With perfect 75-degree weather and a beautiful outdoor setting, Morning Glory Cafe and Quiessence Restaurant are Phoenix’s top restaurants for patio dining. Combined, we offer breakfast, lunch and dinner under lush pecan groves by day, and lit by the stars at night. We’re located just 8 minutes from downtown Phoenix!

Outdoor Patio Breakfast:
Morning Glory Cafe at the Farm at South Mountain offers fresh and seasonal breakfast dining out on the open-air patio. The menu includes house baked muffins and pastries, locally made sausages, seasonal omelets and more. Voted one of Phoenix’s Top Breakfast Restaurants, Morning Glory Cafe offers beautiful views of the Farm’s organic gardens. Even better, we are a biker, hiker, and pet-friendly restaurant!
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Outdoor Patio Lunch: “4.5 Stars - The Arizona Republic”
Quiessence Restaurant & Wine Bar has been a Phoenix favorite restaurant for outdoor dinner for years. With the addition of lunch service in Fall of 2008, guests can now enjoy seasonal soups, salads, sandwiches and wines under the charming canopy of trees and amongst the Spring flowers. Perfect for weekday lunches away from the office, Quiessence’s outdoor afternoon dining offers scenic views and a fresh & seasonal menu everyday.
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Outdoor Patio Dinner:
Quiessence Restaurant & Wine Bar has been voted as one of the top 5 Most Romantic Dinner Restaurants in Arizona for 2009 and 2008. Dinner on the restaurant’s outdoor patio is lit by the stars, candles and twinkle lights while guests enjoy a fresh and daily menu featuring the season’s finest ingredients. 
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Make your outdoor lunch and dinner reservations by calling Quiessence at (602) 276-0601

Breakfast reservations can be made for parties of 6 or more by calling Morning Glory Cafe at (602) 276-8804

Arizona’s #1 Contemporary American Restaurant - Downtown Phoenix

Quiessence Restaurant and Morning Glory Cafe are located near downtown Phoenix  at 32nd Street and  Southern Avenue. We’re also less than a mile away from the I-10 highway, yet people often comment that our scenery and views transports them to another state!

Nestled within the bucolic Farm at South Mountain, Quiessence Restaurant offers seasonal & organic lunch and dinner featuring produce grown on property at Maya’s Farm.

Morning Glory Cafe at the offers fresh and seasonal breakfast on the open-air patio. The menu includes house baked muffins and pastries, locally made sausages, seasonal omelets and more. Voted one of Phoenix’s Top Breakfast Restaurants, Morning Glory Cafe offers beautiful views of the Farm’s organic gardens. Even better, we are a biker, hiker, and pet-friendly restaurant!

Chef Gregory LaPrad and team treated the masses with an unprecedented 15 courses at this year’s West of Western Culinary Festival at the Phoenix Art Museum, Sunday, March 15th.

“The most sought-out restaurant of the day had to be Quiessence. Chef Greg LaPrad had promised a 10-course meal, but showed up with a whopping 15 courses” writes Jess Harter of the East Valley Tribune. Read the full article>

Hundreds of flowers and fresh farm produce dressed the Quiessence table while guests savored the 15 dishes including:

• Smoked pork shoulder with shaved fennel and arugula
• heirloom cauliflower “tartare” on brick oven crostini
• house-cured spicy coppa with wine and fennel seed salami
• handmade orecchiete pasta with broccoli, sausage, raisins, and pine nuts

Missed the event? Then make your reservation for lunch or dinner today!

4.5 Stars - The Arizona Republic!

Just 8 minutes from downtown Phoenix, Quiessence Restaurant is the perfect lunch escape from the busy workday. Savor your lunch break on the patio with seasonal salads, sandwiches, pastas and more.

“The bucolic setting - a 12-acre oasis of organic gardens, lawns and pecan trees, including a converted farmhouse restaurant at the end of the lane - seems a hundred blissful miles from the rat race,” writes Everyday Dining critic Nikki Buchanan.

Lunch on the Quiessence patio can’t be beat!

Tuesday-Saturday
Lunch 11am-2pm
Afternoon Snacks 2pm-5pm
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Currently one of our most-popular drinks on the menu at Quiessence, this cocktail features the great fresh Arizona citrus now in season.

Ingredients:
3 Slices of your choice of fresh Orange, Tangelo, Tangerine, Valencia, or Blood Orange
2 Slices Fresh Lemon
2 Ounces Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice or Lemonade
1 TSP Sugar
2 Ounces Vodka
(Try High Spirits Vodka from Flagstaff, available at Albertson’s)

Procedure:
Muddle the sugar with the Sliced Fresh Fruit in the bottom of a short glass. Fill the glass with Ice, add the Vodka, followed by the Juice. Stir and serve!

American cuisine and true American music combine as one of the Valley’s most celebrated blues musicians, Paris James brings his distinctive jazz guitar and vocals to Quiessence every Tuesday evening. Paired with picturesque views and your friends, dinner with Paris James has become a Phoenix area favorite.

Visit Paris James online at: http://www.myspace.com/prsjms

LIVE JAZZ with Paris James
Every Tuesday, 6pm-9pm
Reservations recommended
602-276-0601