Binkley’s Performs Prix-Fixe Miracles
Phoenix doesn’t historically have a prix fixe dining culture. I couldn’t really tell you why—people here just seem to require a certain level of control. Like we all saw the same Burger King commercial growing up and innately require edits. Binkley’s was the first restaurant I can remember that really went for it big city style. You go, you sit down, and they just bring you things. Lots of things. It takes three hours to bring you all the things. And when you get home you’ll want to sit and contemplate. All the best things in life require contemplation.
Website: binkleysrestaurant.com
Reservations: On the website
Tip: Binkley’s in closing in August (being replaced by the Larder and the Delta), so get in while you still can!
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A night at Binkley’s is like no other dining experience in town. Unfolding in a small house with the laid-back vibe of a dinner party, the 10- to 12-course prix fixe meal — a heart-stopping run of perfectly executed, beautifully plated courses made with luxurious ingredients ($265 per person) — begins at the bar, where clever cocktails and pub food are dispensed, then moves outside to the terrace (weather permitting), and finally into the cozy dining room overlooking the exhibition kitchen. From this vantage, diners can watch Binkley do his thing or even wander into the kitchen to chat him up.
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If you'd like to put on a helmet and launch yourself to the outer possibilities of eating in Phoenix, book a reservation at Binkley's. Entering Binkley's is like entering Rivendell. Your meal unfolds over roughly three hours in a house on Osborn Road, the 12-plus courses and river of beer, wine and sake steadily flowing into the night, mimicking the rhythm of a dinner party. From the first bite, all your personal troubles (and those of the wider world) begin to feel remote. Everything stills, and you're in the gentle palm of a master: Kevin Binkley, who's handily one of the very best chefs in Phoenix. The playfulness, technique, seasonality, ingenuity, and ultimately the flavor of his food says this loudly and clearly to all those who take a seat on the patio, nibbling oysters with peanut spaetzle and ham buttercream.
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