Cafe<\/a>! They have lots of food options, fair trade coffee and the employees really love the customers.&#8221; &#8211; Heather<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6530-the-hero-factory\" >Hero Factory<\/a>!&#8221; &#8211; Glenn Darby<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/5017-coach-willies\" >Coach &amp; Willie&#8217;s.&#8221; <\/a>&#8211; Jessica Maldonado<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Long live <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/5863-duck-and-decanter\" >The Duck<\/a>. Still my favorite.&#8221; &#8211; Cristen Pennington<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloristcafe.com\/\" >My Florist <\/a>still around (<em>editor&#8217;s note: YES<\/em>)? I am in Minnesota. I LOVED their turkey and brie sandwich. YUM!&#8221; &#8211; Jennifer Sorenson<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICED TEA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2375\" title=\"royal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/royal1-180x135.jpg\" alt=\"royal\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\" \/>&#8220;Strawberry iced tea at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/search?q=phoenix+public+market&amp;c=All+Categories&amp;x=33&amp;y=15\" >Royal at the Market <\/a>and tuna sliders at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tammiecoecakes.com\/\" >Tammie Coe<\/a>.&#8221; &#8211; Rachel Richards-Malloy<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/search?q=phoenix+public+market&amp;c=All+Categories&amp;x=33&amp;y=15\" >Royal at the Market<\/a> has fantastic iced teas. Try the Cactus Flower or Jasmine Green. De-lish!&#8221; &#8211; Sasha Howell<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8221;Iced Chai tea at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conspirephoenix.com\/\" >Conspire<\/a> also makes my day.&#8221; &#8211; Jefferson Cochran<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMFORT FOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u00a05 Spot from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattsbigbreakfast.com\/\" >Matt&#8217;s Big Breakfast <\/a>is pretty stellar. With extra jalepenos please!&#8221; &#8211; Jefferson Cochran<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6510-thai-elephant\" >Thai Elephant<\/a> will turn that frown upside down.&#8221; &#8211; Chris Vega<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Penne a la Vodka at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/5816-focaccia-fiorentina\" >Focaccia Fiorentina<\/a> is my fave comfort food!&#8221; &#8211; Nichelle Crocker<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtownphoenix.com\/directory\/6418-fair-trade-cafe\" >Fair Trade Cafe<\/a> has great vegan brownies and tea.&#8221; &#8211; Jana Smith<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hope you\u00a0enjoyed the tips. Stay tuned for more installments of <em>Downtown Food Diaries<\/em> and make your entry into the Diary here or at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/downtownphoenix\" >Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/DowntownPhoenixBlog\/~4\/5TAtnT1oKus\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who builds your favorite Downtown sandwich? Where can you get a mean glass of passion fruit iced tea? When you&#8217;re feeling blue, what Downtown comfort food turns your frown upside down? Those are\u00a0the questions we posed to our Facebook Fans on Tuesday\u00a0and here&#8217;s what they had to say about&#8230; SANDWICHES &#8220;Duck and Decanter has the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5072,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5072"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520596\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}