🍝 Owners Brandon and Michele Gioffre have revamped their 11-year-old Italian restaurant The Blind Pig in Scottsdale. It now has an old-school New York Italian decor (pictured) and has changed its name to DiMaggio’s Italian Restaurant.
🍺 Litchfield Park gastropub Ground Control celebrates its five-year anniversary under current owners Ian and Stephanie Harwell all this week with $5 beers, $5 select appetizers, breakfast and pizza specials, and gift card raffles.
🌮 Beer Research Institute in Mesa has launched a new Monday special: Get three slow-cooked-in-house birria tacos, a cup of consomme, and a side of fries for $16.50. You also can get a house margarita for $5.