Day: March 8, 2011

Chaka Chaka, the tiny eatery just south of Chase Field in Phoenix, has closed. Owner Charlie Blonkenfeld is doing private catering and can still be reached at the restaurant’s number or though the restaurants website. Closed for business: Chaka Chaka

New Times broke the news two months ago about ShinBay‘s reopening at the Scottsdale Seville, but now AZ Central has some additional details. When the much-anticipated contemporary Japanese lounge opens in April, it will seat 30. But chef-owner Shinji Kurita plans

It looks like the Valley is down to one fulltime restaurant critic – at least temporarily. Michele Laudig, restaurant critic and blogger for Phoenix New Times, has resigned after a decade at the paper, according to a memo that just