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Author: Jess Harter

This weekend’s top food & drink events around the Valley

🌮 Mexican restaurant Los Sombreros (pictured) in Scottsdale celebrates its 30th anniversary with a michelada bar, giveaways, live music, a photo booth, and more today through Sunday. The restaurant recently introduced a Throwback Menu featuring popular dishes from its past

Mexican brewery Buqui Bichi closes 1st U.S. taproom in Chandler

🍺 Buqui Bichi, a Mexican craft brewery based in Hermosillo, Sonora, has closed its first U.S. taproom in downtown Chandler. The restaurant and bar opened 15 months ago on the southeast corner of Arizona and Frye roads. The menu offered

Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria opens sit-down location in Surprise

🍕 Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, the Chicago-based chain known for its deep-dish pizzas, opens its fourth Valley sit-down restaurant (it also has four locations for carryout and delivery only) today at the Village at Prasada on the southwest corner of the Loop

Paradise Valley Burger Co. moves to new space in Scottsdale

🍔 Paradise Valley Burger Co. closed its original 13-year-old location Thursday but plans to open today in its new location on the southwest corner of Hayden Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard in Scottsdale. Owner Bret Shapiro says the new

Arboleda closes after 19 months at Scottsdale Quarter

🍽 Arboleda, a high-end Mediterranean concept from San Francisco restaurateurs Björn Kock and brothers Mitchell and Steven Rosenthal, has closed after 19 months at the Scottsdale Quarter. No reason was given for the closure. Arboleda’s menu was inspired by the cuisine

BLU Seafood opens at Verde at Cooley Station in Gilbert

🐟 BLU Seafood, a Sonoran-based seafood restaurant originally from Hermosillo, has relocated to Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker roads in Gilbert. It’s the latest venture by restaurateur Martin Hurtado (Buqui Bichi, Miel

Get a free Dave’s Hot Chicken slider & other news

🆓 In celebration of his birthday today, rapper Drake is hooking everyone up with a free Dave’s Hot Chicken slider at any of the restaurant’s 230 locations, including Phoenix and Gilbert. Just scan the reward in the restaurant’s app. 👮‍♂️