By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🍟🇳🇵 Frites Street and Mr. Momo will join forces – marrying Belgian-style fries and Nepali dumplings known as momos – from 5-10 p.m. Saturday at the Dusk Market. on the southeast corner of Central and Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. The
🇹🇭 Sala Thai, a well-regarded, family-owned restaurant with locations in north Phoenix and Peoria, has opened a third on the northwest corner of McClintock and Broadway in Tempe. The menu offers the soups, stir fry noodles, fried rice, and curries
🐕🦺 Today is National Nacho Day, but Gadzooks Enchiladas and Soup is celebrating all month with its third annual Nachopalooza fundraiser for HonorHealth Foundation’s K-9 Security Program. Throughout November, 25% of every nacho entrée sold will go directly to the
☕️ Los Angeles-based coffee shop chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf opens its seventh Valley location today at the Shops at Town & Country on the southeast corner of Camelback and 20th Street in Phoenix. Anyone with the company’s app
🍖 The Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic, the only Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned competition in Arizona, will take place 5-9 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Main and McDonald. 🇬🇷 A Taste of Greece Taverna, featuring Greek food and drink, runs
🍺💧 Eight Valley craft breweries will participate in the One Water Brewing Showcase, Arizona’s first festival dedicated to beers made with recycled water, today and Saturday at the Scottsdale Waterfront in Old Town Scottsdale. The event, which starts at 6
🎟 Tickets for the 15th annual Devour Culinary Classic, which will be held Feb. 24-25 at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, go on sale to the general public today. The Valley’s most prestigious food festival features samples from more
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🐟🐓 Bay Bay’s Fish & Chicken, a family-run Southern-style eatery specializing in fried catfish and chicken wings, has opened near the northeast corner of 48th Street and University in Tempe. Catfish dinners come with two or four pieces of hormone-free
👩🏽🍳 Local First Arizona, which has incubated more than 200 restaurants and food businesses since 2017 through its Good Food Boot Camp and community kitchens in Mesa and south Phoenix, has launched a third community kitchen in Maryvale. Twelve female
🦃 Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta in Chandler has unveiled its new pizza muffin of the month: Turkey Dinner. Pizza muffins are the signature menu item at Floridino’s, which offers seven varieties on its regular menu. It also has a pizza
☕️ The teams behind Mythic Goat Coffee and Rift Wine & Tap have partnered together to launch Grounds on 2nd on the southeast corner of Second and 69th streets in Old Town Scottsdale. The coffee shop, wine bar, and urban
🍖 The Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic, the only Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned competition in Arizona, will take place 5-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Main and McDonald. The event includes a one-meat challenge Friday and a four-meat
🌮 Taqueria Factory and sibling concept Frutilandia are offering Día de los Muertos specials today through Thursday. The family-run taqueria, which has two locations in Chandler, has a BOGO 50% off deal on carne asada, chicken, shrimp, birria, or al pastor
🥙 The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, a Florida-based chain of counter-service restaurants, has opened its first Arizona location on the northwest corner of the Loop 101 and Via de Ventura in central Scottsdale. The menu offers salads, bowls, gyros, pitas,
🌮 Pita Jungle in downtown Phoenix is collaborating with Erick Pineda, the chef behind popular Mexican pop-up concept Requinto, for a one-night-only event during this week’s First Friday Art Walk. “In an effort to build on our tradition of rotating
🍺🍷 A few tickets still are available for the Terroir Festival hosted by Arizona Wilderness Brewing from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at Agritopia urban farm in Gilbert. Created by Firestone Walker Brewing in 2019, the unique event features 20 of the country’s top breweries
🥩🍤 Kona Grill, a Valley-born upscale-casual concept that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2019 but appears to be on the upswing, has opened a new location at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix. It’s located on the west side of
🍺 Hop Central Brewing and Taproom in Chandler has tapped a Kōkua Project beer from Dark Sky Brewing in Flagstaff to benefit those impacted by the Maui wildfires. Kōkua, roughly translated, is the Hawaiian word for help. In the project
🥧 Fabrice Buschtetz, the French owner and chef of family-run Cuisine & Wine Bistro in south Chandler, has launched an online gourmet bakery called Quiches & Pies. The menu features 10 different quiches, from bacon and caramelized onions to mushroom
