Renegade Cafe?

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I was just perusing Noca's schedule and noticed that there is an upcoming Guest Chef Dinner with Robert McGrath of Renegade Cafe? 

Is there such a place? Being a big fan of the old Roaring Fork, I am very intrigued if this is a new place....

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Yes, it has been in the works for some time (Shea east of 90th St). Last I heard was an expected March opening, as John noted, but as of a few weeks ago, it is still not open. Website says soon.

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Looks like it's open, judging from its website.

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Renegade Canteen
9343 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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http://www.renegadecanteen.com/

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Renegade Canteen
9343 E Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/2010/06/16/20100616renegade-canteen-scottsdale-robert-mcgrath.html

Reviewed in AZ Rep

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We arrived at 4:45 on the first Friday night after Renegade opened, thinking we would partake of happy hour in the bar. Wrong -- the bar was packed in the same manner as Roaring Fork used to be in its heyday. However, there was no problem obtaining a table in the dining room, although if we had arrived half an hour later it might have been a different story. Service was outstanding, as the manager, server, busboys, and everyone enthusiastically greeted us as if we were old friends, even though we hadn't been frequent enough visitors to RF to be specifically recognized. They are still working on the food and there was some room for improvement, but our comments were solicited -- more gravy in the green chile pork stew, please; less dressing on the arugula that accompanies the lamb riblet, please; more creaminess in the jalapeno mac & cheese, por favor. I had the grits with cod, lobster chunks and quail egg, and although the first bite seemed a little bland, by the time I got into the center I was really enjoying the creamy unctuousness. We don't usually order dessert but the choices were interesting so we shared the brown butter cake with caramel sauce and bacon, and the taste was excellent, although I found the cake slightly dry.

Roaring Fork used to be our favorite special occasion place and destination for out of town guests, so we hope Renegade continues to develop and provide consistently great comfort food.

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Roaring Fork
4800 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

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