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Badlands Bar & Grill closes in Tempe, prepares to open Queen Creek location

🍔 Badlands Bar & Grill, an American elevated comfort food restaurant, has closed after two years on the north end of the Hilton Garden Inn on the west side of the Loop 101 between Guadalupe and Elliot.

The announcement

‘‘We appreciate all the support and love everyone has shown us over the years and just want you to know this was not an easy decision,’’ the owners posted on social media.

What’s next?

Owners Peter and Kayla Lardakis have been working on a second Badlands location in the old Lone Spur Cafe on the southwest corner of Ellsworth and Ocotillo in Queen Creek. It’s still expected to open later this month.