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3821 N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251

480-994-3524

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Phoenix New Times
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BEST SIDES
Award Winner 2005

Cuisine(s): American, Contemporary

Hours: Sun-Thu 4:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 4:30pm-11pm

Price: $$$

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Business Dining

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

This is the perfect spot for a quick, high-quality meal when you're in the middle of a busy Saturday night. Excellent salads, rotisserie chicken, first-rate prime rib and grilled fish are the featured items.

2005 | BEST SIDES

Bandera is perhaps best known as a chicken and rib joint, but the thing that keeps us coming back to this chain-that-doesn't-act-like-a-chain restaurant is the side dishes. We dream about the peanut coleslaw, the jalapeño corn bread, the garlic mashed potatoes. We know a woman who, for years, tried to replicate the house salad dressing -- to no avail. Now she just goes to Bandera and orders several sides of dressing, to douse her lettuce. We can commiserate. In our dream, we walk into... More »
2004 | BEST FLYING CHICKEN

We called, we drove, we'd barely stopped the car when a cute guy with a big bag emerged from the back door of Bandera, and plunked an entire chicken in our laps. We love Bandera for the peanut coleslaw and the grilled artichokes, but mostly, we love the flying chicken park-and-pick-up system. Screw the Colonel. Pass the cornbread. More »

Second Helpings

By Howard Seftel | Thu, August 14, 1997

Remembrance of Things Pasta: Nobody likes cooking this time of year. But if you don't mind doing just a bit of kitchen work--boiling water--you can fool your family into thinking you've been slaving over a hot stove all day. The trick is to vi... More »
GOODBYE, COOL WORLD

By Howard Seftel | Wed, June 22, 1994

Planet Hollywood, Biltmore Fashion Park, 2402 East Camelback, Phoenix, 954-7827. Hours: Lunch and Dinner, 11 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. The Hollywood big shots have come and gone. The Arizona Republic has found other stories for page 1.... More »

Main Menu

Starters

$8.00

Dip Duo With Tortilla Chips

$11.00

Grilled Jumbo Artichoke

$4.00

Deviled Eggs

$5.00

Skillet Cornbread

$5.00

Nice Little House Salad

$5.00

Small Caesar Salad

Burgers & Sandwiches

$14.00

“old Town” Cheeseburger
all the way with melted cheddar on a house-made bun

$13.00

Carnitas Sandwich
with braised pork, avocado & rio grande glaze

$13.00

Ahi Tuna Burger
with iceberg lettuce, tomato & red onion on a house-made bun

$13.00

Ding’s Crispy Chicken Sandwich
with swiss cheese, slaw and arugula

Wood-fired Rotisserie

$17.00

Bandera-style Roasted Chicken
with tortilla sauce and spanish rice

$24.00

Roasted Chicken & Low Country Barbecue Beef Rib Combo
with coleslaw

Entrees

$12.00

Classic Caesar Salad
with roasted chicken and cornbread croutons

$17.00

Macho Salad
with roasted chicken, avocado, chopped almonds and goat cheese

$25.00

“the Flying Tuna Platter”
with mixed greens, avocado, mango and miso vinaigrette

$13.00

Seasonal Hand-selected Vegetable Platter

$24.00

Simply Grilled Salmon
with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables

Bandera-style Grilled Fish
with seasonal vegetables

$15.00

Butternut And White Cheddar Enchilada
with spanish rice and escabéche

$28.00

Kobe-style Steak And Enchilada Platter
with escabéche

$28.00

Snake River Farms American-style Kobe Tri-tip And Caesar Salad

$31.00

Aged Prime Rib
slow roasted on the bone with mashed potatoes

$33.00

Grilled Center-cut Filet
with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables

Sides

$4.00

Seasonal Vegetable

$4.00

Mashed Potatoes

$4.00

Spanish Rice

$4.00

Roasted Red & Gold Peppers

$4.00

Hand-cut French Fries

$4.00

Peanut Coleslaw

$6.00

Enchilada
à la carte

$5.00

Mac & Cheese
with walnut cornbread crumble

$12.00

Whole Chicken To Go

$4.00

Escabéche

Desserts

$7.00

Banana Cream Pie
with caramel and crushed chocolate

$7.00

House-made Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches
made with crème d e cocoa

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Bandera

3821 N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85251

480-994-3524

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2005 | BEST SIDES

2004 | BEST FLYING CHICKEN

Second Helpings

By Howard Seftel | Thu, August 14, 1997

GOODBYE, COOL WORLD

By Howard Seftel | Wed, June 22, 1994

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