Luxe Beat Magazine OCTOBER 2014 | Page 41

Travel chèvre cheese. La Grande Orange: this is a local grocery store/pizzeria/sandwich shop that serves amazing pizza but even more amazing chocolate chip sea salt cookies. OUTSIDE SECURITY: Chelsea’s Kitchen: the sit-down restaurant affiliated with La Grande Orange (don’t forget the cookies for dessert). Cheuvront Restaurant and Wine Bar: this used to be a downtown Phoenix staple, but its airport location is the city’s only location for this super cool wine bar; sip a glass of wine or champagne, nibble on the cheese plate or try the ancho pork empanadas in a flaky puff pastry. Shopping Of course, there are still those kiosks selling cheap scarves and those newsstands with water, soda, chips and magazines, but Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is also home to several high-end shops. One of the best is Mosaic: Fine Art & Craft Gallery. Mosaic, located in the T4 lobby before security, features beautiful art glass, sculptures, jewelry, paintings and ceramics. Alongside work by local artisans are fine works by world-renowned artists. Don’t miss the art books, paper goods and small gifts at the back of the shop. Don’t want to carry it on your flight? No worries. Mosaic will ship for you. Inside security, next to gate A3, is Mosaic’s sister store, Indigenous. This shop features Native American arts, crafts and jewelry. From traditional Native American pottery, baskets, Kachina dolls and weaving to contemporary jewelry using Arizona’s native turquoise, Indigenous has an eclectic assortment of gifts. Your family and friends will never know you found their treasure at an airport. Museums and Art Work Most of us take for granted the works of art on display at airports around the world. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is no exception. In fact, the Phoenix Airport Museum is one of the largest airport museums in the country, with nearly 600 pieces in the collection, along with many others on loan from other museums or collections. On average, collections change every six months and are on display 24 hours a day for travelers. Artwork includes a variety of mediums, artistic styles and disciplines, and can be seen in all terminals as well as the rental car center and Sky Train terminal. One of the most iconic displays at PHX is a series of photographs of 100 Arizona ranchers taken by local photographer Scott Baxter in 2012 in honor of Arizona’s Centennial. Those photographs can be seen in T4’s International Walkway. There are two locations currently hosting an exhibit scheduled to run through early 2015 that focus on the 7 C’s of Arizona: Copper, Cattle, Cotton, Citrus, Climate, Cactus, Canyons. In this exhibit, various artists use, depict and/or reference the C’s in their artwork. There are eight display cases at the east and west ends of Level 3 in T4 that will be on display through February 15, 2015. The gallery on the south side and in the center of T4’s Level 3 will have this