By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌮🌯 Marely’s Mexican Kitchen, a family-run eatery that also serves burgers and wings, has opened on the northeast corner of 24th Street and Roeser in south Phoenix. The food: Breakfast combos, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, asada fries, nachos (pictured), burgers, and
🇲🇽🌭 Barrio Brewing next to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in southeast Mesa celebrates National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday with $8 Sonoran dogs (normally $10). What: A hot dog wrapped in bacon and grilled, then topped with pinto beans, grilled onions,
🥯 Cinnaholic, an Atlanta-based chain of vegan cinnamon roll bakeries, celebrates its 13th anniversary Wednesday with $2 Old Skool Rolls (normally $5.50) at all five of its Valley locations. What is it: The Old Skool Roll, a classic cinnamon roll
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🍺 Flagstaff’s Mother Road Brewing – makers of Tower Station, one of the top IPAs in Arizona – releases a new variation, Turbo Tower, a mango double IPA (9.1% ABV), on draft and in stores statewide Tuesday. 🎟 A Taste
🇻🇳🍲🐌 Vietnamese restaurant Goc Saigon has replaced Max Saigon, which closed earlier this month after six years in business, on the northwest corner of Arizona and Ray in Chandler. The food: Phở, mi, bún, rice dishes, hot pots, snails, and
🌮🌯🇲🇽 Macayo’s Mexican Food, a local chain that will celebrate its 77th anniversary in September, has opened its 11th Valley location on the southeast corner of Indian School and Jackrabbit in Litchfield Park. The background: Founded by Woody and Victoria
🍺🇲🇽🌮 Buqui Bichi Brewery, a Mexican craft brewer based in Hermosillo, Sonora, has opened its first U.S. taproom on the southeast corner of Arizona and Frye in downtown Chandler. The background: Buqui Bichi, founded in 2016, was named the country’s
🌮🌯 Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, a Utah-based chain of fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurants, has opened its 20th Valley location near the southwest corner of Scottsdale and Thomas in south Scottsdale. The space: The building, formerly a Boston Market, was the chain’s
🍣🇯🇵 Shogun Japanese Restaurant, one of Arizona’s first sushi bars, has closed after 40 years. The history: Shogun opened in 1983 on the northeast corner of Tatum and Cactus in northeast Phoenix. The quote: ‘‘It is with heavy hearts and
🥤🍪🍔 JoJo’s Shake Bar, a Chicago-based concept known for over-the-top shakes, onion ring towers, and milk-and-cookie flights, opens at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Scottsdale Quarter on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Greenway/Butherus in north Scottsdale. The concept: A
🍣 Island Fin Poke, a Florida-based fast-casual chain founded in 2017, makes its Arizona debut Monday at Verde at Cooley Station on the southwest corner of Williams Field and Recker in Gilbert. Free food: As a preview, Island Fin will
🧩 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 tell
Sushi Roku, the sleek restaurant in the W Scottsdale hotel, will close Monday, July 31, after 15 years in business. The reason: Sushi Roku chose not to renew its lease ‘‘to focus on its other current locations and pipeline of
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12 West Brewing won a gold medal and Grand Canyon Brewing earned a silver and two bronzes at the U.S. Open Beer Championship in Oxford, Ohio. Arizona medal winners and categories: 🥇 Gold: Smooth Transitions, 12 West Brewing, Mesa, in
☕️🥐🥮 The Boyer Bakery, a two-year-old family-run business in Surprise, has launched a coffee shop, The Boyer Cafe, on the southwest corner of 99th Avenue and Bell in Sun City. The space: Formerly the home to Starbucks, which built a
🍹 Bar Cena, a new cocktail and dining lounge, will replace the Vanilla Gorilla Tap Room & Bottle Shop next to Hush Public House near the northwest corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird in north Scottsdale. The history: Chef Dom Ruggiero,
Taqueria Factory, which has two locations in Chandler, will celebrate National Michelada Day with a buy-one-get-one-free special on the drink Wednesday. What is it: Similar to a Bloody Mary, a michelada is a popular Mexican drink made with beer, tomato
