By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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If you’re going to eat out today, eat out strategically because two Valley favorites are rolling out one-day offers you’ll want in on. ‘World’s Best Ice Cream Sandwich’ 🍪 Two of the Valley’s most decorated dessert names, Novel Ice Cream
☕️ A Peoria coffee shop known for its organic beans and creative matcha menu is expanding to the east side of the Valley. Daniel and Sierra Medina, owners of The Brew Box Coffee Company, have purchased Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea
🍷 Scottsdale diners, take note: Pinard Wine Bar is joining Arizona Restaurant Week this year, running Sept. 18-27, and it’s using the occasion to show off some serious changes already underway. Under new ownership, Pinard has brought on Cordon Bleu-trained
🧑⚖️ Am I going to be writing about Salad and Go‘s bankruptcy for the rest of this year? It sure seems like it. The latest developments happened Tuesday in a Houston bankruptcy courtroom, where the fight over who gets to
🫒 There’s a new reason to detour into southeast Mesa, and it smells like garlic, sumac, and good olive oil. Zeitouna has officially opened at East Gate Plaza, a 17-acre mixed-use development on the northeast corner of Ellsworth and Elliot
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🌮 TPQ Foods, the team behind the beloved Tortas Paquimé, is opening its newest concept, Paquimex, on Friday, Aug. 28, on the southwest corner of 51st Avenue and Olive in Glendale. Owner Omar Alvarez first brought the flavors of Casas
🍣 Old Town Cottonwood is getting another reason to linger past dinner. The team behind Queen B Vinyl Café and Merkin Vineyards – musician Maynard James Keenan (pictured) and his wife, Jennifer – is opening a sister restaurant called Queen
🥩 Barrett Rinzler isn’t slowing down. The Scottsdale restaurateur behind local staples like Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers, Bourbon & Bones Chophouse, and Nook Kitchen is breaking ground on two new locations of his latest concept: an Italian steakhouse called Bistecca
🍺 Downtown Tempe’s newest beer-and-pizza pairing finally has an opening date. Phantom Fox Beer Co. and its in-house pizzeria Goat & Ram will hold their grand opening on Oct. 8 in the former Illegal Pete’s space just south of Fifth
🫎 The Valley has a new sandwich spot to line up for. Smiling Moose Sandwich Grill opened its first Arizona location Monday on the southeast corner of Scottsdale and Thomas roads in Scottsdale And the launch came with a hometown
🌮 There’s a new reason to work up an appetite in Downtown Chandler, and it comes with a serve. Lomas Cocina de México has opened on the southwest corner of Arizona and Chandler Boulevard, tucked into Padeland, the padel and
🥔 Arcadia’s Eat Up Drive In is marking National Potato Day on Wednesday, with a deal spuds-lovers won’t want to miss: its plain baked potato, normally $6.25, drops to just $1 while supplies last. The homestyle favorite is baked fresh
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🌮 The New York Times spent over a year crisscrossing the country in search of the best Mexican food America has to offer, and when the dust settled, the paper’s food team published ‘‘41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across
🍣 Gilbert has a new all-you-can-eat sushi spot: Matsu has opened on the southeast corner of Cooper and Warner roads, taking over the space formerly occupied by Sakura Sushi. That location closed abruptly last December, along with two other Sakura
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🍕 Change is in the air at Painted Mountain Golf Resort in northeast Mesa. Pizzicata, near the northeast corner of McKelllips and Recker, has officially rebranded as Scarpetta on the Green, though it remains part of the Pizzicata family under
