Welcome to Dining Guides, an intermittent series on the many dining hubs around the greater Phoenix area and what they have to offer. Breakfast to drinks, quick coffee to sit-down dining, we break down some of our favorite places in each neighborhood. Today, we want to zero in on Roosevelt Row. Roosevelt Row has seen a lot of action in recent years. It was once that cool, janky part of ...

Bursting with nearly 3,000 years of culture in the Pacific Islands, kava has brought people together for centuries. With the addition of Lacuna Kava Bar in downtown Phoenix on April 5, that culture can now be found just off of Roosevelt Row. Derived from the root of the Piper Methysticum plant, which means "intoxicating or enchanting pepper," kava is the national drink of Fiji and has been used in ceremonies ...