As a visitor, I was looking for some place for my wife to carbo-load the night before the Rock n Roll Arizona Marathon. I was unfamiliar with the area, but staying a a local hotel in Goodyear. I wanted to avoid chain Italian restaurants, and Urbanspoon was being of little help. Finally, I Yelped and found this little place 3 blocks from the hotel.
We were treated to a small family-friendly atmosphere. Though the server/Boss(?) was a little on the over-friendly side (shy northwesterners, not used to so much interaction!) it was very nice that they had bins of toys for our child to choose from as entertainment while waited for our order to arrive.
The special of the night was cheese rigatoni with red pepper-alfredo sauce. This was absolutely fantastic, and far better quality than you can find at any chain. It was served with fresh bread which quite nicely served the purpose of sopping up the remaining sauce after the pasta was consumed.
Although tortellini is not normally on the Kids' menu, they were more than happy to prepare a kid's sized portion of tortellini with marinara for my son.
The daily lunch specials looked interesting, although the limited length of our stay precluded us from trying these out.
The next time we visit Phoenix, Daddy Duke's is definitely on our list of meals out!