First Taste: Matney showcases home cooking at Eddie’s House
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 by Jess Harter
If newly opened Eddie’s House truly represents, as intended, what it’s like to eat in chef Eddie Matney’s home, there’s one obvious question: How does he ever get any of his guests to leave?
Love him or hate him — and there are plenty of people in either camp — Matney, one of the lions of the Valley’s culinary scene in the ‘90s, shows he’s still a force to be reckoned with in the kitchen.
His first Old Town Scottsdale restaurant is a casual, comfortable retreat. Aubergine and mustard walls and wasabi green chairs compose a food-themed palette. Chandeliers made from recycled wine barrels hang like giant whisks. Accents range from the home-inspired, such as the shower curtains that provide privacy in the restrooms, to the personal, including Matney’s family tree painted on the wall.