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09/07/2026

Pizzicata was filmed for Check, Please! Arizona with Chef Mark Tarbell on Arizona PBS. The show works on recommendations — guests name the places they believe in, and the cameras go see for themselves.

Being recommended by the people who eat here means more to us than any review we could write about ourselves.

A sincere thank you to the crew who spent the day with us. They were incredibly professional from start to finish, and they made everyone feel at ease while doing their work. We’re honored to be part of the show and we can’t wait to see it.

This is the behind-the-scenes. The episode is coming soon.

09/05/2026

The G Man is back tonight. Five o’clock, right here in the dining room, with a glass in hand and dinner just getting started.

Live at 5PM — Pizzicata Glendale.

A presto.

Five o’clock on a Friday, and the week finally lets go. Les Koel plays tonight at Pizzicata Glendale — music starting at...
09/04/2026

Five o’clock on a Friday, and the week finally lets go. Les Koel plays tonight at Pizzicata Glendale — music starting at five, dinner running right alongside it. Bring whoever you’ve been meaning to catch up with.

19420 N 59th Ave, Glendale · Tonight at 5

Some songs never go out of style.Tonight, Eleeza Desert Flower brings the standards to Pizzicata Glendale — live in the ...
09/03/2026

Some songs never go out of style.

Tonight, Eleeza Desert Flower brings the standards to Pizzicata Glendale — live in the dining room from 5pm.
See you tonight.

Not all fat is the same — and not all olive oil is either.Saturated fat is solid at room temperature. Olive oil is liqui...
09/02/2026

Not all fat is the same — and not all olive oil is either.
Saturated fat is solid at room temperature. Olive oil is liquid. But so are sunflower, corn and soybean oil, and those are mostly polyunsaturated. Olive oil is mostly monounsaturated — a different structure entirely.
Then there’s the label. “Product of Italy” can legally mean the oil was only bottled there. What tells you more is a named region and a harvest date.

08/31/2026

Viola’s garden. Not the restaurant’s — hers, at home.

Keeping a garden alive in Arizona is not easy. The sun doesn’t negotiate. It takes water at the right hour, shade you have to invent, and the patience to accept that some things will not make it through July no matter what you do.

Basil, mint, strawberries, a bit of pepper. Some days it looks better than others, and she’ll be the first to tell you so.

But herbs picked minutes before they go in the pan taste different. Not slightly. The smell arrives before the flavor does, and it changes what a dish becomes. That’s the whole reason she keeps fighting for it — the walk back to the kitchen with something in her hand is worth every dry morning that came before it.

Do you grow anything at home?

Jack Hanson, tonight at five. It’s his first time playing for us in Glendale, and we’d love a full room to welcome him. ...
08/29/2026

Jack Hanson, tonight at five. It’s his first time playing for us in Glendale, and we’d love a full room to welcome him. Grab a table, pour something good, stay a while.

19420 N 59th Ave, Glendale · Tonight at 5

Jacke Hamdson, tonight at five. It’s his first time playing for us in Glendale, and we’d love a full room to welcome him...
08/29/2026

Jacke Hamdson, tonight at five. It’s his first time playing for us in Glendale, and we’d love a full room to welcome him. Grab a table, pour something good, stay a while.

19420 N 59th Ave, Glendale · Tonight at 5

08/26/2026

They always tell you to fix tomato sauce with sugar.
You don’t need it. Not if the tomato is good.

I use San Marzano — grown near Naples, in volcanic soil, naturally sweeter. That’s already in the sauce.

Choose the tomato right, and it never needs correcting.

Italians eat pasta almost every day — and Italy still has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world.That sounds like ...
08/24/2026

Italians eat pasta almost every day — and Italy still has one of the lowest obesity rates in the world.

That sounds like a contradiction. It isn’t. Part of the answer is in the wheat: durum semolina, required by law, cooked al dente on purpose. Swipe through to see why it matters.

Live music at five o’clock, Friday and Saturday.Wine poured, plates arriving, someone playing a few feet away.19420 N 59...
08/21/2026

Live music at five o’clock, Friday and Saturday.

Wine poured, plates arriving, someone playing a few feet away.

19420 N 59th Ave, Glendale.

Some photos from our last party. 🖤Shane’s farewell, in one room full of people who came to say goodbye.Do you love a the...
08/20/2026

Some photos from our last party. 🖤

Shane’s farewell, in one room full of people who came to say goodbye.

Do you love a themed night out? Tell us below what kind of party you’d want to see next.

08/19/2026

Pizzicata vibes. 🎤🖤

That’s what happens when the mics are still warm from Shane’s last set.

08/18/2026

The password worked.

Sunday night, the private room filled up, the music didn’t stop, and we raised a glass to Shane one last time.

Thank you to everyone who found the door.

New York’s lucky to have him. So were we, for a while.

Do you love a themed night out? Tell us below — what kind of party would get you through our door next?

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Tuesday 11am - 9pm
Wednesday 11am - 9pm
Thursday 11am - 9pm
Friday 11am - 9pm
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