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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