Our friends love this place for the ambiance, music, selection. We loved it too. That's why after meeting our friends here for a Sunday brunch, a Birthday party we decided to book the upstairs patio for a group of 20 when our Moms were in town from Chicago and Oregon to make it a family event. We loved it until 4 of us all got sick 24 hours later. Brutally sick for 2 days(Awful).
What we had in common is we all ate the chicken artichoke pizza at the Perch. None of us live together, nor did we spend anytime together earlier that day or weekend. The restaurant denied this of course after ignoring 2 emails and a letter delivered directly to the owner for a few weeks. The General Manager finally responded with a carefully crafted email 3 weeks later, definitely edited and inspired by their legal team denying any of my claims to the poisoning coming from their restaurant. I was not going to escalate it further, however when the response was so void of customer service sympathy or an attempt to make it right I filed a claim with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. Another one from our party did so also.
The investigation is pending. Anyone may report food poisoning via this site: http://www.maricopa.gov/EnvSvc/Complaints/Forms/ComplaintForm.aspx
Great place for drinks but think twice about eating there, no matter how cute and eclectic it is. I wouldn't wish that sickness on my worst enemy. Good luck Perch.