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Valentine
Southwestern
A cozy Melrose spot in a midcentury furniture store where chef Nico Zades builds the entire menu around Arizona ingredients—Sonoran wheat pretzels with guinea hen butter, elote pasta with local cheese, grass-fed beef at brunch. The adjacent Bar 1912 speakeasy leans into the same hyperlocal obsession with cocktails built on foraged pine liqueur and Arizona-sourced spirits, all served in a sophisticated but entirely unsnobby room.
- James Beard Awards
- 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
- 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
- 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
- 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Southwest · Donald Hawk
- 2022 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Donald Hawk
- Spirited Awards
- 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Foodist Awards
- 2024 · Finalist: Elote Pasta · Standout Signature Dish
- Phoenix New Times
- 2024 · Best Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- 2025 · Best One-Two Punch · Best of Phoenix
- 2024 · Best Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- 2025 · Best Pastry Chef · Best of Phoenix · Crystal Kass
- 2024 · Best Pastry Chef · Best of Phoenix · Crystal Kass
- 2024 · Best Pastry Chef · Best of Phoenix · Crystal Kass
- 2025 · Best One-Two Punch · Best of Phoenix
- 2026 · The 10 best brunch restaurants in Phoenix
- The top 50 restaurants in Phoenix right now
- The Infatuation
- The 20 Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- The Best Restaurants In Phoenix
- AZ Central
- Best Midtown Phoenix coffee shops for meeting friends or making new ones · The ultimate guide to the best Phoenix cafes
- 2025 · The 100 Best Metro Phoenix Restaurants
- Eater
- Elote Pasta · The Most Iconic Dishes in Phoenix
- The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
- Phoenix Magazine
- 2025 · Elote Pasta · Top 100 Dishes of Arizona
- Esquire
- 2022 · #17 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Crystal Kass
