Phil's Grill at Grayhawk GC, Scottsdale, AZ

We are just back from a long weekend in Scottsdale - golfing, eating and hanging out with Jeff & Dana. The weather was hot, the landscape stark and beautiful and the golf challenging due to their annual overseeding happening this time of year.

Alan and I basically landed, dropped our luggage off at the hotel and drove over to Grayhawk Golf Club to catch up with Jeff, have lunch and make a 1:30pm tee time on Talon. Phil's Grill is the restaurant & bar homage to their PGA Tour ambassador, Phil Mickelson. Photos of him, articles and memorabilia are displayed tastefully but in force all over the dining room along with TVs tuned to the golf channel (plus one showing the baseball game). Leather chairs, a hardwood bar and a comfortable feel overall this looked like a great place to begin our Scottsdale experience.


Jeff was already there, sharing a table with Dell, whom he'd just met that morning as they were paired up together in a morning tee time. Dell (awesomely nice guy, so happy to meet him) had already ordered as we were skimming the menu and placing our order. The Navajo corn chowder he was eating smelled so good it's a miracle I didn't ask him for a bite! He said it had great flavor with a strong kick.

For lunch Alan ordered the Southwestern Chicken wrap in a tomato basil tortilla with seasoned chicken, lettuce, tomato, bacon, cheddar cheese and chipolte mayo served with fries. Not a bad sandwich but a bit on the plain side and while originally thinking it was too hot to order something served warm , he wished he'd ordered the burger.

Jeff ordered the Prime Rib sandwich with pepper jack cheese, au jus and creamy horseradish and fries. The beef was very thinly sliced and layered into a long kaiser roll. Jeff said it was really good.

I ordered the Barn Burger with lettuce, tomatoes and jack cheese...and fries. This is the first time I've ever gotten a burger that was shaped more or less rectangle served on a long, also rectangle shaped kaiser style bun. The cheese was a wonderfully melted mess lathered all over and into the bun. I added my normal ketchup, mayo and mustard and bit it. HOLY COW...what a good burger!! A really, really good burger. I highly recommend the burger!!

While we were waiting on our lunches, Dell's entree arrived which looked so good I'm going to note it here as well. He got the Southwestern Caesar with blackened salmon and tortilla strips. I never wanted to eat a stranger's food so badly as I did Dell's lunch. If we go back, I'm getting that salad...and a burger.