Q: positive

A: This was my very first time ever coming to Cafe Rio. We were talking about dinner and she wanted their tortilla soup and I was in the mood for a burrito. So, Cafe Rio was the choice. I have wanted to try this place for sometime. I know it's a chain, but I've never heard of it until recently. Anyhow, I park relatively close to Cafe Rio and walk in. Easy enough to figure out the steps to order your food. I hop in line and look at the menu that is written on a couple of signs. As you're waiting you can see the employees making tortillas and other goodies. I place my order of the Pork Burrito, and it was incredible. Great portion and kept warm all the way back home. I also ordered the soup with a side of chips and salsa. They took care when putting my things in my to go bag. Everyone was friendly and helpful. I'm sure I'll be back as both the food and the price were great.

Q: positive

A: You won't believe this, but the best bbq in North Scottsdale is at a gas station. They have a large menu with innovative choices. The kicker is that you also get to choose your bbq flavor! My personal menu favorite is the BBQ Pulled Pork tacos, but my favorite bbq sauce is still undecided. The Low Country is a sauce with bacon, bell peppers, and worcheshire. The Texas Chipotle is a sweet and spicy sauce. Both are friggin' fantastic, so you can't lose!

Q: positive

A: I love the atmosphere, cleanliness and modern artistic feel of the new library. I will be spending the majority of my weekends here :) friendly staff and plenty of newly released books.

Q: positive

A:
Wow. I really wanted to give this restaurant five stars. I did. Really. But I just can't. I'll explain why at the bottom. First off, the decor is lovely. The wait staff was just the right amount of attentive, without being intrusive. The location is excellent, and the parking attendents were spot on. When I say the location is excellent, I guess that is my bias being from the north end of town. The little shopping enclave this is located in is very upscale, and was prettily sparkling when we were there on Wednesday. I had the filet, with bearnaise sauce, while my wife had the blackened swordfish. Both were excellent. The swordfish was actually better than my steak, and my steak was excellent. The espresso was first rate, and the chocolate creation my wife had for dessert she raved about. I think it was called chocolate passion. Their wine list is quite good (we had the White Star, which of course was, well White Star). This is not an inexpensive dinner, but neither was it at the upper end either. (for 2, with the champagne, was $240 with tip). Now, the reason for the 4 stars. First, the appetizer: shrimp cocktail. 3 incredibly large shrimp in perfect cocktail sauce. But the shrimp were a tad chewy. Then there was my steak, which was delicious, it just wasn't cooked as I had asked. I had asked for medium, but got medium rare. I don't mind medium rare, and it was delicious, just not what I asked for. And lastly, there was no escargot on the menu. That's pretty much a staple for a top notch restaurant in my book.