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Author: Jess Harter

Crispý Cones brings Czech-style soft-serve cones to downtown Chandler

🍦 Crispý Cones, an Idaho-based chain of shops specializing in Czech-style soft-serve ice cream cones known as trdelníks, has made its Arizona debut next to DC Steakhouse on the northwest corner of Arizona and Chicago in downtown Chandler. The food:

Scottsdale sports bar to host Beyonce-themed brunch Saturday

🎶 The Hot Chick sports bar in Old Town Scottsdale will host at special Beyonce-themed version of its weekly Boogie Down Brunch Saturdays this weekend in the wake of the singer bringing her first solo tour in seven years to

Chinese restaurant & sushi bar Shinme Cuisine opens in west Phoenix

🍣 Shinme Cuisine, a Chinese restaurant and sushi bar, has opened near the southwest corner of I-17 and Cactus in west Phoenix. The food: Sushi (14 traditional rolls and 14 specialty) and sashimi, Americanized Chinese entrees such as kung pao

Can you ID this food & drink business? You could win $80 in drinks

📸 🧩 We’re down to the final installment of the summer edition of our weekly ‘‘Restaurant Riddle Contest,’’ sponsored by Visit Mesa and MXSW. How it works: We show you a snapshot from a local food and/or drink business in Mesa, Gilbert,

Sept. 8-9: Hatch Chiles Roast at La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen

🌶 La Ristra New Mexican Kitchen will hold its 11th annual Hatch Chiles Roast at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday. Sept. 9. The chiles: You must pre-order chiles online or by phone through La Ristra’s Gilbert or Chandler

Pronto, Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants announce summer specials

🌮 Pronto, the new fast-casual concept in Tempe from Serrano’s Mexican Restaurants, has several summer specials: Tuesdays: 2 for $5 machaca beef, shredded chicken, tomatillo pork, or fajita veggies tacos (pictured). Wednesdays: Free chips, salsa, and bean dip and $2

Canada-based Moxies makes AZ debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square

🌎 Moxies, which describes itself as ‘‘a contemporary casual restaurant offering a globally inspired menu and handcrafted cocktails,’’ has made its Arizona debut at Scottsdale Fashion Square. The Vancouver-based chain has more than 50 locations across Canada. Scottsdale is its

Beer Research Institute, Quail reach statewide distribution deal

🍺 The Beer Research Institute, Mesa’s oldest and largest brewery, is partnering with Phoenix-based Quail Distributing to expand distribution of its craft beers throughout the state of Arizona. Its first four beers to hit the market will be 480G West

Valley restaurants helping to raise money for Maui wildfire victims

🔥 Several Valley restaurants are helping to raise money this month for the victims of Maui’s wildfires: Streets of New York: Donating a portion of the sales from Hawaiian pizzas with Canadian bacon and pineapple, along with a $2,000 pledge.

Someburros brings back limited-time carnitas burros for $7.50

It’s another Carnitas Week at Someburros, the family-run chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants. All 14 Valley locations will be selling carnitas burros for $7.50 through Sunday, Aug. 20. (In a sign of inflation, the burros were only $6.50 during the

Tucson restaurants go their own way for Restaurant Week

💵 Arizona Restaurant Week bills itself as a ‘‘statewide affair,’’ but someone apparently forgot to tell Tucson. More than 100 of the city’s best restaurants will participate in Sonoran Restaurant Week from Sept. 8-17 – the same dates as Arizona

Tom’s BBQ closes Country Club location in Mesa after 33 years

🚫 Tom’s BBQ, a group of Chicago-style smokehouses in the East Valley, closed its original location Friday after 33 years on the northwest corner of Country Club and Southern in central Mesa. In a social media video, owner Rick Pawlak

Fast-casual concept Someburros launches 14th AZ location in Peoria

🌯🌮 Someburros, the East Valley-based chain of family-run fast-casual Mexican restaurants, officially opens its 14th Arizona location at 9 a.m. Saturday on the northeast corner of 83rd Avenue and Thunderbird in Peoria. Grand opening festivities: A live mariachi band, gift