![]() After taking the pictures, we had to get back to the resort and get all dressed up for the afternoon activity. It was a lovely development and I hope it thrives through Covid and will actually be there next time we go to the area. This is sort of where we started talking about our next trip to AZ and saying things to suggest that while we wouldn’t have time for everything on this particular visit, we’d be back to the Greater Phoenix Area sooner rather than later.Įnjoy the pictures below of the Quarter. The RH showroom is the only store we actually wandered into, but we did stroll throughout the complex, noting a number of restaurants we’d love to try out. Though the Quarter presented itself as an upgrade to the Commons, I noticed they had more in the way of empty retail spaces than their cousin. In the meantime, I was perfectly content to wander around the Quarter. I was happy as a lark, because later in the day, we had reservations for Afternoon Tea at the Phoenician Resort. It was a lazy sort of morning – a filler before what was to come next. ![]() The RH was lovely and I’m guessing we spent an hour enjoying their store. However, a quick look at their website doesn’t mention the potential restaurant, so one wonders if it is a victim of Covid. I don’t know how much of a surprise it is, since a June 2019 edition of The Dallas Morning News announces the location with a restaurant is coming. She also said they had a surprise coming to Dallas. For all we know, common people like us might be able to go in there and pay for our meals, but we got the idea that wasn’t the point. ![]() One imagines exactly how much money you’d have to invest in Restoration Hardware goods to be hosted in their dining room. One of those gracious salesladies chatted us up about their transition to showroom and said some of their showrooms actually included a sort of restaurant, where they hosted dinners. However, we had a lovely time hanging out there. We confess, we’re not your basic Restoration Hardware customers, so we didn’t realize they had transitioned into this showroom format over the stores we’d visited in the past. You lounge around on ginormous furniture and let gracious salesladies talk you into letting go of enormous amounts of money. You don’t buy anything there and load it up in your car. Upon exploration, we discovered it was a Restoration Hardware showroom. One of the anchor stores is a huge, monolithic gray block. Though the Quarter is just across the street from the Commons, it’s a busy thoroughfare that separates them, so we moved our rental Jeep to a closer position. The Quarter imagines itself to be superior to its “Commons” cousin across the street. There are multiple locations in Scottsdale and Phoenix so don’t miss it. We visited the location at the Kierland Commons. He has love for many different cuisines and strives to make each dish he creates a reflection of his passion for his craft, leaving a lasting impression for all those who indulge.The next morning gave us the chance to try yet another breakfast place recommended by the Phoenix New Times: Snooze, an AM Eatery. Guillen then worked at the Marriot Marquis in downtown San Diego in the Marina Kitchen prior to transitioning to his current role as a Senior Sous Chef at Nellie Cashman’s Monday Club Café within The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. He then moved to San Diego, California, and began his career with Marriott at Del Mar’s Arterra Restaurant and Bar, where he was able to create a menu rooted in his love and passion for farm fresh ingredients. At the age of 23 he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and began his adventures as an aspiring chef, starting as a line cook at a small Lebanese Café in Keego Harbor, Michigan and various prestigious Country Clubs. ![]() With over 30 years of culinary experience, Chef Neil Guillen has progressed from a dishwasher to Chef de Cuisine and is still hungry for more. ![]()
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