By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍺 Valley Taproom, a 20-month-old craft beer bar and store at the Rivulon center in Gilbert, has opened a second location on the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Riggs in Queen Creek. Like the original, owner Donald Greenberg’s new location
🥃 One Handsome Bastard – a distillery, bar, and restaurant – has opened in the former Blue Clover Distillery space on the northwest corner of Marshall Way and Indian School in Old Town Scottsdale. The name is a reference to
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🦞 Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux in southeast Mesa will celebrate its ‘‘grand reopening’’ under new management at 11 a.m. Wednesday by giving the first 100 guests to enter the restaurant a chance to win free food and drink for a year.
🍺 Catalyst Crafted Ales, a new brewery from the co-founders of the recently closed Ad Astra Brewing in Prescott, has opened on the southeast corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe. Rex Williamson and brewer Will Walthereson, who launched Ad Astra
🌮 Taco Chelo, a 5-year-old taqueria on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix, is opening a second location on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Sixth Street in Tempe. The concept was created Valley restaurateur Aaron Chamberlain, chef Suny Santana, and
🍳 San Diego-based breakfast-and-lunch concept Broken Yolk Cafe has opened its third Valley location on the northwest corner of Highland and 20th Street in Phoenix. The breakfast menu offers a dozen specialty omelets and a half-dozen types of eggs Benedict, as
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🍔🍺🎸 Off 87 has soft-opened in the former Ginger Monkey building on the southwest corner of Arizona Avenue (aka Arizona State Route 87) and Ocotillo Road in south Chandler. It’s the latest venture from former Arizona Diamondbacks pitching coach Mike Butcher (pictured)
🍝 If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the opening of a Fazoli’s in the Valley that’s not behind a TSA checkpoint, you’re in luck… After a 14-year absence from Arizona, Fazoli’s returned in February with a location in Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s
🧆 It started a couple years ago as an April Fools Day promotion… But the joke was on Pita Jungle when customers enjoyed its newly introduced pickle hummus, leading the local Mediterranean chain to bring it back on a seasonal basis. Now, pickle
☘️ Longtime Mill Avenue Irish pub Rula Bula, which closed in 2021, holds a Pop-Up Pub from 2-8 p.m. Friday at ASU’s Mountain America Stadium. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. 🍺 The Beer Research Institute in Mesa will
🍕 Pizzicata, a small, family-owned pizzeria in Carefree, has launched a second location at Painted Mountain Golf Course on the northeast corner of Recker and McKellips in northeast Mesa. Owner Federico Venturini and his wife, chef Viola Tagliaferri, moved from
☕️ Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee Bar will open its fourth Gilbert location Friday on the southeast corner of Gilbert and Warner. Per the chain’s tradition, the new location will offer $2 medium drinks all day Friday. It’s Black Rock’s 33nd store
🐓 Birdcall, a Denver-based fast-food chain specializing in fried chicken sandwiches, opens its third Valley location today at Santan Village shopping center in Gilbert. It will be located just north of Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant near the northwest corner of Williams Field
🎁 Mexican restaurant group Mesquite Fresh Street Mex is again partnering with The Foster Alliance (formerly Arizona Helping Hands) on a Toys for Tacos fundraiser. Bring a new, unwrapped toy, game, book, or sports equipment into any of Mesquite Fresh’s
🍔 For the first time in its nearly 60-years of business, Black Angus Steakhouse now offers weekend brunch at its four Valley locations. Hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Menu highlights include a breakfast burger, breakfast burritos, and
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🔥 A Japanese-style bistro called Pyro hass opened at The Grove, a new $300 million mixed-use development on the northwest corner of 44th Street and Camelback in east Phoenix. It’s from the Nebraska-based Flagship Restaurant Group, which also operates Ghost
🍹 Arizona Cocktail Weekend, the longest-running cocktail event in the Southwest, returns to the Valley for its 12th year from Feb. 16-20, 2024. The five-day schedule features brand-driven happy hours, tastings, seminars, and three signature events: The Cocktail Carnival: Enjoy
