By Jess Harter
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Friday, September 29, 2023
🥨🍔🍺 Wren Südhalle, the European-inspired beer hall that Wren House Brewing opened in Ahwatukee two weeks ago, has soft-launched its food menu:
- Haus frites: herb salt, haus saus, mustard ($6)
- Onion rings: roasted apple schmaltz, mustard ($8)
- Pretzel: brown butter, goat milk obatzda, mustard ($9)
- Pork rillettes: rye toat, mustard, pickles ($14)
- Lustige frites: pastrami, aged gouda, haus saus, cornichon ($15, pictured)
- Wren burger: two smashed beef patties, American cheese, onion, pickles, lettuce, mustard, haus saus ($12*)
- Brat burger: smashed beef patty, smashed bratwurst patty, gruyére, onion, picle, lettuce, mustard, haus sauce ($14*)
- Käse burger: smashed beef patty, smashed Käsekrainer patty, Alpenhorn, onion, pickles, lettuce, mustard, haus saus ($14*)
- Cheesey melt: American cheese, aged gruyére, Alpenhorn, goat milk obatzda, pickles, haus saus ($12*)
- (*add a side of frites or rings with haus saus for $4.)
A kids menu offers a burger and frites ($8) or cheesey melt with frites ($7).
The menu was created by James Beard-nominated chef Derek Christensen from Bacanora.
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Friday, September 29, 2023
By Jess Harter
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
🥟🍔 Goodbye, Red Stripe curried shrimp. Hello (again), Dragon Dumpling Burger.
Award-winning cocktail bar Bitter & Twisted in downtown Phoenix has revamped its food menu by bringing back original dishes from its 2014 opening and early days.
Besides the Dragon Dumpling Burger ($17, pictured), these include Korean Nachos ($16), Fish & Chips ($20), Green Chili Mac ($15), and Buffalo Cauliflower ($15).
For the past 11 months, the bar had turned over its kitchen to chef Dwayne Allen, who offered Jamaiican dishes from his now-defunct restaurant The Breadfruit.
“We’re glad to be able to make the kitchen ours again, and to be to fulfill the requests of our guests craving some of the original favorites,” Bitter & Twisted owner Ross Simon says.
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Friday, September 22, 2023
By Jess Harter
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Thursday, September 21, 2023
🇩🇪🍺 Wicked Brews, Bites & Spirits in Ahwatukee has launched a limited-time German-inspired menu to complement the release of its Oktoberfest Lager:
- Charcuterie board with spicy Polish sausage, kielbasa, bratwurst, cheese, fruit, nuts, German bread, and house-made apple sauce ($24, pictured).
- Crispy breaded pork schnitzel with brown gravy, apple sauce, and pickled red cabbage ($10).
- Apple sausage hash with Brussel sprouts, onion, walnuts and Djion apple cider vinaigrette ($12).
- WCKD sausage trio of curry wurst, Bavarian, and spicy sausage with pickled red cabbage and German potato salad ($16).
- Pumpkin cake with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon ($12).
The special menu items are available through October.
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By Jess Harter
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
🇩🇪🍻 A sure sign of fall: Chandler-based Pedal Haus Brewery has launched a limited-time Oktoberfest menu at its Chandler, Tempe, and Phoenix locations, including:
- Grilled, beer-braised brats with haus mustard, onions, sauerkraut, and fries ($12).
- Crispy pork schnitzel with mashed potatoes and wild mushroom gravy ($18, pictured on left).
- German-style flammkuchen topped with mozzarella, bechamel, bacon, and caramelized onions ($15, pictured on right).
- Bavarian pretzels served with haus mustard, maple butter, and Biere Blanche beer cheese ($12.50).
- Seasonal Oktoberfest beer, a German-style pilsner ($6.50).
(Note: Flammkuchen not available at downtown Chandler location.)
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By Jess Harter
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
⚾️🍔 A popular Phoenix eatery is rooting for a hit from Arizona Diamondbacks rookie outfielder Corbin Carroll, and not just on the baseball field.
Eat Up Drive In has partnered with the Rookie of the Year candidate to launch a limited-time Corbin Carroll kids meal.
The $7.77 meal (Carroll wears No. 7) includes a double cheeseburger, fries, a chocolate chip cookie, a lemonade, and a Carroll baseball card – a limited number of which are signed by the player.
You can get the kids meal through October at Eat Up, which is located on the southeast corner of Indian School and 40th Street.
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
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Monday, August 28, 2023
🌶 Nando’s Mexican Cafe again is offering its seasonal Hatch chile cheese crisp (pictured) – plus, for the first time, an entire Hatch chile menu – through the end of September at all four of its East Valley restaurants.
Hatch chile menu: Cheese crisp ($10), queso dip ($11), birria melt ($15), cheeseburger ($16), Philly ($15), margarita ($11), and lemonade ($4).
Locations: Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Queen Creek.
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