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Day: March 8, 2011

Great AZ Beer Fest winners announced

SanTan Brewing Company, Lumberyard Brewing Company and Crispin Cider Company were the gold medal winners at last weekend’s Great Arizona Beer Festival in Tempe. Best Pale Ale Gold: Devil’s Ale, SanTan Brewing, Chandler (pictured) Silver: Lumberyard American Pale Ale, Lumberyard

Chaka Chaka closes in Phoenix

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

More details on ShinBay reopening

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

Michele Laudig leaves New Times

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