When a new spot opens in town, we’re eager to check it out, let you know our initial impressions, share photos and dish about menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened – an occasion to sample a few items and satisfy curiosities (both yours and ours).
At il Bracco, Scottsdale’s newest Italian hotspot, not one seat is vacant. Not at the restaurant’s lengthy travertine bar, in one of the plush booths spanning the tiered dining room or on the patio that traces the perimeter of the midcentury modern-styled brick building.
Like its popular siblings in Dallas and Houston, the Scottsdale outpost has been a hot ticket since it opened at the end of March. Il Bracco, just south of McCormick Ranch, draws an eclectic mix of well-heeled retirees, parents dolled up for a date night and groups donning club wear, gearing up for a night out in Old Town and making a stop for dirty martinis and bowls of pasta…