By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🥪 San Francisco-based Ike’s Love & Sandwiches has soft-opened its 11th Valley location at the Crossroads Towne Center on the southeast corner of Gilbert and the Loop 202 in Gilbert. The food: More than 800 sandwiches, many named for Bay Area
📖 Phoenix Magazine’s 2023 Best Fest, a food and drink festival showcasing the magazine’s Best of the Valley winners, will take place 5-10 p.m. Saturday at Events on Jackson in downtown Phoenix. What: Attendees can enjoy ‘‘unlimited’’ bite-sized food samples
📸 🧩 Welcome to the weekly ‘‘Restaurant Riddle Contest,’’ sponsored by Visit Mesa and MXSW. How it works: Each Thursday (except holiday weeks), we show you a snapshot from a local food and/or drink business in Mesa, Gilbert, or Queen Creek. You
🥩🐟🍣 Nelson’s Meat + Fish, a 6-year-old market that offers high-quality seafood and meats, has soft-opened a second location near the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The space: The 1,100-square-foot, wood-paneled market (similar in size and
🐕🦺 HOP Central Brewing & Taproom in Chandler is donating $1 from every house beer sold in August to Poverty’s Pets, a local non-profit trying to reduce pet overpopulation in low-income communities. 🍕 Venezia’s Pizza is celebrating its 25th anniversary by
Atomic Muffins are the new pizza muffin of the month at Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler. The background: Seven varieties of pizza muffins are featured on the everyday menu at Floridino’s, which has a pizza muffin food truck and
🍤🥫 Angry Crab Shack, which started in Mesa in 2013 and now has locations in five states, is running a pair of specials this month. 10th anniversary: In honor of its 10th anniversary, Angry Crab is offering 2013 throwback prices
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🌭🍺 Dog Haus Biergarten, a California-based chain of gourmet hot dog and sausage shops, has soft-opened its fifth Valley location on the northeast corner of Chandler and the Loop 101 in Chandler. The food: Hormone- and antibiotic-free hot dogs, sausages,
🥃 La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen will host a tequila tasting – featuring silvers, reposados, and anejos from three companies – from noon-3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at its downtown Chandler location. The tequilas: Lobos 1707 (whose investors include NBA
🥃🍫 A Whiskey & Chocolate Tasting Experience – featuring five different craft chocolates paired with five different whiskies – will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at Hundred Mile Brewing in Tempe to benefit R.O.S.E., a non-profit that
🍳🥞 Locally owned breakfast and lunch spot Morning Squeeze is bringing back its popular Kids Eat Free promotion. For the month of August, kids 12 and under can eat for free on weekdays from the restaurant’s kids menu. The kids
🥗 Drive-thru concept Salad and Go has opened its 50th and 51st Valley locations – on the southwest corner of Yuma and Cotton in Goodyear and the southwest corner of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Loop 101 in Scottsdale. The food:
🇩🇰☕️ The Coffee Builders, a breakfast and lunch cafe specializing in Danish-style sandwiches and European pastries, opens at 6 a.m. today near the northeast corner of Seventh Street and Buckeye in downtown Phoenix. The space: Designed by Thomas Porter, owner
🥭🍓🥤 Frutilandia, a Valley-born franchise concept offering Latin and Mexican frozen treats, has opened its ninth location on the northeast corner of Bethany Home and 27th Avenue in Phoenix. The space: The 4,200-square-foot space has a walk-up counter, an ice
🏆🍹 Century Grand, the immersive three-bar concept in Phoenix, was named Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s 17th annual Spirited Awards, the Oscars of the bar industry, in New Orleans. The concept: Century Grand, located
🍗 Saturday is National Chicken Wing Day, and the new Ghett Yo Wings in Ahwatukee is celebrating by giving away free wings for a year. The background: Ghett Yo Wings is taking over the home of its former sibling Ghett Yo
🍗 Valley-based ATL Wings also has a deal Saturday for National Chicken Wing Day: Get six free wings ($8.50 value) with the purchase of 10 wings. The details: The offer is available at all 17 Valley locations in Phoenix, Mesa,
🍗 Mint Dispensary & Café in Guadalupe is teaming up with ATL Wings to celebrate National Chicken Wing Day with a pair of weed-infused specials Saturday and Sunday: eight 100mg-infused wings for $20 or two 20mg-infused honey biscuits for $5.
🛍🥤Nearly 20,000 people at two Valley outdoor shopping centers have taken advantage of Arizona’s new law allowing them to enjoy adult beverages in designated areas. The law: Phoenix-based Vestar’s pilot Sip & Stroll program, which allows shoppers 21 and over
