by Rey Shongo on My wife and I saw David Gray at the Orpheum a week ago. The show was excellent and the theatre was awesome. Old school like place with intimate seating and great sound. This is my third show at the Orpheum and I love the place. I have sensitive hearing and as the show was about to start realized I'd left my ear plugs in my car. I asked security at the front door if I could run back to my car to get them. Instead security team gave me a pair of theirs. Also, my wife lost her ID at the show. A few days later in the mail the ID showed up along with a very nice note saying thanks for visiting the Orpheum and please come again. You bet your ass I'll come again.
by Jake Wisniowski on So after hearing good things for a while, I finally got a chance to check out Delux last night and I had to put my two cents in. It was a Friday, so I expected a bit of a wait, but the wait wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, especially since we decided to wait for an indoor table. I was excited that we were seated at the blue-lit center table - the only negative is the stools become very uncomfortable after some time, but everything else more than made up for it. I was pretty impressed overall. Friendly service, cool atmosphere and really good food - and I definitely felt like we got our money's worth. I ordered a dirty martini that was really more like two, since they left the shaker with me. Both their regular and sweet potato fries are really good, with a great dipping sauce. I decided I had to go for the delux burger - and for $9.50 you get a lot of burger, not only in size but also in flavor. It's smothered in maytag and gruyere cheese and caramelized onions and I love the bread they use for the bun. Oh and I love how they recommend it cooked medium-rare - perfect. I didn't have beer this time, but I'll definitely go back for the beer selection. It was very exciting to see how many they had on tap for such a small restaurant. Due to it's smaller size, it's probably not a great place for a big group, but if you have just a few people, it's a fun place and you definitely you get your money's worth. Oh and did I mention they serve food till 2 a.m., everyday? That's amazing for Phoenix. I'll definitely be back.
