Fat Ox is embracing summer with new seasonal dishes and handcrafted cocktails that highlight the fresh, bold ingredients of the warmer months. Known for its refined take on rural Italian cuisine, the Scottsdale restaurant invites guests to savor the season with an array of inventive offerings from the kitchen and bar.
Chef Matt Carter showcases the restaurant’s signature balance of tradition and innovation with standout starters like the Burrata D.O.P. with Prosciutto, elevated with pomegranate, cherry mostarda, pistachio, and served alongside Noble Bread and EVOO—an elegant play on richness and acidity.
Seasonal pasta dishes also take center stage, such as the Pici with miso-grilled trumpet mushrooms and a dandelion pine nut salsa verde, and the Capelletti, a squash-filled pasta finished with fermented garlic honey and zucchini sott’olio. The Sorpresine offers a bold blend, pairing veal alla vodka with yellow tomato, nduja, caciocavallo, and a balsamic crumble for a dish rich in savory-sweet complexity.
Fat Ox’s refreshed summer cocktail menu is designed to be as bright and refreshing as a desert sunset. Highlights include Good Fortune, made with vodka, hibiscus aperitivo, peach, lemon, orange blossom honey, and moscato, and Pipino, a cooling mix of gin, lime, cucumber, smoked jalapeño, and jasmine.
For tropical flair, the White Lotus blends rum, banana falernum, lime, pineapple, and coconut, while the Melone Verde offers a crisp mix of tequila, honeydew melon, génépy, lemongrass, and mint. Agave lovers will enjoy Aconna Rain, a smoky-citrus blend of mezcal, sotol, apricot, grapefruit, and Aleppo chili salt.
Spirit-forward selections include Saturnalia with bourbon, passionfruit, and Italian herbal liqueur, and the complex, aromatic A Night in San Gimignano. Returning by popular demand, the Strawberries & Cigars blends scotch, strawberry, lemon, rhubarb and rose with a smoky touch of Laphroaig and rosemary.
Named after the legendary Italian cattle and culinary festival, Fat Ox remains true to its roots with ingredient-driven dishes, house-made pasta, and shareable starters, all thoughtfully paired with a global wine list curated by an in-house sommelier. Guests can enjoy Aperitivo Hour daily from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the bar and high tops, or dine during regular hours Sunday-Thursday. Learn more at ilovefatox.com.
