 The Marketplace Cafe is making a commitment to become a venue for live music in the Sedona area. To this end we've added a big, new stage to our restaurant to accommodate or performers. We promise to bring you the best in live music Thursdays through Saturdays and sometimes even on Sundays. Look for other special events including Murder Mystery dinners, Moroccan Night with Belly Dancers and more. Check out our event calendar for more details! Don't forget we do happy hour Monday through Friday from 4 to 6pm. We offer a wide range of foods including sandwiches, burgers, pizza, fish, steaks, big salads and Mexican Food. We have a full service bar and a great wine list. Our Hollywood themed restaurant has plenty of interesting art to view, or you can enjoy the view on our outdoor patio. Come to Marketplace Cafe "where everyone is treated like a celebrity"! Last Updated (Thursday, 01 April 2010 11:56)
Don't ya hate when you've had a fabulous meal and want to finish it off with a fantastic dessert, but when you get it you realize it was made in a factory in New York, stored in a freezer in Kansas for a couple of months, shipped to the restaurant you're eating in a couple weeks ago, and then they thaw it out and plate it up and garnish it as if it were their own. Well, that's not entirely bad. There are some good desserts out there that are made in New York, frozen and shipped all over the country. I remember one time my wife and I went out to eat with another couple. They were kind of into food and had pretty good tastes and judgment. We went to an Italian restaurant in Chicago that was getting pretty good reviews. On the drive there the wife of the other couple said, "You've got to try the Tiramisu, Its just out of this world". I used to make Tiramisu for my restaurant, but switched to a wholesale product from New York that I thought was outstanding. Saved me a lot of time and trouble and the price point wasn't bad either. So after our dinner, I ordered the Tiramisu and, low and behold, put down in front of me was the same dessert I was buying from New York! I looked at my friend's wife and said, "I guess you haven't tried the Tiranisu in my restaurant!" I then went on to tell them the story about how half the restaurants in the known universe are selling this product and they were aghast. I said what's the problem? Its good! Let's eat! But I don't think it was ever the same for them. A lot of people are like that. So, I am offering my services to come into your restaurant and make you desserts, so you can say "all our desserts are made in house!" I think that's a big selling point. So, if you're a Sedona area restaurant and want to say "all our desserts are made in house", contact me. If you're a customer eating at one of your favorite Sedona area restaurants and you think they could use a dessert makeover, please tell them about me and my services. I'm no haute cuisine pastry chef, but rather a down home Bistro dessert kind of guy. A list of some of the desserts I do follows. Plus check my blog and Youtube channel for pictures and videos of me making desserts. You can get to them from the top menu bar. | Description | Sell Price
| Servings
| Total
| Flourless Chocolate Cake
| $5.50 | 8 | $44
| Chocolate Mousse
| $6
| 15 | $90 | Tart Tatin (French Apple Pie)
| $5.50
| 8
| $44
| | Muffins | $3
| 24 | $72
| Carrot Cake
| $5 | 12
| $60
| Bread Pudding
| $5
| 15
| $75
| Apple Puff Pastries
| $3
| 12
| $36
| Ice Cream
| $4 | 20 | $80
| Creme Brulee
| $6 | 10
| $60
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So, I would come in to your restaurant and with your ingredients, make any of the above 5 desserts and charge $100 for my services. If you had other desserts in mind, we can talk. But, if you took the 5 top desserts listed (excluding the muffins) that would be $350 income for the desserts for a gross profit of $250. Not bad, plus you get to say all desserts are made in house! Sweet! Call me, we'll do dessert! Last Updated (Friday, 26 March 2010 15:09)
Advertise in the newsflash area of our website (upper right corner) for just $100 a month. We get over 600 visitors a week and 300 of them are unique, new visitors. Most of them are from California and southern Arizona. They are going to be visitors to our area and what are they looking for? Lodging, things to do and places to eat. Your ad will rotate with others on a random basis, but not to worry. Most of our visitors look at multiple pages so your ad will be seen by a majority of viewers. We will provide you with a monthly view count. Your ad will also be hot linked to your website, so if someone clicks on it, they will be taken right to your site! Start advertising on this site today! Just click on the contact us button above to send us an email and we'll get you started. We'll need a picture of you ad sized 365wx180h pixels which would be perfect. Smaller picture can have text next to them. Thanks! Last Updated (Tuesday, 23 March 2010 11:58)
 So you want to go out for dinner somewhere in Sedona, Arizona, but you want something a little extra to go along with your meal. The food's got to be good and the service too, but that's a given. Maybe a little people watching would be good, so a restaurant that's been around a while and has a good reputation and, therefore, busy. Or how about a restaurant with a theme and lots of interesting paraphernalia to look at? You know, a little eye candy to keep things interesting. Or, how about a side of live music to liven (pun intended) things up? Well, you're in luck! If you live in the Sedona area or are coming to visit Sedona be sure to check out The Marketplace Cafe, located in the Village of Oak Creek in the Outlet Mall Shopping Center. It has them all! The restaurant has been around a while and has a good following. It has a Hollywood theme to it, so you'll see lots of movie posters decorating the space. And a stage has been added for the live entertainment and that just shows you Michele Moore's, the owner of The Marketplace Cafe, dedication and determination to bring regularly scheduled quality live music performances to the Sedona area.
Some of the recent performer's have been Eric Miller, guitarist (Flamenco/Latin), Gary Regina, Multi-Instrumentalis, The Eric Miller Band for Hot Latin Jazz, The Shamrockers (the St. Patrick's Day performers) and more. Check the "What's Happening" section of there website at www.mpcsedona.com or click here to follow them on Facebook and be sure to become a fan and friend, and/or click here to follow them on Twitter. All good ways to keep in touch with what's going on at The Marketplace Cafe.    Last Updated (Thursday, 08 April 2010 12:46)
Does your business Tweet? Do you have a Facebook page with lots of friends? How about a Facebook business page with lots of fans? Do you have a Youtube channel with videos of your location including you and your staff performing routine, or not so routine, tasks? You do have a website, right? How about a blog and email list to keep in touch with your customers? Can you digg it? Have you stumbled upon delicious? The last two sentences are cryptic references to social bookmarking sites. Bookmarking sites point people to popular and/or interesting stories. If you have an interesting story on your website and somebody bookmarked it, it could bring hoards of people to your site! If it all sounds confusing and a little too time consuming, don't feel bad because it is and is! That's where Red Rock Restaurants can help! I can set you up with a website and blog. I can take pictures and video of your location and your staff performing their duties, edit them and post them on Youtube. I'll create Twitter and Facebook accounts for you and do your posts or show you how to do them. Then once we get some great content of yours out there, we start posting links to your content on the major social bookmarking websites. All of this with the main purpose of driving customers to your website and to your business! So, what's the cost? For $500 plus hosting fees (Godaddy is about $90 a year for what you'll need), you'll get a website, a blog, 1 video of your location, pictures, one demo video, a Youtube channel to post them on, I'll set up a Twitter account and a Facebook account with a business Page for you, I'll show you how to post to these account and to your blog. I could do extra videos for you for $100 each for a 5 to 10 minute video. If you don't want to do the twitter and facebook and blog posting, I could do those for you for $100 per month. And I'll do the social bookmarking for you at no additional cost. If you're interested please contact us. Thanks. To check things out, move your mouse over the Follow Us On button on the top menu bar and click on the appropriate tab to go our Twitter, Facebook or Youtube channel. Also. click on Harry Olson's Blog to go to my blog and see another way to incorporate videos in to your content. Thanks again! Last Updated (Saturday, 20 March 2010 13:35)
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Get you restaurant's Valentines Day Special posted here for free! Just send an email to the admin using the contact us button above with the info! Thanks Here's what's going on at: Cucina Rustica and Dahl & DiLuca - Antipasti Romantici - Fresh Florida Stone Crabs $34, Dungeness Crab Etroflee Stuffed Mushrooms $18, Gamberi Alla Vodka Con Bruschetta $12.50, Ostriche (Oysters) d'Orate $16, Zuppa e Insalata - Zuppa Aragosta $8.50, Insalata Pomodoro $12, Entrate - Valentino D'Amore Per Due (Chateabriand for two) $79.95, Mare e Cielo (Salmon, Scallops, Safron Risotto) $36, Vitello Alla Soprano $34, Agnello Ambrosia $36, Osso Buco Tradizione $36, Call 928-284-3010 to make reservations at Cucina Rustica www.cucinarustica.com, call 928-282-5219 to make reservations for Dahl & DiLuca www.dahlanddiluca.com Pinon Bistro in Cottonwood is having their 10th annual wine dinner from Feb.10 through the 14th, which is Valentine's Day. Call 928-649-0234 for more info and to make reservations. Mulligan's and the Village of Oak Creek Association are having a buffet dinner from 6pm to 9pm with a no-host bar starting at 5pm and will feature Mulligan's "Death by Chocolate" Desserts. Cost is just $25 per person. Music by Village Jazz Ensemble. Reservations are required. Reservation deadline is Friday, Feb. 12th. Call 284-3687 to make reservations. Last Updated (Thursday, 04 February 2010 16:54)
  I've had the poll for the Best Burger in Sedona, Arizona on the home page for the last two weeks of December and the first week of January. I can only hope the low vote totals were because of the holiday season and everybody had something else on their minds besides a burger. I think that a good burger is near and dear to the heart and that its something people really want and would go out of their way for, within reason of course. I remember when I worked in downtown Chicago there was this place called the Bar Double R. It had a country motif and they had about eight burgers on the menu, all named after a character out of the wild west. I liked the Annie Oakley. A half pound, charred crunchy burger on the outside but medium rare in the inside. Cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and red onion. Pretty basic, but it was darn good. And anytime anyone in my work group had a hankering for a burger, it was the Bar Double R. So, I asked the question here in Sedona and I got a few replies on where I should go for a good burger. Some suggested the Grasshopper Grille, The Tavern Grille, Oak Creek Brewery in Tlaquepaque, PJs Pub, and Red Rock Cafe. So off I went!   
I went to the Grasshopper Grille and had the G-Hopp which is a Bleu Cheese burger with bacon, grilled onions and mushrooms. They cook their burgers medium well and they aren't kidding. It was kind of dry and I was glad I finally hit that bleu cheese in the middle for some moisture. My wife had a Cornville Thrill which is burger with Swiss cheese, BBQ Sauce, bacon and an onion ring. Well, there wasn't any bacon on the one we got but there were two onion rings. Neither of the burgers had any lettuce or tomato slices. Technically the menu doesn't say it so you don't get it, but I always gave that with the burgers I served at my restaurant. No matter what combination, I put the lettuce and tomato and red onion on the side. Use it if you want to or not. It looked nice too. These were lonely burgers with too much empty space in the baskets. We did get a dill pickle spear, so that was an unexpected bonus. But, a bit of lettuce and a slice of tomato would have spruced things up a bit. The restaurant itself is pretty casual with formica tables and a worn out wall to wall carpet. The wood timbers looked nice. There's a pool table outside and a dart machine on the inside. Country music playing and TVs with sports on. The all you can eat salad bar was interesting. Before you order that, I suggest you go check it out first. Just didn't seem like there was a whole lot to it. My Bleu cheese burger was $9 and the Cornville Thrill was $8.25. It was all good. We ate every last bite. They had a Chicken Pesto Sandwich special that looked interesting that another table ordered. There's a place called the Full Moon Saloon on 179 in Oak Creek in the back of the Tequa Plaza. The sign out by the street says, "Cold Beer, Great Burgers". I had never been in the Full Moon Saloon before because I thought it was more a bar then a place to eat and I was right. Its a bar with two pool tables and lots of TVs and a couple of Jagermiester drink machines. I think all there was was pizza by the slice and cheeseburgers as far as food goes. So that's what my wife and I ordered. While we waited we played a game of pool. Michael, the owner, went through a door behind the bar into the kitchen. And re-emerged in what seemed like just two minutes with the food. Pretty fast for a burger. Anyway, everything was fine. The conversation with Michael was a lot about the local economy. He seems to be a great guy. Holds fundraisers for charity, likes and organizes car shows and even races his own car! The beer's cold and the urgers are good. Stop in for one, play some pool and watch your favorite sports on TV. 
Next, I went to The Tavern Grille in Old Downtown Cottonwood. Nice place, good food and people waiting for tables on a Monday afternoon! So you know the food has got to be good. And it was! A little more upscale than your average bar or cafe. My wife had the Seared Ahi Tuna Salad with avocado, Asian vegetables, and crispy rice noodles on top of spring mix greens with Wasabi Ranch and Ginger Soy Sauce.This dish was beautifully presented with the rare Tuna fanned out and looking good! I ordered the Southwest Sourdough Burger which had pepper jack cheese, green chilies and Chipotle Mayo on grilled sourdough bread. You would think with pepper jack cheese and chipotle mayo you'd get some heat, but I didn't get any kind of heat. Nice flavor though! The giant onion rings were delicious as were the sweet potato fries. This is a very hip and happening place with lots of good looking, young, happy people working and eating there. Nice location. The building its in was once a theater, so a little history behind those old walls.This is one of four restaurants the owner has, the others being Nick's, the Haunted Hamburger and I forget the fourth one. I haven't been to it but the others I have, and they are all great. Especially Nick's, see my review that I did earlier. 
Next up was the Red Rock Cafe in the Weber Plaza in Oak Creek just off of 179. You gotta love the place and the people. The food is great and you get good value for your buck which is why its usually filled with locals. Most of the time I go there for breakfast, so looking at the lunch menu was a little different. They have a whole bunch of salads,sandwiches and burgers. I zoomed in on what they call the "Best Burger". After all, that's what I was looking for! Its a half pound burger with Swiss cheese, lettuce, onions, tomato and thousand island dressing on grilled sourdough bread. I was asked how'd I like it cooked. "Medium Rare" is what I said, and it was really medium rare. Very nice flavor to it. A good juicy burger! The fries were the hottest (temperature wise) I've had in a long time. Nice and crispy on the outside and hot and soft on the inside. It was big enough for the two of us, but my wife and I managed to devour the whole thing. The price tag for the "Best Burger" is $9.29 We had a bowl of soup too. Everything is good here! And by the way, Red Rock Cafe did get the most votes for "Best Burger in Sedona" in Red Rock Restaurants online poll. So congratulations Red Rock Cafe! Last Updated (Friday, 12 February 2010 14:38)
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Hog Wild Restaurant and Catering, 705 North Main Street, Cottonwood, Az., (928)639-3232, www.azhogwild.com Just a quick note on two outstanding lunches I had recently. One was at Hog Wild in Cottonwood. Its located just before you get to Old Downtown Cottonwood. Its a Chicago style diner type place that has Italian Beefs and Chicago Style Hot Dogs among a ton of other delectable delights including burgers, ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket and pastrami sandwich. I had the Chicago style hot dogs and they were fabulous and authentic all the way down to the iridescent green relish, Vienna style hot dogs and poppy seed buns. Although not advertised as jumbo they were on the large side and two were quite a lot of food. And at just $6.75 for two with fries it was a good buy.The other two people with me also had hot dogs so I didn't see any of the other food being offered close up, but the burgers looked great! Next time, burgers, ribs and a hot pastrami on rye please! ****UPDATE!**** Actually, when I did go back, I had another hot dog, my wife had a beef sandwich and we all split a half slab of ribs and two sodas, $25. Everything was just fantastic! Especially the ribs! Absolutely fantastic! And the sweet potato fries were incredible! $8 for a beef sandwich though and $13 for a half slab of ribs! That's what I would pay in a sit down restaurant with waiters, real plates, silverware and glasses instead of Styrofoam cups! I'll stick to the hot dogs.The ribs were good though...    
A few days later I ate at the Orion Bread Company in Old Downtown Cottonwood. My wife and I split the Mediterranean Sandwich with Turkey and hummus and it was absolutely delicious.Everything as fresh as it could be (including the bread)! The sandwich was $8 and splitting it was enough for the two of us. Lots of different types of bread on display (That happens a lot at bakeries). We bought a Minor's loaf. Looks good. Read the paper, caught up on the news, found a cheesecake cookbook, perused it, lounged around a bit, relaxed. Great sandwich. Nice! We'll be back! Last Updated (Friday, 29 January 2010 21:17)
I owned Burgundy Bistro for over 16 years. Over those years I put together a recipe book for my employees to follow. I now offer it to you as an inside look into the some of the most delicious and sought after recipes that my customers craved! This is the 2009 version of the recipe book. I will be updating this cook book with pictures in the 2010 version. Everyone buying the 2009 version will get a free upgrade to the 2010 version and will save $10 in the process! Good luck and have a good time cooking! Just $15. Last Updated (Thursday, 07 January 2010 16:38)
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