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Day: June 24, 2024

Valley chef to compete Tuesday on Food Network’s ‘Chopped’

🔪 Former Bacanora chef Derek Christensen (shown on right) will compete Tuesday on the popular Food Network show ‘‘Chopped.’’ The episode, titled ‘‘Southwestern Strength,’’ will air at 8 p.m. on most TV providers. According to the network: ‘‘Four Southwestern competitors

The MercBar to close after 28 years at Esplanade in Phoenix

🍸 Another day, another longtime Valley food and drink establishment is closing. This time it’s Merc Bar, the cocktail lounge that’s been pouring drinks at the Esplanade in Phoenix since 1996. This Saturday night will be the upscale bar’s swan

The Farmhouse in downtown Gilbert to close after 35 years

🐓 The Farmhouse, a fixture in Gilbert since 1989, is the latest longtime Valley restaurant to announce its impending closure. Its last day will be Sunday. Owners Sylvia Hilligardt and daughter Milli launched The Farmhouse in a stand-alone building — an

Filipino food truck Tabayan opens bricks & mortar in Phoenix

🇵🇭 Tambayan, which began as a Filipino food ghost kitchen in 2019 and then became a food truck in 2023, has opened a bricks-and-mortar restaurant on the northwest corner of Camelback and 15th Avenue in Phoenix. It takes over the 5,000-square-foot

Dragon Wok begins rebuild, hopes to reopen in 3 weeks

🥡 Gilbert restaurant Dragon Wok, which has been closed since a despondent man crashed his vehicle into the restaurant and fatally shot himself May 14, began construction repairs over the weekend and hopes to reopen in three weeks. The Chinese eatery’s GoFundMe