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Old Town Taste
Sichuan
A bright red neon sign marks this Sichuan restaurant tucked into a Tempe strip mall, where turquoise booths and mural-covered walls set the scene for lazy Susans loaded with mapo tofu, braised eggplant, and the Chongqing-style spicy chicken that Phoenix Magazine named one of Arizona's top dishes. The batter is thin and shatters, the peppercorns do their characteristic lip-numbing work, and the portions are large enough to make you reconsider your afternoon plans.
Five honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Phoenix New Times The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Traditional Chinese Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Phoenix New Times Our top 10 favorite restaurants in Tempe
- Phoenix New Times The 10 best Chinese restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine Congqing-Style Spicy Chicken · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
One number, weighted & current 75
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Braised eggplant Phoenix New Times, 2024
- Ma Po tofu Phoenix New Times
- Szechuan-style blood curd Phoenix New Times, 2024
- Chongqing-style spicy chicken Phoenix New Times
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