Chef Charleen Badman's James Beard Award–winning kitchen in Old Town Scottsdale — FnB is the restaurant that most serious food travelers cite first when asked about the Phoenix/Scottsdale dining scene. Badman's vegetable-forward New American menu draws exclusively on Arizona farms and ranches; the wine list focuses almost entirely on Arizona producers. Small, intimate room, no pretension. Book well ahead — this is the hardest reservation in Scottsdale.
Why It Belongs on the List
FnB is the restaurant that serious food travelers cite first when asked about the Phoenix/Scottsdale dining scene — chef Charleen Badman's James Beard Award-winning kitchen in Old Town Scottsdale serves a vegetable-forward New American menu sourced exclusively from Arizona farms and ranches. The wine list focuses almost entirely on Arizona producers, making it one of the best showcases of the state's emerging wine region. The room is small and intimate, the service is warm, and the cooking is precise without pretension. Book well ahead — this is consistently the hardest reservation in Scottsdale.
What Stands Out
- James Beard Award — Best Chef: Southwest (Charleen Badman, 2019)
- Vegetable-forward New American menu sourced exclusively from Arizona farms and ranches
- Arizona-focused wine list — one of the best showcases of the state's emerging wine region
- Small, intimate room with no pretension — the antithesis of resort dining
- The hardest reservation in Scottsdale — book well ahead