By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥢 Mimi Kitchen, a self-described ‘‘authentic Shanghai diner,’’ has soft-opened in the former Teriyaki Kitchen building on the northwest corner of Dobson and Guadalupe in southwest Mesa. The highlights of the temporary menu are house-made egg noodles, available in bone
🍪 Urban Cookies, a family-run bakeshop offering gourmet cupcakes, cookies, bars, and cakes, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Shea and the Loop 101 in Scottsdale. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to a
🐟 The Italian Daughter in north Scottsdale is offering a special Feast of the Seven Fishes menu this week for those who participate in the Italian-American holiday tradition. The menu features five Italian seafood appetizers and seven entrees, including: Tomaso’s
🍦 Sweet Republic artisan ice cream shops have brought back Ultra Chocolate in memory of the late Sandra Day O’Connor, whose favorite dessert was ‘‘anything featuring chocolate.’’ They’re donating 25% of pint sales through the end of December to the
🧁 Cafe 86, a California-based chain of Filipino tea, coffee, and dessert shops, makes its Arizona debut from 6-10 p.m. Saturday on the northwest corner of Alma School and Ray in Chandler. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home
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🍖 The Rosticceria, a restaurant specializing in wood-fired meats with an Italian twist, opens its doors at 3 p.m. Friday near the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. It’s the latest concept from The Maggiore Group, joining
🌮🍹 Copper & Sage, a refined comfort food restaurant with a neighboring speakeasy, has opened in the former Los Sombreros/SunUp Brewing buildings on the northeast corner of Camelback and Third Street in Phoenix. Menu influences range from Southern (bayou mussels
🌮 Several months ago, I broke the news that Bacanora chef and co-owner Rene Andrade was quietly planning a new taco shop called Huarachis in downtown Phoenix. That restaurant just opened in the former Rodiberto’s Mexican Food space on the
🍣 Shinji Kurita, chef and founder of ShinBay in Old Town Scottsdale, has left the acclaimed sushi restaurant, saying he no longer can work 80 hours a week, according to Phoenix Magazine. Kurita launched and operated ShinBay in Ahwatukee from
Chris Osborn, a beloved figure in the Valley’s food and beverage community for three decades, passed away Tuesday. He was just 46. The Scottsdale native, known as ‘‘Oz’’ to his many friends, began working in restaurants at age 14. He
☕️ Scooter’s Coffee, a chain based out of Omaha, Neb., has opened its fourth Valley location on the northwest corner of Higley and Queen Creek in Gilbert. In addition in coffee, tea, and smoothies, the menu features breakfast burritos, bagel
🥟🍜 7 Garden Dumpling & Noodle House, a small and unadorned Asian restaurant, has opened near the northeast corner of Dobson and Baseline in southwest Mesa. It takes over the strip-mall space formerly home to Alfonso’s Tacos, which closed in
🚫 Piccolo Virtù, a critically acclaimed Italian restaurant and year-old sibling of Virtù and Pizzeria Virtù, has closed. Owner-chef Gio Osso, who launched the restaurant last December near the northeast corner of Main and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale, made
🍝 Italian-American fast-casual chain Fazoli’s opens its first non-airport Arizona location at 10:30 a.m. today just north of the Walmart Supercenter at Mesa Riverview on the southeast corner of the Loop 202 and Dobson. After a 14-year absence from Arizona,
🚫 Fuego Bistro, the Latin-inspired restaurant at The Clarendon hotel in Phoenix, will close permanently this weekend. ‘‘After 18 years, we are sad to say Fuego will be no longer (after) Saturday, December 16th,’’ it posted on social media. No
🌮 Barrio Queen, an elevated Mexican restaurant founded in Old Town Scottsdale in 2011, has opened its eighth Valley location at the Village at Prasada on the southeast corner of the Loop 303 and Waddell in Surprise. The concept was
🏀 Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal made a surprise visit to his 9-month-old Big Chicken fast-casual restaurant in downtown Gilbert on Sunday. The current TNT commentator met with members of the six youth basketball teams sponsored by the restaurant, signing
🌮 Gordos Tacos, a year-old taqueria in central Scottsdale, has launched a second location near the northwest corner of Chandler and 44th Street in Ahwatukee. The family-run business takes over the former Mr. Chao’s Asia Bistro strip-mall space next to
🍣 Uchi, a Texas-based modern Japanese concept from James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole, is scheduled to open its seventh U.S. location in the former Bandera space in Old Town Scottsdale by the end of this month. It will hold
