By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
By Jess Harter
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🌭🇨🇴 Simon’s Hot Dogs, an eatery specializing in Colombian-style hot dogs and empanadas, is closing Saturday, Oct. 28, after nearly eight years in Old Town Scottsdale. Marcela and Felipe Roldan launched the business in 2010 at Oak Creek Brewery in
🥩 Angie’s Prime Grill, the new drive-through steakhouse concept from the founders of Salad and Go and Angie’s Lobster, will make a limited debut next Monday, Oct. 16, in north Phoenix. MXSW Insiders were among the first to learn about
🍕 Ohio-based Marco’s Pizza has opened its third Valley location on the southeast corner of Cooper and Ray in Gilbert. Last year, Marco’s announced a development agreement to open 46 Valley locations over the next six years. Like the other
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🥬 Lowdown Vegan, the late-night vegan drive-through on the southwest corner of McDowell and 15th Street in Phoenix, has shut down after nine months. Owners Theron Evans and Jai Jones had been operating out of Froth Coffee Roasters after the daytime
💙💛 October is National Down Syndrome Awareness month, and Sweet Republic has brought back its Blueberry Lemon Custard Pie ice cream at all three of its Valley shops. The artisan ice cream shop is donating 25% of pint sales of
🌶 Jalapeno Inferno Takeout Kitchen & Cantina in north Scottsdale will host a four-course ‘‘Howl at the Moon’’ Tequila Herradura pairing dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28. Check out the food courses and Herradura pairings here. Cost is $75
🍺 Pedal Haus Brewery in Tempe was named Brewery of the Year and the Dragoon Pils from Dragoon Brewing in Tucson won Best in Show at the second annual Arizona Craft Beer Awards. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were handed
🍻 Oktoberfest season continues with the family-friendly Gilbert Oktoberfest from 2-9 p.m. Saturday at the Gilbert Civic Center. Participating East Valley breweries will include OHSO, Desert Monks, Old Ellsworth, Oro, and 12 West. There also will be food vendors, polka
🇯🇵🍜 Celebrate Japanese food and culture this weekend at Taste of Japanese at Heritage Square in downtown Phoenix. The family-friendly event runs noon-9 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. Vendors from Arizona and Southern California will have traditional Japanese
🍺🍷 Attention, craft beer and wine aficionados! A unique event is headed to the Valley next month. This year’s Terroir Festival, a multi-brewery project created by Firestone Walker Brewing in 2019, will be hosted by Arizona Wilderness Brewing on Saturday,
☕️ Get $2 medium drinks from 5 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday at Oregon-based Black Rock Coffee‘s newest Valley location on the northeast corner of Val Vista and Riggs in south Gilbert. The 2,000-square-foot store is the chain’s third in Gilbert and
🌶 La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen is offering several October specials at its restaurants in Gilbert and downtown Chandler: Pizza blanca ($13.99, pictured on left) New Mexican chipotle meatloaf ($15.99) White green chile shrimp relleno ($16.99) Chocolate churros ($10.99, right)
🦂 Recreo Cantina in downtown Chandler has introduced a new item to its drinks menu: The Recreo Scorpion Shot featuring a real edible scorpion. ‘‘This unconventional shot is not for the faint of heart, but those who embrace the experience
🍕 Two Chicagoland favorites – Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria and Portillo’s – again have teamed up to offer a limited-time Italian Beef Deep Dish Pizza. The pizza features a buttery crust, plum tomatoes, and Wisconsin mozzarella, and is topped with Portillo’s
🌱 The ninth annual Great American Seed Up, a pop-up bulk seed buying event, will take place Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28, at North Phoenix Baptist Church on the southeast corner of Central and Bethany Home in Phoenix.
It’s not Taco Tuesday, but restaurants across the Valley are offering these taco deals today: 🌮 Mesquite Fresh Street Mex: Get any of its signature street tacos for 50% off at all nine Valley locations. 🌮 Joyride Taco House: Get
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🍔🍺 Matty G’s Steakburgers & Lobsta’ Rolls has closed its year-old location in downtown Chandler. It had opened on Sept. 29, 2022, in the building formerly home to sports bar The Local Chandler on the southwest corner of Wall and
🇮🇹 Dolce Vita – an Italian eatery, grocer, and gelato shop on the southeast corner of Higley and Brown in northeast Mesa – has launched an aperitivo Italiano menu available 5-7 p.m. Thursdays. An aperitivo, sometimes called an apericena, is
