Coyote Grill

Several "Best of Phoenix" awards and returning crowds attest to Coyote's creativity in producing exciting flavors from native ingredients. And, despite the expensive prices at most other New-Southwest restaurants, you'll find mos ... more

Several "Best of Phoenix" awards and returning crowds attest to Coyote's creativity in producing exciting flavors from native ingredients. And, despite the expensive prices at most other New-Southwest restaurants, you'll find most entrees here average about $15. It has a chic, contemporary ambiance with inset stained glass, copper, stone and colorful tile used in imaginative combinations. You'll enjoy the covered patio, with a rock-enclosed waterfall and garden -- popular year-round. A fireplace warms cool evenings and a cooling system makes up for hot ones. An indoor-outdoor bar, boasting the largest tequila selection in Arizona, opens to both the patio and indoor dining room. Before dinner, you can mellow out with a frozen "Blue Coyote, " the Grill's specialty margarita. The menu reflects the chef's sophisticated selection of seafood, pastas, meats and poultry. Among starters, steaming-hot onion soup, capped with Swiss cheese, is a winner. Entrees include Southwestern beef Wellington -- filet mignon in a puff pastry stuffed with mushrooms and hot cascabel chile sauce. Try the citrus-crusted catfish in spicy orange chipotle sauce or the baked apple pork loin paired with grilled apples and a garlic pepper sauce, paired with red cheddar garlic potatoes. less