Day: January 13, 2011

Events were just announced for the first-ever Arizona Beer Week, which is Feb. 19-26. The main event is the annual Strong Beer Festival at Steele Indian School Park, but there also will be special tastings, dinners, seminars, pub crawls and

Phoenix City Grille and Sierra Bonita Grill (pictured) are no longer sister restaurants. Longtime Valley restaurateur Sheldon Knapp is retaining Phoenix City, which serves American fare. Nate Hopper, who opened Sierra Bonita with Knapp in 2005 as the general manager,

Citizen Public House, the long-awaited restaurant from former Cowboy Ciao chef Bernie Kantak, will have a soft opening Saturday and “officially” open on Sunday. The dinner-only (for now) menu includes entrees named Fair Trade Coffee Charred Short Ribs, Brick Grilled

FilmBar, an independent movie theater and beer/wine bar, just launched its website and is planning to open Feb. 3 in downtown. The theater will show new, classic and cult independent films in a “microcinema” setting (approximately 60-80 seats) while offering

Candy Addict, a store offering more than 1,000 kinfs of candy, has opened on Mill Avenue in downtown Tempe. The store is owned by Frank and Pam Ellis, who relocated from California’s Silicone Valley where he helped develop the Amazon

It looks like Stan’s Metro Deli, an institution on downtown Tempe’s Mill Avenue in the 1990s, has closed again. The deli had just reopened in August after several years’ absence. But a sign in the window today indicates the space is