By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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☕️🍻🍹 Maple House, the fourth downtown Chandler concept from restaurateur Gavin Jacobs, has soft-opened in downtown Chandler. The coffee and cocktail bar is housed in a 1940s cottage built after World War II on the northeast corner of Boston and California
🍷 Mark Guillaudeu, the head sommelier at the Wrigley Mansion in Phoenix, recently passed his final exam to become Arizona’s only active Master Sommelier. Less than 300 people have completed the years-long training and testing program overseen by the Court
📅 A Taste of AZ, a quarterly magazine that’s been covering our state’s restaurant scene since 2021, will host its first A Taste of AZ Food & Drink Festival from 2:30-6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, at Salt River Fields in
🥃 Arizona Distilling Co., the award-winning spirits maker that opened in Tempe in 2012, has launched a new production facility and tasting room in downtown Mesa. The century-old window-less building near the southeast corner of Main and Robson is double
🕎🎅🏼 The Hungry Monk in Chandler hosts beer chef Gidi Goldberg’s 13th annual Jewmas – a hybrid Hanukkah-Christmas party featuring a special menu of brisket, latkes, and craft beers – starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday. There is no cover charge.
🧀 I Heart Mac & Cheese, a Florida-based chain that offers build-your-own macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches, has opened on the northeast corner of Bell and 59th Avenue in Glendale. The concept made its Arizona debut in
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🍺 Nearing its 10th anniversary in downtown Chandler, The Perch Pub & Brewery has soft-opened a second location, now dubbed Perch Brewing Company, on the northeast corner of Cooper and Ray in Gilbert. It takes over the building and brewing
🌮 Loco Patrõn, a locally owned group of Mexican restaurants, has opened its fourth location near the northwest corner of Seventh Street and Missouri in uptown Phoenix. It takes over the space formerly home to Revolu Modern Taqueria & Bar, which
🥇 Congrats to Phoenix-based Wren House Brewing, whose Spellbinder won the gold medal in the hazy IPA category at European Beer Star 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany. A total of 2,356 beers competed in 74 style categories at this year’s EBS,
🍔 Bad Jimmy’s, a restaurant I first wrote about in August, holds its grand opening at 10:30 a.m. today in the former Breadfruit & Rum Bar space on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Pierce in downtown Phoenix. James Piazza,
🍳 Biscuits Cafe, an Oregon-based chain of breakfast and lunch eateries, has opened its seventh Valley location near the northeast corner of Glendale and 91st avenues at Westgate in Glendale. Menu highlights include strawberry-stuffed French toast, vegetable omelet, biscuits and
🏆 Another day, another list of restaurant rankings. This time it’s Esquire’s annual list of the Best New Restaurants in America, and two downtown Phoenix restaurants are among this year’s 50 honorees. One is Chilte, the Mexican restaurant at the
🐓 Twist Hot Chicken, which made its debut in Peoria last year, has opened a second location near the northwest corner of Mill and Fifth Street in downtown Tempe. The local fast-casual concept has taken over the space previously home
🎄 Looking for a good reason to start drinking in the morning? U.S. Egg has brought back its $21 holiday mimosa flights through December: Apple cinnamon mimosa (apple juice, champagne and cinnamon garnish); Peppermint can-mosa (cranberry juice, champagne, and candy
🍝 October was all-you-can-eat pizza. November was all-you-can-eat sandwiches. Now Italian deli and grocery Dolce Vita in east Mesa is kicking off December with a promotion offering all-you-can-eat pasta from 5-7 p.m. Friday. For $30, you can gorge yourself on
🍔 White Castle, generally considered the world’s first fast-food hamburger chain, opened its second Arizona restaurant at 8 a.m. today near the northeast corner of I-10 and Warner in south Tempe. The iconic chain is famous for its small, square burgers known
🇬🇧 Cornish Pasty Co., a Tempe-based chain that’s been introducing Valley diners to British pocket sandwiches since 2005, will open its eighth Valley location in Glendale this spring. It will join the second location of Simple Machine Brewing inside the historic Gaslight Building near
🎄 The Westin Tempe is hosting the Skysill Chalet, a holiday pop-up bar, at its 18th-floor Skysill Rooftop Lounge, the Valley’s highest open-air rooftop bar. You can get a 90-minute reservation to enjoy specialty cocktails and shareable bites at a candle-lit table. Prices start at
🌮 Taqueria Factory, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant that debuted in Chandler last year, has opened its third location next to Arizona Mills shopping mall in Tempe. It takes over the former 5 & Diner building near the northwest corner of Priest
