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Day: January 14, 2011

Yelp of the day

Frank E. on Pepin in Scottsdale: The food was a bit bland.  If you google “Spanish Food” and “bland” you’ll find that this combination comes up quite a bit.  So the blandness is likely a combination of Spanish food being

Quick bites

Year-old Dolce Espresso Video Coffee Bar in Phoenix has closed. [New Times] TK’s Urban Tavern opens tonight at the Scottsdale Quarter. [New Times] Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches has opened its 13th Valley location at CityScape in downtown Phoenix. [AZ Central]

Top 100 beer bars include 2 in Valley

Papago Brewing Company in Scottsdale and Taste of Tops (pictured) in Tempe made Draft Magazine’s list of America’s best beer bars. The magazine said of Papago: This is the place in Phoenix to meet up with the beer crowd. Thirty taps

El Güero Canelo coming to Valley

Sonoran hot dog alert! Tucson favorite El Güero Canelo plans to open three Valley locations “as soon as possible,” according to owner Daniel Contreras. El Güero Canelo is well-known for its Sonoran hot dogs, which are wrapped in bacon and topped