First Taste: Sam Fox scores another hit with Blanco
December 3rd, 2008, 6:58 pm by Jess Harter
Love him or hate him — and there are plenty of East Valley diners in either camp — Sam Fox has a golden touch. The Scottsdale entrepreneur is a culinary King Midas whose fingerprints can be found on 28 successful restaurants spread across four states.
Despite a sour economy that seems to be swallowing worthwhile restaurants on an almost daily basis, Fox shows no signs of slowing down. In the past couple weeks, he’s opened another Sauce (his 10th) in Chandler, and debuted True Food Kitchen in Phoenix.
Most recently, he’s introduced Blanco Tacos & Tequila, his casual-chic Mexican brand that debuted last year in Tucson, to the Valley by taking over the former Taneko Japanese Tavern at the Borgata shopping center in Scottsdale.