This fast-casual has spirit. Spirits, actually. Cocktails make even dry business meetings more enjoyable. Birdcall’s house-made selections include a traditionally salt-rimmed margarita (on the rocks or frozen) and a spicier-rimmed spicy cucumber margarita. Craft beer and wine are also on the menu. Also indulgent, but in a different way, are rich, thick milkshakes in not just the standard vanilla and chocolate flavors but also Oreo, banana cream pie and an extravagant peanut butter chocolate cookie dough.
Birdcall stays true to its name, concentrating almost exclusively on chicken dishes. Crispy chicken accessorized simply with dill pickle chips in the “Original” sandwich; with bacon, pepper-jack cheese, tomato, shredded lettuce and buttermilk herb mayonnaise in the “Deluxe” sandwich; other options that include different regional sauces; and one grilled option as the Grilled Chicken Caesar. A veggie option — what Birdcall humorously puts on the menu as its “meat” option — is a plant-based cutlet sandwich. Crispy, grilled and veggie are also available to add to a variety of chef-inspired salads. Birdcall also offers specialty sauces made in-house from scratch, like its signature Bird-B-Q Ranch, Birdcall Sauce and Buffalo Blue Cheese, made with 100% natural ingredients.
In fact, the community-based brand prides itself not just on serving 100% all-natural foods — which extends to a line of organic beverages in seasonal flavors to augment standard classics like Coke and Sprite — but on its commitment to local and sustainable. Its compostable cutlery, for instance, demonstrates the importance it places on sustainability. And local? Birdcall has partnered with Phoenix-based Noble Bakery to locally source fresh buns for each sandwich, and with local breweries SanTan Brewing Co. and Greenwood Brewery.
Birdcall operates with a philosophy of giving back at least 1% of sales to the local community. To support local businesses, Birdcall has collaborated with State Forty Eight on co-branded shirts that are available for purchase in-store for $15, where $1 from each T-shirt sold benefits the State Forty Eight Foundation.
The Scottsdale location opened last month as the first in Arizona for Colorado-based Birdcall, which plans to open two more in Metro Phoenix this year and a total of 10 in the next three years. It’s a deliberately controlled growth, according to CEO and co-founder Peter Newlin, to ensure maintaining the level of quality at each location.
Birdcall
7204 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale
(480) 681-1060
Grilled Caesar Grilled chicken, parmesan cheese crisp, tomato and romaine lettuce tossed in Caesar dressing |
Deluxe Sandwich Crispy chicken, bacon, pepper-jack cheese, tomato and lettuce with a buttermilk herb mayo |
Chop Salad Romaine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, hard-boiled egg, bacon crumbles and blue cheese vinaigrette |
Did You Know: Embracing its commitment to “local,” Birdcall has formed a relationship with neighboring Chaparral High School to show support for the Firebirds and its students by sponsoring a number of school events, including prom and senior sunset.
Photos courtesy of Birdcall
